Project Engineer, Stafford

Valve Converter Lead Project Engineer – Lead the delivery of the valve converter and cooling system projects in an international HVDC environment, manage schedules, budgets, risks, and customer interactions while driving continuous improvement.

• Lead the delivery of one or several projects running in parallel.
• Define and maintain the Valve Delivery Project Plan.
• Define and maintain the detailed Valve Project Smartsheet Plan derived from the main Project Delivery P6 plan.
• Define and maintain the Valve Risk Register and escalade high risks to the project team.
• Review planned hours, Cost‑To‑Completion hours vs Budgeted hours.
• Adhere to the GE HVDC operation rhythm.
• Adhere to the Valve Engineering SIPOC and delivery processes.
• Define and maintain the resource plan, request additional resources to valve engineering team leads.
• Accountability on the On‑Time‑Delivery and say‑do ratio KPIs for the project.
• Lead cross‑functional tasks and discussions.
• Lead Non‑Conformities, with action plan in place and accountability to close them.
• Lead Valve Engineering Gate Reviews and Engineering Design Reviews.
• Raise Change Request when required, following a budget deviation, a change of scope or a change in design.
• Report on a monthly basis to the Head of Valve, the project progress, including achievements, budget status, risks review and resource plan, look ahead.
• Represent Valve during the customer meeting and with GE partners.
• Travel abroad to attend customer meetings, witness type testing in presence of customer or consultants.
• Actively share and learn good practices and lessons learnt as continuous improvement for future project executions.
• Adhere to the EHS policies.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in SmartSheet and/or MS project.

• Prior experience as Project Manager or project lead.
• Prior experience in engineering.
• Project management certification.

• 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.
• Relocation assistance: No.