Project Planning and Controls Specialist | Madrid, Spain

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Madrid; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is expanding its ES Regional Office in Madrid and seeks a Project Planning and Controls Specialist to own scheduling and control activities across delivery projects. You will collaborate closely with project managers and senior planners in a technically robust environment, driving timely decisions and project performance.

You bring around 4 years in Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls, with knowledge of Earned Value Analysis, S-curves, and Primavera P6.

Qualifications

• 4 years of relevant experience in Planning & Scheduling and Project Controls.
• Strong knowledge of Earned Value Analysis and S-curves.
• Experience with Primavera P6 is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules for delivery projects.
• Prepare, update, and analyze current and forecasted schedules.
• Monitor project costs, resources, and risks, supporting timely decision-making.
• Identify potential delays and support mitigation actions with project teams.
• Prepare reports and analyses such as S-curves, OTD, earned value, and critical path.
• Proactively highlight deviations and risks to project managers.
• Collaborate with project leadership to apply and improve Project Controls practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in planning, scheduling, and execution.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external & internal regulations, procedures & guidelines.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Earned Value Analysis

S-curves

Cross-functional collaboration

Fluent in English and Spanish

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

MS Office

Job description

Project Planning and Controls Specialist

At Hitachi Energy, our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.

Ready to grow your career in the energy transition?

At Hitachi Energy, we’re building the ES Regional Office (ESOPC) in Madrid as part of our Grid & Power Quality Solutions business in Europe (HBUEU). This role offers the opportunity to work in a technically strong environment, contributing to impactful projects while continuing to deepen your expertise in Project Planning and Controls.

As a Project Planning and Controls Specialist, you’ll be part of a team delivering power conversion projects across the region. You will take ownership of planning and control activities on selected workstreams while collaborating closely with project managers and senior planners.

How you’ll make an impact

Develop and maintain project schedules for delivery projects.

Prepare, update, and analyze current and forecasted schedules.

Monitor project costs, resources, and risks, supporting timely decision-making.

Identify potential delays and support mitigation actions together with project teams.

Prepare reports and analyses such as S-curves, OTD, earned value, and critical path.Proactively highlight deviations and risks to project managers.

Collaborate with project leadership to apply and improve Project Controls practices.Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in planning, scheduling, and execution.

Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external & internal regulations, procedures & guidelines.

Your background

You bring around 4 years of relevant experience in Planning & Scheduling and Project Controls, ideally in engineering, EPC, or project-driven environments.

Good working knowledge of Earned Value Analysis and S-curves; experience with Primavera P6 is highly valued.

Strong skills in Excel and MS Office.

Structured, organized, and able to manage priorities independently.

Collaborative, communicative, and comfortable working with cross-functional teams.

Fluent in English and Spanish. Additional languages especially German are a plus.

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing, as well as your professional growth. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.