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Project Manager

  • Melbourne (Brevard County)
  • Project / Product management

Job description

2936181
City

West Melbourne
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Energy Connections
Business Segment

Energy Connections Grid Solutions
Function

Services
Country

United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces

Florida
Postal Code

32904-2309
Role Summary/Purpose

The GE Project Manager will provide execution leadership for high priority, complex software and hardware projects that impacting both business and customer profitability. This individual will be responsible for scope, cost, schedule, contract, and risk management as well as quality and customer satisfaction of all assigned projects.

Essential Responsibilities

As the Project Manager, you will:

·  Manage a portfolio of large, often high visibility, potentially high risk projects (e.g. new product introductions, first of a kind solutions, domestic and international deployments)
·  Act as a single point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
·  Develop project proposals and detailed project plans and schedules
·  Negotiate with customers from pre-sales to contract closure, including change order management
·  Interface with providers, subcontractors, technical teams, and customers to align project specifications and requirements
·  Ensure strict adherence to quality standards and safety procedures at all times
·  Develop subcontractor work scope and coordinate administration of subcontractor contracts
·  Report project status both internally and externally
·  Interface with and influence project stakeholders including internal stakeholders (e.g. product development, project team, sourcing, finance, et al.), customers, partners, and/or subcontractors
·  Be able to influence and lead staff without direct line management responsibility

Qualifications/Requirements

·  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering discipline from an accredited college or university
·  Minimum 3 years of project management experience working in a lead capacity, leading large scale, hardware and software solutions (>$1M budgets) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

·  Ability and willingness to travel, domestically and internationally, 20% of the time

Desired Characteristics

·  Previous responsibility for projects involving multiple businesses and / or functions across the entire project cycle, including development and design, manufacturing, delivery, installation and commissioning, and acceptance testing
·  Excellent PC and MS Office skills
·  Working knowledge of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) / Data Management Systems (DMS) / Outage Management Systems (OMS) / Geographical Information System (GIS) / Demand Response Management System (DRMS) / substation automation and/or Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) including wireless communication and IP-based networks
·  Ability to successfully interface with executive level management within both the sponsor and customer organizations
·  Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
·  Formal Project Management education
·  Fluency in at least one language besides English, Spanish preferred
·  Project management experience in the electric power / utility industry
·  Hands-on knowledge in database and web application programming
·  Proven ability to lead and motivate technical project teams and external subcontractors and/or vendors
·  Experience in all aspects of project management, including Cost, Scope, Risk, and Time Management
·  Experience dealing with delivering solutions to external customers on a fixed-firm price contract basis
·  Strong negotiation skills and good command of contractual terms & conditions
·  Strong written & verbal communication skills
·  Hands-on experience with MS Project and / or Primavera
·  Working knowledge of project cost tracking tools (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system / Oracle)
·  Past experience in managing contracts and strong business / financial knowledge, including claim and change order management

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About Us

GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

GE Energy Connections designs and deploys industry-leading technologies that turn the world on. We transport, convert, automate and optimize energy to ensure we provide safe, efficient and reliable electrical power. Uniting all the resources and scale of the world’s first digital industrial company, we connect brilliant machines, grids, and systems to power utility, oil & gas, marine, mining and renewables customers, that keep our world running.
www.GEEnergyConnections.com

Grid Solutions equips 90% of power utilities worldwide to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. With over 200 years combined experience in providing advanced energy solutions, our products and services enable more resilient, efficient and reliable power systems. For more information, visit www.GEGridSolutions.com

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

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