Project Manager III

Hybrid

Job Category

White Collar

Date Range

Mar 30, 2026 Mar 29, 2027

Hire Type

Contractor

Contract Type

Contract Only

Pay Type

Hourly

Standard Hours Per Week

40.00

Exemption Status

Exempt

Program Rate Type

Bill Rate Based

Must Have

Schenectady NY US

Please note - this is a Project Engineer Manager.
Please read the job description below as this is not a Project Manager - this is an Engineering role.

Travel is not consistent, candidate should plan to travel about 1 week per month.
Ideal to have candidate near GEV hub, but not required - Prefers EST home base.

Job Description Summary
Within the Gas Power Americas team, the Senior Project Engineering Manager will be under the operational responsibility of the Americas Pole Leader for Project Engineering Management, located in Schenectady, New York. You will execute the engineering portion of OTR contracts that contain Balance of Plant (BOP) scope.
Own the project control activity globally and drive consistent functional specifications and common global processes for projects implementation.
Activities that are conducted to better understand or ultimately meet the expectations of the customer Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working.
Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team.
Has significant input into priorities.
Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role.
The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.
Job will require some travel within the US, Latin America, and Globally

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities
Serves as the technical leader/manager to develop a scope of work and plan schedule andmonitor engineering activities for customer projects. Provide technical leadership and interface with Proposal Management, Cost Estimating, Partners, Customers, Client Product Engineering, Sourcing, Engineering sub-contractors.
" Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development, and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
" Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
" Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
" Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
" Own the engineering execution of BOP-scoped Projects from Contract signature until the end of Client contractual obligations.
" Manage a cross functional Engineering team to master the risks and opportunities of the Contract.
" Providing technical guidance and assistance to Project Management and Client's internal engineering teams.
" Reviewing Customer specifications and communicating contract and project requirements to all design functions, utilizing internal documentation systems.
" Evaluating financial/schedule impact of Customer requested scope changes. Providing technical support to Engineering, Sourcing, Vendors, and Installation teams to ensure equipment meets all Customer requirements and business objectives.
" Enforce quality procedures and participate in their improvement.
" Assure the experience feedback by capturing issues (Lessons Learned). Work in a matrix organization with numerous interfaces:
In house with mainly the Engineering departments of Belfort, Baden, Noida, Queretaro, Schenectady, and Greenville.…