Change Manager

Hitachi Rail Limited; København; Hybrid; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Limited seeks an experienced Change Manager to coordinate change, variation, and claims within large rail infrastructure projects. You will maintain logs, marshal substantiation, and prepare decision packs while aligning with the governance model and legal support.

The role requires strong change-control and commercial management expertise, with the ability to work with technical teams and manage high-stakes negotiations under time pressure.

Qualifications

• Strong claims, change-control and commercial management experience in rail, infrastructure, systems or construction projects.
• Ability to work with technical teams to produce defensible substantiation.
• Resilience under time constraints and high-value negotiation pressure.

Responsibilities

• Operate the variation/change and claims registers with owner, deadline, evidence path and commercial strategy.
• Coordinate assessments with responsible disciplines (technical, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, site).
• Prepare change submissions, claims narratives, substantiation packs and negotiation briefs with Contract Manager and Legal Support.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in decisions, including ethical escalation and confidentiality.
• Control variation, claim and change workflow within approved Governance.
• Launch impact assessments and recommend escalation/decision papers.

Skills

Change-control

Commercial management

Rail project experience

Delay/disruption narratives

Stakeholder negotiation

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.

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

Change Manager

About The Role

Change Manager maps to Change/variation/claims management. The role operates in the four-level Governance model, with Level 3 Project-management routines used for cross-Project coordination, milestone synchronisation, escalation and acceptance preparation. It supports Hitachi’s obligation to define, plan, manage and carry out the Design and Implementation Period and to adhere to the Contract Management and Governance Model. Its specific contribution is to maintain change and claim logs; coordinate impact assessment; prepare decision packs; support dispute mitigation and traceability.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate the variation/change and claims registers, ensuring every potential event has an owner, deadline, evidence path and commercial strategy.
• Coordinate technical, schedule, cost, risk, procurement and site impact assessments with the responsible disciplines.
• Prepare change submissions, claims narratives, substantiation packs and negotiation briefs in alignment with Contract Manager and Legal Support.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role‑specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti‑bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.
• Controls variation, claim and change workflow inside approved Governance.
• Can launch impact assessments and recommend escalation/decision papers.

Key Interfaces

• Project Manager, Contract Manager, Legal Support, Planning Manager, Finance Controller, Quantity Surveyor and PMO.
• Work Package Leaders, Engineering, Implementation, T&C and Procurement teams providing technical facts and cost/schedule impacts.
• Customer commercial teams and supplier/subcontract commercial representatives.
• Change Board/change reviews.

Authority & Accountability

• Accountable for completeness, timeliness and quality of change/claim records and submissions.
• Authorised to request impact inputs, challenge weak substantiation and recommend commercial escalation priorities.
• Requires Project Manager/Contract Manager approval for formal positions, negotiated settlements or baseline commitments.

Mandate

Recover legitimate entitlement, prevent uncontrolled scope growth and ensure change is reflected coherently across Project baselines.

Skills & Experience

• Strong claims, change-control and commercial management experience in rail, infrastructure, systems or construction Projects.
• Competence in delay/disruption narratives, pricing logic, contemporaneous evidence and negotiation preparation.
• Ability to work with technical teams to produce defensible substantiation.
• Resilience and resistance to stress under time constraints, customer challenge and high-value negotiation pressure.
• Detail orientation, assertiveness and ethical commercial conduct.

More than 5 years in change control, claims analysis and baseline management on complex Projects.

Working in Hitachi

Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.

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.