Overview
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Job Description Summary
Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition. As the Primary Design Manager you will be the technical guarantor of the proper performance of design works in your field of activity, ensuring the design budget (man days), deadlines and quality meet customer expectations while promoting ease of installation, operation and maintenance of the system. The successful candidate plans basic and detailed design activities, manages and oversees detailed execution progress, and coordinates the delivery of required engineering documentation for procurement, manufacturing and site erection in accordance with customer specifications and internal standards.
Responsibilities
* Scope of work & time schedule.
* Establish, based on tender and contract analysis, and project strategy, the list of documents to produce for your field of activity.
* Evaluates with PEM or PM engineering workload and deliverables dates for the concerned package, and commits to such budget in man days and in time delivery.
* Ensures on-time delivery of design, including Partner documents, to stakeholders with suitable quality.
* Anticipate and mitigate delivery issues and recommend changes.
* Lead & coordinate your design team.
* Manage and monitor detailed execution progress and short-term plan.
* Request from PEM or PM required technical coordination meetings with partners or key suppliers if and when appropriate, to synchronise respective designs.
* Manage design time spent in man-hours on relevant activities.
* Follows & implements project strategy.
* Highlights scope or design changes (data for claims, VO..).
* Informs PEM / PM of design issues all along project execution and propose range of solutions for decision; follow solutions agreed up to resolution.
* Analyse customer technical requirements.
* Ensures compliance to customer requirements.
* Represents customer interests in the design decisions at PM request.
* Coordinate with Partners coordination regarding customer technical comments on their scope.
* Looks for cost optimisation in all design phases and mainly during basic design.
* Ensures technical consistency of design area.
* Checks design subcontractor deliverables.
Desired Skills & Experience
* Relevant degree - electrical or mechanical, function of field of activity involved.
* Good level of years engineering experience in the related activity/discipline, preferably in project & EPC type environment in T&D, Power Gen or Oil & Gas industry, or 2 to 4 Medium Set projects in position of Lead Engineer.
* Experience of project technical management processes, preferably in a multi-disciplinary team context with multiple interfaces.
* Several experiences in managing externally subcontracted design work package of various sizes.
* Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry.
About GE Grid Solutions
Grid Solutions, a GE Vernova business, serves customers globally with over 20,000 employees. We provide power utilities and industries worldwide with equipment, systems and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. Grid Solutions focuses on addressing the challenges of the energy transition by enabling the safe and reliable connection of renewable and distributed energy resources to the grid. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition.
At GE Grid Solutions we are electrifying the world with advanced grid technologies and aim to accelerate the transition for a more energy efficient grid. With a focus on growth and sustainability GE Grid Solutions plays a pivotal role in integrating renewables onto the grid to drive toward carbon neutrality. GE Grid Solutions offers the most advanced and comprehensive product and solutions portfolio within the energy sector.
Why We Come To Work
At GE Vernova, our engineers are challenged to find the best solution. Our projects are unique and interesting, and you’ll need a solution-focused, positive approach. You’ll work with committed, loyal colleagues and have the opportunity to contribute to game-changing, diverse projects that support the energy transition.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
* Industries: Electric Power Generation
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