Project Control Specialist- Facilities
About this role
Job Description Summary
As a GE Vernova accelerator, GE Vernova Advanced Research Center (ARC) is driving strategy and leading research & development efforts to execute on the business’s mission to help power the energy transition. We forge the collaborations and help invent the technologies required to electrify and decarbonize for a zero-carbon future.Representing virtually every major scientific and engineering discipline, our researchers are collaborating with GE Vernova’s businesses, the U.S. government, and more than 420 entities at the forefront of technology to execute on 150+ energy focused projects. Collectively, these research programs and initiatives aim to solve near term technical challenges, deliver next generation product advances, and drive long term breakthrough innovation to enable more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy.
We are seeking a skilled Procurement Specialist to execute the strategic procurement of facility-related goods & services, while also monitoring project spend from a cost controls viewpoint. This role serves as a key liaison between internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure that all research operations are supported by high-quality materials and cost-effective, reliable service contracts.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Material & Service Requisitioning: Manage the end-to-end material & service requisition process, ensuring all purchases comply with company procurement policies and budget allocations.
- Inventory Management: Oversee facility inventory levels, including the execution of periodic physical inventory counts to maintain accurate stock records, avoid overstock while maintaining necessary levels for smooth operation
- Supplier Relations: Maintain strong relationships with existing suppliers while continuously scouting for new vendors to improve supply chain reliability and cost efficiency.
- Scope Development: Partner with facilities team members to finalize comprehensive Scopes of Work (SOWs) for service bids, ensuring clear deliverables, timelines, and safety standards are documented for third-party contractors
- Vendor Performance Management: Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for service and material vendors; conduct regular performance reviews to ensure service levels meet contract requirements and quality standards.
- Operations Budgeting: Assist in the development and tracking of the facilities operational budget; provide analysis on spend variances and identify opportunities for cost savings
- Project Cost Controls: Track project commitments, actuals vs forecast, and other project financial KPIs to support Project Managers to drive on-budget project execution
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance or related field with 3+ years relevant professional experience
OR
- Associate's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance or related field with 3+ years relevant professional experience
OR
- High School Diploma with 7+ years of relevant professional experience
Desired Characteristics
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to negotiate terms and manage professional relationships across internal and external stakeholders
- Analytical Skills: Organizational skills to create, maintain, and analyze purchasing data to enable optimal decision-making
- Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and resolve problems with sustainable solutions
- Project Management: Experience managing multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced industrial or corporate environment.
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Company at a glance
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 ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.
Together, we have the energy to change the world.
Top Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Prescription drug coverage
- Health coach
- Employee assistance program
- 401k savings plan
- Tuition assistance
- Adoption assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Paid holidays
- Permissive time off
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