Hybrid Project Planner - Schedule & Risk Lead (Vienna)

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Wien; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transport accessibility & subsidies

Flexible hours with up to 60% home/ons

Christmas/New Year holidays

Employee discounts

Training opportunities

Stable international employer

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Austria GmbH in Vienna, Austria seeks a Project Planner to monitor project progress, manage schedules and ensure alignment with milestones. The role supports risk and opportunity management across diverse teams in a multicultural setting.

The ideal candidate has education in business or technical fields, hands-on project planning experience with Primavera P6/MS Project, and certification like IPMA or PMP.

Qualifications

• Higher School Certificate or university degree (business administration or technical fields).
• Experience in Project Management (Resource Planning, Budgeting, timeplanning, Risk Management).
• Experience with MS Office, Power Query and Business Intelligence Software.
• IPMA or PMP certification.
• Know-how in development and implementation of applications based on Microsoft Excel (incl. VBA programming).
• Experience with Project Planning Tools (Primavera P6 preferred, MS Project, cplace, JIRA…).
• Knowledge about project Management standards and methods.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain the project master schedule in line with the contractual WBS.
• Monitor the Project Second Level Schedule (based on contributions from each Project Team member).
• Mitigate risks of delays impacting contractual obligations; escalate significant deviations.
• Support the identification, reporting and mitigation/achievement of schedule risks and opportunities.
• Ensure regular updating of monitoring, reporting, and analysis of project progress with all functions aligned.
• Develop the WBS under PM accountability and in line with internal standards and guidelines.

Skills

Project Management

Resource Planning

Budgeting

Time planning

Risk Management

MS Office

Power Query

Business Intelligence Software

IPMA or PMP certification

VBA programming

Education

Higher School Certificate / university degree

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

cplace

JIRA

Job description

Hitachi Rail Austria GmbH in Vienna, Austria seeks a Project Planner to monitor project progress, manage schedules and ensure alignment with milestones. The role supports risk and opportunity management across diverse teams in a multicultural setting.

The ideal candidate has education in business or technical fields, hands-on project planning experience with Primavera P6/MS Project, and certification like IPMA or PMP.