Senior Project Manager

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Project Manager to lead the project team, establish execution approaches and oversee hand-over, planning, and monitoring for internal and external resources.

You will proactively promote an inclusive environment in all team interactions with stakeholders and the business. The role emphasizes project execution and control, stakeholder management, business development support, and a focus on personal development, including training and certification programs, while

Responsibilities

• Lead project execution and control, ensuring best practices and policy adherence.
• Act as the key customer contact and escalation point for project issues; build relationships with stakeholders.
• Provide support in proposals and bids to meet customer needs.

Job description

Leads the project team, establishes the project execution approach and oversees project hand-over, execution planning, and monitoring and control activities for both internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.

Proactively promotes an inclusive environment in the team and in all interactions with stakeholders and the business.

Project execution and control

Ensures that the project follows execution best practices and company policies. Effectively monitors and controls project progress and efficient resource utilization. Monitors and controls project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow. Identifies, qualifies, quantifies and manages project risks, and ensures that all opportunities are identified and pursued. Captures, analyzes and shares lessons learned throughout the project. Ensures that the project is formally closed out, as contractually agreed. Drives the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer

Stakeholder Relation

Acts as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues. Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and effectively communicates with all stakeholders.

Business Development & Tender Support

Provide support in the preparation of proposals and bids to meet customer needs.

Personal Development

Constantly seeks ways to learn, acquire new skills and knowledge.

Keep up to date with industry and product developments.

Identifies own training needs, undertakes self-directed and formal training programs as directed by Management.

Willing to complete the Hitachi Project Management Certficiation Programme.

Health, safety and environment (HSE)

Ensures projects follow and complies with company health, safety, and environmental policies such as “Don’t look the other way”, Lean 6 Sigma and Power Grids hazard reporting.

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.