Project Manager

ABB; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Private medical cover

Company car or car allowance

Job summary

ABB is seeking a Project Manager to lead project teams from planning through to successful completion, ensuring delivery on time, on budget, and aligned with customer expectations. You will develop documentation, manage finances, risks, and supplier relationships while promoting ABB processes and best practices.

The role offers a hybrid work model from UK locations, with opportunities to travel and engage face-to-face with customers.

Qualifications

• Previous project management experience.
• Proven track record of managing project scope, costs, schedules, and vendors/subcontractors.
• Collaborative, solution‑oriented approach with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Engineering degree, technical degree, or project management qualification.
• Passion for developing a career in project management and expanding leadership capability.
• Willingness to travel and engage face-to-face with customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project team assigned to your projects, setting clear objectives, coordinating activities, and supporting team members to successfully achieve project milestones.
• Develop and maintain key project documentation, including scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risk registers.
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with ABB processes, standards, and best practices, while effectively monitoring progress, performance, and resource utilisation.
• Manage project financial performance, including forecasting, invoicing, cost control, expenses, and cash flow.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks and opportunities, implementing mitigation plans and driving actions to achieve positive project outcomes.
• Capture and share lessons learned throughout the project lifecycle and ensure projects are formally closed in accordance with contractual and business requirements.
• Support the application of contract and claims management processes in line with ABB policies and contractual obligations.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain Management to procure the services, materials, and equipment required to support project delivery.
• Work collaboratively with Supply Chain Management on supplier performance, negotiations, claims, and project changes.
• Build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders, providing regular updates and ensuring expectations are managed throughout project delivery.

Skills

Project management experience

Vendor/subcontractor management

Stakeholder communication

Travel willingness

Education

Engineering degree

PM qualification

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Head of Project Management Office

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As Project Manager, you'll be at the heart of delivering projects that make a real impact for ABB's Energy Industries customers. From planning and execution through to successful completion, you'll bring together people, resources, and processes to keep projects on track, on budget, and aligned with customer expectations. Working as part of a collaborative team, you'll help drive project success while developing your leadership capabilities and project management expertise.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What's in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work: your ideas, your energy, and your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your career path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you'll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

• Lead the project team assigned to your projects, setting clear objectives, coordinating activities, and supporting team members to successfully achieve project milestones.
• Develop and maintain key project documentation, including scope, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risk registers.
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with ABB processes, standards, and best practices, while effectively monitoring progress, performance, and resource utilisation.
• Manage project financial performance, including forecasting, invoicing, cost control, expenses, and cash flow.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks and opportunities, implementing mitigation plans and driving actions to achieve positive project outcomes.
• Capture and share lessons learned throughout the project lifecycle and ensure projects are formally closed in accordance with contractual and business requirements.
• Support the application of contract and claims management processes in line with ABB policies and contractual obligations.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain Management to procure the services, materials, and equipment required to support project delivery.
• Work collaboratively with Supply Chain Management on supplier performance, negotiations, claims, and project changes.
• Build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders, providing regular updates and ensuring expectations are managed throughout project delivery.

Work model: Hybrid from our Daresbury or St Neots locations {}

Qualifications For The Role

• Previous project management experience.
• Proven track record of managing project scope, costs, schedules, and vendors/subcontractors.
• Collaborative, solution-oriented approach with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Engineering degree, technical degree, or project management qualification.
• Passion for developing a career in project management and expanding leadership capability.
• Willingness to travel and engage face-to-face with customers.

Benefits

ABB offers a full range of benefits to help you thrive at work and beyond.

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more) Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme
• Company car or car allowance
• Private medical cover
• Generous bonus scheme

For the 6th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

More About Us

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. Run What Runs the World.

#RunwithABB

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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