Lead Project Manager – HVDC Transformers

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Job Description Electrification
- Power Transformers | Stafford, United Kingdom Do you want to lead complex, high-value projects that help power the future of energy transmission around the world? GE Vernova is looking for an experienced Lead Project Manager to join our HVDC Power Transformers team based in Stafford, United Kingdom.

With over 130 years of experience and proven innovation, GE Vernova is leading a new era of energy. We are electrifying the world while working to decarbonize it. Our name reflects our mission. "GE" carries a legacy of quality and ingenuity. "Ver" signals Earth's lush ecosystems, while "Nova" nods to a new era of lower-carbon energy we are helping to deliver.

Focused on the future, GE Vernova is accelerating the shift to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. We help customers power economies and deliver electricity vital to health, safety, and quality of life.

Our Electrification solutions modernize grids, enable renewable integration, and strengthen energy systems. From software to power conversion and storage, we help create smarter, more resilient energy networks.

As Lead Project Manager, you will take ownership of complex, high-value HVDC transformer projects from project handover through to final delivery and customer acceptance. You will manage multiple projects or transformer packages concurrently, with accountability for their operational and financial performance. Working within a global matrix organisation, you will lead cross-functional teams spanning engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, logistics and other key functions.

You will bring these teams together to deliver projects safely and in accordance with agreed quality, cost and schedule commitments. As a trusted point of contact for customers, you will balance commercial rigour with technical delivery, helping to protect project outcomes while strengthening customer relationships and GE Vernova’s reputation for excellence. This is a project leadership position without formal direct reports.

Your success will depend on your ability to influence, coordinate and lead multidisciplinary project resources across the wider organisation.

Take ownership of HVDC transformer projects from formal project handover through to delivery and customer acceptance. Lead multiple projects or equipment packages concurrently, establishing clear plans, priorities, milestones and accountabilities. Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, logistics and other supporting functions. Manage project financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, costs and margin within the assigned scope. Develop and maintain project schedules, delivery plans and contingency or recovery actions.

Monitor project scope and contractual commitments, ensuring that changes and their commercial or delivery implications are understood and appropriately managed. Drive the effective management of risks and opportunities, identifying potential issues early and implementing suitable mitigation actions. Act as a key point of contact for customers, maintaining clear communication and building strong, lasting relationships. Facilitate project and gate reviews, ensuring that actions, decisions and accountabilities are clearly documented and followed through.

Provide accurate and timely reporting on project progress, costs, risks and overall performance. Work with internal teams, customers and suppliers to resolve complex technical, commercial and delivery challenges. Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, compliance and continuous improvement throughout project execution. Capture lessons learned and use them to strengthen future project delivery.

Occasional travel, including international travel, may be required to support project delivery and customer engagement.

You will be a confident, organised communicator with a strong record of delivering complex projects. You will bring:

Significant experience managing…