Job Description Summary
As Senior Project Engineering Manager (m/w/d), you are responsible for leading the engineering execution of large-scale EPC projects from the Berlin office, ensuring the successful delivery of complex High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) substation projects valued at $1–2B+.
You oversee a diverse, international engineering team and drive the delivery of engineering scopes for high-impact energy infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with project objectives in terms of schedule, cost, quality, and technical requirements.
In this role, you collaborate closely within the HVDC Solution Line and the global Project Engineering Management (PEM) department, working alongside experienced colleagues across Europe, the US, and Asia. You report directly to the local PEM team manager in Berlin and contribute to a dynamic, global PEM community.
This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge HVDC technology, support the energy transition, and ensure successful end-to-end engineering execution in complex, large-scale projects.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Lead the successful execution of engineering activities for complex HVDC projects, ensuring alignment with schedule, cost, quality, and technical requirements
- Own the end-to-end delivery of the HVDC Solution Line engineering scope on large EPC projects
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, ensuring integrated and consistent deliverables aligned with project milestones
- Act as technical lead within the project, driving engineering decisions and managing interfaces across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and customers
- Maintain effective communication with customers, partners, and suppliers on technical topics, ensuring transparency and trust
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks through an up-to-date risk register and structured mitigation and change management processes
- Ensure compliance with internal processes, EHS requirements, and industry best practices across the project lifecycle
- Represent engineering in project governance, reporting progress, issues, and KPIs, and contributing to key project reviews and decisions
- Support site teams during execution, enabling smooth transition from design to construction and commissioning and resolving technical issues
- Mentor and develop project engineers, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Conduct regular project reviews of HVDC SL scope performance across time, cost, quality, and risk
Required Qualifications:
- Engineering degree in Electrical, Power Systems, Electronics, or Automation
- 10+ years of experience as Project Engineering Manager or similar role in EPC environments (Energy, Transmission, Distribution, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, etc.)
- Proven experience in Project Management; Engineering Management; Suppliers Management ; Customer und People Management
- Proven track record of delivering at least 2 medium to large EPC projects
- Experience managing engineering budgets of $5–10M+
- Strong experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders in international and multicultural environments
- Solid understanding of engineering project lifecycles, risk management, technical interfaces, configuration control, and change management
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with ability to influence and represent engineering in internal and customer meetings
- Fluent in English; German is a plus.
- Willingness to travel occasionally within Europe and internationally
Desired Characteristics;
- HVDC experience is a strong asset, but not required
- Experience in large-scale infrastructure or industrial EPC projects
- Strong motivation to contribute to the energy transition
- Ability to thrive in complex, matrix, and global project environments
- Proactive, structured, and solution-oriented mindset
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across technical and non-technical audiences
What we offer:
- A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements
- Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities - including private health insurance.
ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEMS - GRID SOLUTIONS
GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business electrifies the world with advanced grid technologies and systems, enabling power transmission and distribution across the power grid, and supporting a decarbonized and secured energy transition
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
