Lead Project Planner (Hydropower)
GE VernovaRemote
Full Time
Posted September 25, 2026
$87k - $87k
Power Generation
Remote
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed September 29, 2026
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- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Power Generation
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Job Description
We are looking for a Lead Project Planner to join GE Vernova’s Hydro Power North America division.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead development, integration, optimization, and maintenance of project schedules and baselines for complex projects.
- Define the project planning approach, schedule strategy, and governance in alignment with execution strategy and contractual requirements.
- Drive baseline development and freeze processes across project functions.
- Perform advanced schedule analysis including critical path, float erosion, impact analysis, interface analysis, and what-if scenario modeling.
- Lead identification of schedule risks and opportunities and drive mitigation, acceleration, and recovery plans with project teams.
- Support or lead development of committed schedules, rebaselines, and schedule strategies related to change or delay situations.
- Ensure planning deliverables support project reviews, management decision-making, and customer communication requirements.
- Lead planning reviews with project leadership, customers, consortium partners, and other key stakeholders when required.
- Challenge execution assumptions and help shape project priorities through schedule insight and structured analysis.
- Oversee schedule quality, planning assumptions, and consistency of planning outputs.
- Mentor Planners and Schedulers and promote planning standards, methods, and best practices.
- Support schedule-related claims analysis, delay assessments, and change impact evaluations where required.
- Contribute to improvement of planning processes, tools, and project execution practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC or similarly complex project environments.
- Advanced knowledge of planning and scheduling methodologies.
- Advanced Primavera P6 proficiency.
- Strong experience in hydropower, energy, infrastructure, or industrial project execution.
- Experience in schedule recovery, change management, and delay analysis.
- Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
- 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.
- Certifications such as PMI-SP, PMP, or AACE-PSP.
- Background in cost control and earned value management (EVMS).
- Knowledge of Lean principles and the Last Planner System.
- Experience with US Government projects.
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