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Primary Design Manager

Ge Vernova 🇬🇧 Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Full-time

The Primary Design Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, construction, and maintenance of physical infrastructure, including geotechnical and structural design for equipment. They also manage departmental operations, lead technical teams, and ensure projects meet quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Support planning, construction and maintenance of physical and natural environments, including soil mechanics, seismic analysis and foundations for GE Vernova equipment
  • Specify design and requirements for underground and above‑ground civil works and select contractors
  • Conduct cost estimates, constructability reviews and sequencing
  • Apply local building codes and principles of structural steel, concrete, timber and masonry
  • Perform analysis and design of industrial structures subjected to static and dynamic loads
  • Lead small projects with limited risk and resources, mentor less‑experienced colleagues
  • Utilize internal and limited external resources for decision‑making and ensure design integration

Requirements

  • Advanced experience in the technical discipline equivalent to a bachelor's degree or higher
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Leadership and interpersonal abilities
  • Capability to influence and lead small teams
  • Experience coordinating multiple projects simultaneously
  • Effective problem‑identification and resolution skills
  • Proven analytical and organizational competence

Key Skills

Systems engineering Requirement quantification Conceptual design Design trade‑off analysis CAD and 3D modeling Cost estimation Constructability assessment Civil engineering standards Structural steel design Reinforced concrete design Geotechnical principles Leadership Team mentoring Project coordination Problem solving Analytical thinking Cross‑functional collaboration

About Ge Vernova

GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world. It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Electrification, and Wind -- with focus on accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come. GE Vernova’s attitude and edge is embedded in its name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and

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