Lead Project Manager – Substations

About the role

GE Vernova is looking for a Lead Project Manager in Madrid to manage customer equipment, facilities or infrastructure projects, such as substations. The role covers project delivery, profit and loss accountability and customer satisfaction, with autonomy within established functional practices and procedures.

Key responsibilities

• Act as single point of contact for customers and internal and external project teams
• Analyse contract scope, terms and conditions, risks, opportunities and milestones
• Organise project kick-off meetings and regular progress reviews, including with Grid Solutions supplying units and tendering/commercial teams
• Support engineering approvals and on-time delivery through strong communication with customer teams
• Coordinate local activities: field service, local procurement, logistics, site subcontractors, equipment installation and EHS compliance
• Assess risks and opportunities regularly, follow up action plans and manage claims when needed
• Control budget and actual costs (materials, labour, logistics, subcontractors) and propose cost optimisation options
• Follow up sales, invoicing, cash targets and customer payments, and report and forecast on time
• Ensure EHS provisions for the contract team and customers are met at site
• Work with tendering and commercial teams to prepare offers and negotiate contracts, and support business development

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with extensive project management experience in GIS and AIS substations
• Strong technical knowledge of high voltage (HV) equipment and its business
• Good written and spoken English and Spanish
• Valid EU work authorization
• Proactive, autonomous and resilient, able to manage several projects at once

Required skills

• Project management
• SAP knowledge is a plus
• Desirable basic knowledge of Italian procurement law