Project Engineering Manager
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About the Role
GE Vernova seeks a Project Engineering Manager for Grid Solutions projects in Riyadh. You will lead engineering activities, manage design, budget, and change processes, and coordinate technical tasks to ensure QCT delivery.
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Responsibilities
- Accountability for the end to end engineering lifecycle, ensuring all technical deliverables meet QCT targets.
- Integrating engineering activities with Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning.
- Heading up multidisciplinary design teams (internal and external) to drive technical excellence.
- Managing the Design Freeze process and technical scope boundaries among all project partners.
- Overseeing resolution of complex technical interfaces between customer, partners, and third party contractors.
- Maintaining control over engineering budget and workload, identifying and mitigating technical risks.
- Ensuring all engineering deliverables adhere to contractual obligations and regulatory standards.
- Acting as primary technical contact for Customer and local utility providers.
- Securing timely design approvals through management of technical queries and customer comment cycles.
- Ensuring Safety by Design principles and EHS requirements are embedded in engineering process.
- Monitoring engineering performance through KPIs and driving continuous improvement.
- Steering final documentation process (As Builts, O&M Manuals) and contributing to Lessons Learned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Minimum 7 years of experience heading up primary design activities within EPC environments in Transmission and Distribution, Power Generation, or Energy sector
- Systematic understanding of international standards (IEC, IEEE, ANSI, NEMA, CIGRE) and regional regulations including SEC standards
- Experience engaging with Saudi utility providers and clients
- Practical experience with High Voltage GIS/AIS substations from 132kV to 400kV and above
- Successful track record in technical project management within multidisciplinary and international team environments
- Willingness to travel globally and work in various locations
- Professional fluency in English and Arabic
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in KSA without company sponsorship or time restrictions
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Job Description Summary
- In this role, you will head up and oversee all engineering activities within the project, ensuring sound adherence to Quality, Cost, and Time (QCT) delivery criteria.
- You will manage design activities, the project engineering budget, and the design change process.
- You will coordinate all technical tasks to ensure seamless technical integration for Grid Solutions projects.
Engineering Management & Project Integration
- Accountability for the end to end engineering lifecycle, ensuring all technical deliverables meet QCT targets.
- Integrating engineering activities with Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning.
- Heading up multidisciplinary design teams (internal and external) to drive technical excellence.
Technical Governance & Interface Management
- Managing the Design Freeze process and technical scope boundaries among all project partners.
- Overseeing resolution of complex technical interfaces between customer, partners, and third party contractors.
- Maintaining control over engineering budget and workload, identifying and mitigating technical risks.
Client Management & Technical Compliance
- Ensuring all engineering deliverables adhere to contractual obligations and regulatory standards.
- Acting as primary technical contact for Customer and local utility providers.
- Securing timely design approvals through management of technical queries and customer comment cycles.
Quality, Safety & Performance Excellence
- Ensuring Safety by Design principles and EHS requirements are embedded in engineering process.
- Monitoring engineering performance through KPIs and driving continuous improvement.
- Steering final documentation process and contributing to Lessons Learned.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Minimum 7 years of experience heading up primary design activities within EPC environments in Transmission and Distribution, Power Generation, or Energy sector.
- Systematic understanding of international standards (IEC, IEEE, ANSI, NEMA, CIGRE) and regional regulations including SEC standards.
- Experience engaging with Saudi utility providers and clients.
- Practical experience with High Voltage GIS/AIS substations from 132kV to 400kV and above.
- Successful track record in technical project management within multidisciplinary and international team environments.
- Willingness to travel globally and work in various locations.
- Professional fluency in English and Arabic.
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in KSA without company sponsorship or time restrictions.
Desired Characteristics
- Extensive experience in High Voltage Substation Primary Design.
- Understanding of project execution risks and financial processes.
- Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration and build effective teams.
- Conducting detailed design reviews for substation steel structures, electrical safety clearances, and cable routing.
- Demonstrated understanding of High Voltage and Medium Voltage equipment design review.
- Communicating effectively across multidisciplinary departments.
- Systematic approach to identifying and resolving complex technical challenges.
- Experience in fostering a collaborative team environment.
- Systematic communication of technical data through effective presentation skills.
- Project management competencies applied throughout the engineering lifecycle.
- Professional fluency in Arabic.
- Ability to live and work in Riyadh.
Additional Information
- Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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