Project Manager

The opportunity

Technical Project Management requires specific technical knowledge to plan, organize, and control resources, procedures, and timing for a technical process or project including: Developing detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports, conducting risk analysis and monitoring the progress of plans against project milestones and budgets. Providing technical and analytical guidance to the project team. Ensuring adherence to quality standards and review of project deliverables. Analyzing and documenting requirements by liaising with a range of users in the organization. On some projects, where applicable, manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables A Team Leader (M1) supervises para-professional employees. Responsibilities typically include: Setting day-to-day operational objectives for team. Problems faced may be difficult but typically are not complex. Ensures policies, practices and procedures are understood and followed by direct reports, customers and stakeholders.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Lead the project team allocated to the project, defining main guidelines, allocating project tasks, and motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones.
• Provide performance feedback regarding allocated resources working on projects; Ensure that the project consistently applies contract and claims management, in accordance with policies and contractual agreements.
• Define, jointly with the Project Controls department, all project plan documents, including scope and financial plans, schedule and risk management plans;
• Ensure that the project follows execution best practices and policies. Identify, qualify, quantify and manage project risks, and ensure that all opportunities are identified and pursued.
• Effectively monitor and control project progress and efficient resource utilization. Monitor and control project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow.
• Capture, analyse and share lessons learned throughout the project.
• Ensure that the project is formally closed out, as contractually agreed. Drive the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer.
• Act as key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and effectively communicate with all stakeholders.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
  
  

Your background

• You hold a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role. 3- to years in a similar role – e.g., Associate Project Manager, Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Project Engineer.
• Preferably holds recognized project management training and certifications – e.g., PMP.
• Proficient with MS Word, MS Excel, Auto cad. Proficient maintaining schedules for projects using recognized project scheduling tools; Proficient organizer.
• Ability to influence and coordinate stakeholders. Project management for construction of continuous process equipment & manufacturing setup.
• Proficiency in English/Hindi/Kannada communication.
  
  

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future.

We employ around 45,000 people in 90 countries who each day work with purpose and use their different backgrounds to challenge the status quo. We welcome you to apply today and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.