Project Manager, Services

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Toronto is seeking a Project Manager to oversee various signaling projects in a hybrid setting. Candidates should have significant project management experience, preferably in rail signaling systems, along with excellent communication and negotiation skills. The role includes managing project teams, budget adherence, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Join us to contribute to innovative solutions in the industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years signaling project management experience.
• Project Management experience in Rail Signaling systems or Aerospace systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages project team members and performance management.
• Develops and adheres to project budget and schedules.
• Responds to Customer Request Resolution and manages opportunities and risks.

Skills

Project Management

Communication skills

Organization

Negotiating skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

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.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Service Delivery team in Toronto!

The Project Manager Services is part of the Services Delivery team and is responsible to deliver related Hitachi Rail Signaling bids & projects for a set of worldwide Customer account(s), within schedule, budget and contractual requirements.

Services projects include all projects resulting from an existing Customer/infrastructure and are typically: Maintenance Service Contracts, simple and complex Upgrade Projects, Obsolescence Management, Data analytics contracts, and Service Call‑Outs.

Key Accountabilities

Project Management for Service contracts

• Manages project team members (work assignments, performance management, coaching)
• Responds to Customer Request Resolution (technical queries, expediting, etc.)
• Develops and adheres to project budget and schedules
• Prepares reports for management review and liaises at all levels within the company
• Identifies and manages Opportunities and Risks
• Ensures that the current configuration is correctly managed
• Ensures that the original model is still valid while ensuring the versioning is controlled
• Responsible for ensuring that all safety issues are implemented through company's safety processes and procedures, specifically while managing any customer site activities, during in‑house hardware and/or software development, and during the various discipline review meetings

Bid Management for Services contracts to meet defined Order Intake targets

• Responds to RFQs/RFPs and/or any other Customer’s Requests
• Evaluates customer specifications and assesses our solution compliance
• Is the leader of the Bid Team (Work Package Managers, Project Design Authority, Financial Controller, etc.), and applies relevant bid process to deliver proposals with necessary Gate reviews & bid artifacts (internal and external deliverables)
• Establish offering and pricing strategies in coordination with Sales organization
• Delivers proposals within targeted performance (Customer satisfaction, On‑time delivery, Bid Cost vs. Budget, etc.)

Customer Account Management (including regular communications and visits)

• Maintains the Customer Account Management Plan
• Regularly updates the Plan and ensures it is continuously adapted to the service
• Interfaces with the Customer or on‑site Hitachi unit Team about the technical and operational subjects relating to the capture and processing of his/her requests, to the delivery of the service and to the delivery of associated documents
• Analyzes customer feedback, performance indicators, operating reports
• Produces and monitors Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
• Compares KPI with targets set internally and externally
• Leads continual service improvement approach
• Sets up an action plan to improve the quality of the service provided /perceived by the Customer or to reduce the associated cost
• Manages commendations and complains, capitalize on commendation(s) and complaints for continuous improvement
• Monitor impact of obsolescence / Software and Hardware change requests and, leads resolution actions while effectively communicating with the customer

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 8 years signaling project management experience
• Project Management experience in Rail Signaling systems or Aerospace systems
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organization and negotiating skills
• Excellent Excel / PowerPoint skills

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Project Management certification (IPMA, PMP), PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario)
• Knowledge of rail industry and technology
• Customer service and marketing/sales experience
• Obsolescence management experience
• SelTrac knowledge
• MS Project, Primavera experience

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

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.

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