Lead GIS Project Manager

This is a senior individual contributor role within a high-performing team of project management professionals, working at the intersection of commercial delivery, customer relationships, and cross-functional collaboration. You will take ownership of a portfolio of high-value GIS projects from contract award through to warranty close-out, acting as the primary point of contact between GE Vernova, its manufacturing facilities in France and Switzerland, and UK-based customers including transmission system operators and engineering, procurement and construction contractors.

Your projects will typically run over three years, encompassing engineering, manufacturing, site installation and commissioning phases. At any given time, you can expect to manage a portfolio of around eight to ten concurrent projects, with individual contract values reaching up to $80 million USD. This is a role where your decisions carry real commercial weight, and your ability to manage risk proactively, build trust with customers, and keep complex programmes on track will be central to your success.

• →Managing a portfolio of GIS projects end to end, from post-order handover through to warranty completion, ensuring delivery against programme, budget, and quality commitments.
• →Acting as the primary commercial and contractual interface between GE Vernova, the customer, and our manufacturing supply chain and ensuresing that projects follow execution execution best practices and company policies.
• →Maintaining accurate and up-to-date project data in portfolio management tools, including scheduling, billing plans, risk registers, and variation orders.
• →Preparing and presenting quarterly project management reviews, covering financial performance, risks, opportunities, and progress against milestones.
• →Identifying, assessing, and managing project risks and opportunities, escalating issues appropriately and proposing mitigating actions. Capturesing, analysingzes and sharinges lessons learned throughout the project.
• →Coordinating installation and commissioning activities on UK construction sites, including pre-site safety planning, subcontractor management, and site visits (minimum quarterly Gemba walks per project).
• →Ensuring subcontractors meet GE Vernova and customer EHS requirements, and that method statements and risk assessments align with contractual obligations.
• →Managing non-conformance reports and customer complaint workflows to resolution, ensuring snagging items are closed out prior to project handover.
• →Supporting factory acceptance tests (FAT) at our manufacturing sites, facilitating effective communication between customers and the factory teams.
• →Driving commercial outcomes including the identification and management of variation events under NEC3 , NEC4 and NEC4FIDIC contract terms.

• Extensive experience in project management, ideally gained in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment within the infrastructure, energy, utilities, or high-voltage electrical sector.
• Demonstrable ability to manage project risk, cost performance, and commercial outcomes independently and to a high standard.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience working under formal contract frameworks, with working knowledge of NEC3 or NEC4 and FIDIC terms being particularly valuable.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build credible relationships with customers, contractors, and internal teams alike.
• Willingness and ability to travel periodically within the UK for site visits and customer meetings, and internationally (approximately four times per year) to our manufacturing facilities in France and Switzerland.
• A valid UK driving licence and passport.

• A background in or knowledge of high-voltage switchgear, substations, or related electrical power products.
• Experience working in or alongside the energy transmission or distribution sector, whether in a project delivery, engineering, or commercial capacity.
• Familiarity with project portfolio management tools such as Smartsheet, Planisware, or similar.
• A project management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP, or equivalent.
• Prior experience with SAP in a project delivery context.
• Understanding of UK Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations and their application on infrastructure sites.