Job Description Summary

We are looking for a Project Planner to join GE Vernova’s Hydro Power North America division. In this role, you will manage project planning for an assigned project, acting as a key coordination partner to project leadership. You will play a pivotal role in project execution by developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring alignment with project strategy and contractual commitments. By facilitating cross-functional alignment, performing rigorous critical path analysis, and proactively identifying and mitigating schedule risks, you will support project objectives related to on-time delivery and performance.

Your expertise will be instrumental in improving project execution, maintaining baseline control, and building confidence with our stakeholders through transparent reporting and fact-based recommendations.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules in Primavera P6 in alignment with project strategy, contractual obligations, and planning standards.
• Prepare and maintain Master Time Schedules (MTS), Overall Time Schedules (OTS), baseline schedules, and periodic planning deliverables.
• Lead regular schedule review and monthly update cycles with project functions and stakeholders.
• Analyze critical path, longest path, float consumption, schedule deviations, and performance trends.
• Identify scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities, and propose mitigation or optimization scenarios.
• Facilitate collaborative planning discussions to align functions on priorities, assumptions, interfaces, and recovery actions.
• Ensure schedules properly reflect contractual milestones, payment milestones, obligations, and key interfaces.
• Prepare project planning reports and schedule inputs for management reviews and customer reporting.
• Support progress measurement, S-curves, KPI tracking, and other time-performance indicators.
• Support baseline freeze activities, change management, rebaseline activities, and committed schedules when required.
• Escalate risks to project float, critical paths, and contractual commitments in a timely and transparent manner.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of planning practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC or similarly complex project environments.

• Strong knowledge of planning and scheduling principles, techniques, and methodologies.

• Strong Primavera P6 proficiency.
• Experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure, or industrial project execution.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

 

Eligibility Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be available for travel to U.S. sites approximately 10% of the time.

• Must be able to adjust work schedule to accommodate any U.S. time zone.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as PMI-SP, PMP, or AACE-PSP.
• Experience with Lean and Last Planner System.
• Experience with US Government projects.

 

About GE Vernova Hydro Power

GE Vernova’s Hydro Power business designs, develops, manufactures, and services advanced technologies that harness the power of water to deliver reliable and sustainable power. For more than a century, hydropower has played a vital role in power systems across North America and around the world.

 

GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy company leading a new era of electrification and decarbonization. We are helping accelerate the transition to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy while enabling our customers to power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and quality of life.

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

Application Deadline: December 31, 2026

 

 

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $88,800.00 and $133,200.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

 

 

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

 

 

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on September 23, 2026.

 

 

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

 

 

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.