Senior Project Manager - Offshore

Job Number: 1632878 Business: GE Oil & Gas Business Segment: Oil & Gas About Us: GE works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with GE Oil & Gas! Posted Position Title: Senior Project Manager - Offshore Career Level: Experienced Function: Services Function Segment: Project Management Location: United States : Texas City: Houston Postal Code: 77086-3216 Relocation Assistance: Yes Role Summary/Purpose: GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

The Senior Project Manager will perform functions to coordinate and direct all activities from the inception to the successful completion of major complex projects.

In this position, you will:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Internal manage major complex projects involving significant engineering development, third-party interfaces and possibly including field-testing and installation
• Develop strategies with Sales to grow market and margin expansion
• Develop influential relationships with target customers at all levels, understand decision-making processes, and develop strategies to win profitable business from those customers
• Coordinate, develop, and prepare segments of major project proposals, including customer presentations and negotiations
• Provide direction and oversight to a project team including engineering, quality assurance, production planning, purchasing and cost accounting; secure and coordinate the services of support organizations including legal, finance, manufacturing, sales and field service
• Continuously monitor the project for signs of existing or potential problems and take the lead role to solve or preclude the problem from developing
• Add resources, negotiate change with the customer, revise the plan, etc.
• Represent business as the single-point contact for the project's customer, with respect to technical, commercial, schedule, and add-on sales; develop and negotiate proposals for supplemental work and changes of project scope
• Prepare and issue progress reports and presentations to customers and management
• Coordinate/conduct periodic review meetings of projects in process for business leadership
• Attend "post mortem" reviews for Houston-based projects and assist the dedicated project manager with retrospective evaluation of the project, developing and implementing systematic changes deemed appropriate as a result of these reviews

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related technical discipline from an accredited college or university (or a High School Diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years of project management or commercial operations experience)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in commercial operations and/or oilfield operations including exposure to a wide range of facets, including technical, commercial and sales within the oil industry

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability and willingness to travel, as required

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

Desired Characteristics:

• Ability to drive change in a challenging business environment
• Strong analytical, negotiation, commercial acumen and contractual awareness
• Market awareness and general understanding of upstream business dynamics
• Customer intimacy - works well with customers - able to understand needs and drive VG product strategy to meet these needs
• Ability to think in both strategic and tactical terms
• Strong interpersonal skills with customer, peers, team members
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries and to work in cross-functional and cross-regional teams - need to influence as well as direct others
• Financially astute
• Experienced negotiator
• Experience interfacing with Global Supply Chain and/or Engineering
• Demonstrated solid communicator - written and oral

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