Project Planer (m/w/d)

Hitachi Rail Limited; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public transport subsidy

Flexible working hours

Up to 60% home office

Holiday bonuses around Christmas/New Y

Employee discounts and training

Job summary

Hitachi Rail in Austria is seeking a Project Planner to monitor project progress and the critical path, aligning milestones with contractual obligations. You will maintain schedules, analyze progress, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to keep the project on track.

The role requires a degree in business or technical fields, PM experience, and proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project, Excel (incl. VBA), and JIRA. Hybrid work arrangements and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Higher School Certificate or university degree in business administration or technical fields.
• Experience in Project Management: resource planning, budgeting, time planning, risk management.
• Proficiency with MS Office, Power Query and BI software (Power BI preferred).
• IPMA or PMP certification is required.
• Experience with Excel development including VBA programming.
• Experience with project planning tools such as Primavera P6 (preferred), MS Project, cplace, JIRA.
• Solid knowledge of project management standards and methods.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain the project master schedule aligned with the WBS.
• Monitor the second level schedule with input from project teams.
• Mitigate delays affecting contractual obligations and report deviations to the PM.
• Identify, report, and mitigate schedule risks and opportunities.
• Regularly update progress reporting and analysis with all functions as a single source of truth.
• Develop the WBS under the PM's accountability and in line with internal standards.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Time planning

Risk management

MS Office

Stakeholder communication

Education

University degree in business administration or technical field

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

cplace

JIRA

Excel (incl. VBA)

Power Query

Power BI / BI software

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

PROJECT PLANER (F/M/D)

With its multicultural team of diverse backgrounds, Hitachi Rail in Austria supports domestic and international rail operators with technologies and expertise in the field of signaling technology. The Hitachi team in Austria thus ensures the safe and efficient transportation of people and goods.

The Project Planner (PJP) ensures continuous and active monitoring of the project physical progress and its critical path and monitors the compliance of the project with all contractual & internal milestones.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Preparation and Maintenance of Project Master Schedule in line with the contractual WBS
• Monitoring of the Project Second Level Schedule (based on the contributions from each Project Team member)
• With the support of relevant roles, mitigates any risk of delays impacting contractual obligations, escalating any significant deviations to the Project Manager
• Supports the overall identification, reporting and mitigation/achievement of schedule risks and opportunities
• Ensures regular updating of monitoring, reporting, and analysis of project physical progress with all functions involved aligned to the project plan as a single point of truth
• The Project Planner is responsible for developing the WBS under the ultimate accountability of the PM and in line with internal standards and guidelines

YOUR PROFILE

• Higher School Certificate, or university degree (business administration, or technical fields)
• Experiences in Project Management (Ressource 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

WE OFFER

• The salary for this position starts at € 55.000 gross p.a. Actual compensation is based on experience and qualification.
• Very good accessibility by public transport (Vienna Handelskai) & subsidies for public transport
• Flexible working hours and, depending on the position, up to 60% home office
• Hitachi Rail gives you holidays on Christmas (24.12) and New Year's Eve (31.12)
• Discounts for employees (canteen, shops, corporate benefits, tickets, etc.)
• Various training opportunities - online, internal and external training courses
• A stable employer in a collegial and international environment

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone.

We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view.

It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.