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About the Role

GE Vernova is seeking a Project Engineering Manager to lead and oversee all engineering activities within Grid Solutions projects. Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this full-time position requires a professional with 5-10 years of experience. The role is critical for ensuring sound adherence to Quality, Cost, and Time (QCT) delivery criteria, managing design activities, the project engineering budget, and the design change process. The Project Engineering Manager coordinates all technical tasks, whether executed by internal teams or by partners and subcontractors, to ensure seamless technical integration.

Core Responsibilities

The Project Engineering Manager is accountable for implementing optimized, cost-effective, and operationally efficient technical solutions that align with customer expectations and project schedules. This includes ensuring design performance, meeting deadlines, and maintaining quality within the strategic framework developed alongside Project Managers. Key responsibilities are structured across several areas:

Engineering Management and Project Integration

• Accountability for the end-to-end engineering lifecycle, ensuring all technical deliverables meet project Quality, Cost, and Time (QCT) targets.
• Integrating engineering activities with Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning to ensure a seamless project flow and prevent functional silos.
• Heading multidisciplinary design teams (internal and external) to drive technical excellence and operational efficiency throughout the project.

Technical Governance and Interface Management

• Managing the Design Freeze process and technical scope boundaries (Division of Responsibility) among all project partners.
• Overseeing the resolution of complex technical interfaces between the customer, partners, and third-party contractors to ensure system compatibility.
• Maintaining sound control over the engineering budget and workload, identifying and mitigating technical risks before they impact project financials.

Client Management and Technical Compliance

• Ensuring all engineering deliverables and the final solution strictly adhere to contractual obligations, client technical specifications, and all mandatory national (*, SEC, Saudi Grid Codes) and international (*, IEC, IEEE) regulatory standards.
• Acting as the primary technical contact for the Customer and local utility providers, leading technical negotiations and presentations.
• Securing timely design approvals through systematic management of technical queries and customer comment cycles.

Quality, Safety, and Performance Excellence

• Ensuring Safety by Design principles and EHS requirements are embedded in every stage of the engineering process.
• Monitoring engineering performance through key metrics (KPIs) and driving continuous improvement in design efficiency and quality.
• Steering the final documentation process (As-Builts, O&M Manuals) and contributing to project Lessons Learned (Return of Experience - REX).