Lead Engineer – Gas Turbine Project Engineering

Position Summary

Lead Gas Turbine Project Engineer – GE Gas Power (part of GE Vernova). This role provides technical project management, drives coordination of engineering activities, and resolves critical issues for assigned gas turbine projects. The engineer acts as the technical liaison between customers, procurement, construction (EPC), and internal engineering, ensuring design documentation and equipment comply with contract requirements and fostering continuous improvement.

• Provide continuous improvement and operational leadership as the single point of contact for all customer technical inquiries, change requests, and communications related to the gas turbine and auxiliary systems.
• Drive lessons‑learned back into design engineering organizations to prevent recurring issues.
• Provide technical guidance to Project Management and Regional Applications Engineering.
• Conduct Customer Kick‑Off Meetings (CKOMs) and Design Liaison Meetings (DLMs) with customers and EPC representatives.
• Review contract documentation and communicate project requirements to all design functions, utilizing internal documentation systems.
• Evaluate financial/schedule impacts of customer‑requested scope changes via Cost & Cycle Estimates (CCEs) and implement agreed changes through the Change Management Process.
• Support resolution of cross‑functional design complexities and work to resolve technical issues.
• Mitigate engineering schedule issues and take preventative action to avoid delivery delays or late customer deliverables.
• Manage the Engineering Budget and provide quarterly Estimate at Completions (EACs) to Finance.
• Provide technical support to engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, and installation personnel to ensure equipment meets all customer requirements and business objectives.
• Present project issue resolutions periodically to upper management, highlighting risks and creating action plans to remediate them.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university, or a high school diploma/GED with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Project Engineering, Design Engineering, and/or Field Engineering related to gas turbine projects.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Leadership‑quality communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Current GE Gas Power Engineering employee.
• Customer‑facing experience.
• Experience with GTCC – Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
• Demonstrated creativity and problem‑solving capability.
• Experience with plant system design engineering, manufacturing, assembly, installation, and/or testing.
• Continuous process improvement mindset.
• Demonstrated adherence to Vernova Way Behaviors.

GE Vernova is an Equal 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. GE Vernova will only employ those legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).