Project manager

The opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Project Manager to join our team. In this role you will be leading the project team allocated to the project, defining main guidelines, allocating project tasks, and motivation and monitoring internal and external resources to Accomplish all tasks and milestones. You will be providing performance feedback regarding allocated resources working on projects.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Ensuring that the portfolio of projects is managed consistently, based on best practices and Hitachi Policies
• Ensuring that Hitachi Policies are consistently followed.
• Developing, customizing and continuously improving standard processes and work instructions by adopting Hitachi and external best practices.
• Ensuring that lessons learned from project execution are analyzed and conclusions are incorporated in continuous improvement actions.
• Creating work plans and tracks costs / estimates in one’s area of responsibility.
• Reviewing and approving scope, budget and schedule for assignments and ensures quality deliverables on time and within targeted cost.
• Improving effectiveness of work plans in collaboration with other functions.
• Completing risk and opportunity assessments and ensuring implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility.
• Reporting any contract/quality/program/cost issues to management along with recommendations for resolution.
• Participating in Sales and Operations Planning with other members of the ME Service OU Team and takes actions to close potential gaps in project execution capacity.
• Project executing and preparing project reviews. Takes an active role in resolving escalated project issues, especially those raised by customers.
• Ensuring that projects are formally closed out, as contractually agreed.
• Ensuring that all projects consistently apply contract and claims management, in accordance with Hitachi Policies and contractual agreements.
• Validating and supporting that adequate HSE measures are taken in the respective project operations functions and that an HSE culture is implemented and maintained in the organization.
• Managing assigned resources for activities, assigning tasks to team members, and supervising workload and work allocation within the team.
• Ensuring appropriate competencies are developed and acquired within the team to support development and succession planning.
• Ensuring that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides motivate and develop direct and indirect employees with the support of HR processes.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
  
  

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and PMP certification Project Manager role.
• More than 5 years’ experience as Project Manager in the similar industry.
• Able to demonstrate negotiation skills in interaction with internal and external customers.
• Thorough understanding of project contracts, consortiums agreements and Incoterms 2010.
• Ability to assess, propose and implement solutions for rapid recovery of troubled or challenged projects.
• Must be self-motivated with a high level of creativity
• Must be familiar with and have practical experience with SAP PS, MS Project, MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and other software
• Should have experience in dealing with the cultural diversity of a global business environment.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.
  
  

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.