INDUSTRIAL PROJECT MANAGER

OP Mobility; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

OP Mobility in India seeks an Industrial Project Manager for Project Definition, focusing on building design, execution, and handover processes within the OPTIPRO framework.

The role requires 5–8 years in project management for building or automotive projects, with a mechanical engineering or business degree background. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and ensure timely delivery and budget adherence.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of project management experience in Building and automotive industry.
• Experience coordinating cross functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong reporting and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Consolidates the global project status and ensures core teams deliverables are completed on time.
• Identifies deviations from the Project Plan and takes corrective actions.
• Organises project meetings, reviews and gate events with all core team members.
• Prepares gateway reports and gate validation documentation for the OPTIPRO committee.
• Manages risks and action plans across project phases.
• Oversees project budget, cash flow and expenditures to align with plan.
• Ensures safety and regulatory compliance on site and with equipment.

Skills

Project management

Reporting

Budgeting

Coordination

Risk management

Team leadership

Education

University Mechanical Engineering or Business Degree

Job description

INDUSTRIAL PROJECT MANAGER -

Project Definition

• Ensure Building design & developed as prescribed in Building RFQ & general specifications.
• Generate Weekly Reports, Monthly Reports, MOMs, Checklists
• Construction closeout
• Prepare, track & complete the execution of punch lists for each package.
• Coordinate with the client project team for final inspections, and final punch lists and coordinate timely execution of the same.
• Certification of work completion for all packages.
• Co-ordinate delivery of all handover documents from contractors & consultants.
• Follow-ups for As- Build Drawings.
• Preparation of Handing over Documents and all reports.
• Ensures the OPTIPRO Project plan and expenditures are in accordance with the agreed project scope and budget.
• Lead core team members' OPTIPRO activities and budgets, in line with scope and project objectives.
• Establish and manage the project timing plan, consolidate the negotiated planning of each core team member, ensuring that it is in line with OPTIPRO timing plan and other processes (OPTIMAP).
• Sets the targets to be achieved by the team members in line with the project's objectives (safety, hours, investments, cash).
• Ensures that safety rules are implemented, and PO IES standards are applied.
• At the end of the project, assesses progress against the initial project objectives and reports on lessons learned.

Actions management / Reporting / Risks:

• In line with the OPTIPRO Project Plan, consolidates the global project status and ensures that the core teams are accountable for their status regarding to deliverables completion & timing associated.
• Manages and identifies deviations from the planned Project Plan and takes appropriate actions to realign.
• Responsible for organising project meetings, project reviews and end of phase reviews with all core team members to review project status and project action plan follow-up.
• Prepares and presents the gateway reports to the OPTIPRO committee and, in anticipation of the gate event, issues the gate validation report.
• Prioritises and manages the action plan to respond to the risks throughout the project phases.
• Responsible for the financial control / reporting of the project budget cash flow using the standard project management tools.
• Manages the scope changes process and ensures the budget is updated (hours, investments, etc.)
• Manages expenditures versus the planned budget and identifies any deviation related to (hours, investments and expenses), and takes appropriate actions to realign.
• Manages the project cash flow. Only project team member who can authorize payment to suppliers respecting POs procedures and terms.
• Responsible for ensuring the contribution and actions of all project team members to achieve a non-event launch.
• Challenges that the optimum technical and manufacturing solutions / choices are made by the project team to meet the design to cost project objectives.
• Provides periodic reporting to the industrial regional director, highlighting the key project progress and risks.
• Follows the project reporting of each core team member to manage the escalation process of risks and the progress of their project actions.
• Responsible for the performance of the project. Sets targets to the project core team members toachieve as defined in the gate expected (CAPEX, schedule, hours, cash flow…).
• Follows the bidding and selection of suppliers with the purchasing department.
• Ensures compliance of the equipment with local statutory and regulatory applicable requirements

Team / people

• Manages a multidisciplinary team made of « métiers » leaders: building, manufacturing, supply chain, IT, finance, purchasing and operations.
• Ensures the coordination of the project team, communication management, project meeting organization, conflict resolution and building an effective team.
• Ensures the project team applies the methodology - OPTIPRO through adequate division Information Systems.
• In line with the project budget identifies the resource needs, skills and locations to meet the project objectives.
• Establishes and manages the master project timing plan and consolidates negotiated planning of each core team member.
• Contributes to the annual assessment process of the core team members.
• Responsible to ensure the project team apply company standards and best practices as defined by each department to maximise the productivity of the development budget.
• Ensures the health and safety of the project team and the respect of the environment. Applies and respects the procedures of the plant sites.
• Provides the interface between plant, management and the project team.

Department

• Participates in the establishment and the delivery of the department progress plans.
• Participates in the continuous improvement of the departments, organization and methodologies, with actions of lessons learned, best practices and productivity.
• Cascading / be a mentor for another junior Industrial Project Manager.

Experience:5-8 years' experience of project management in Building as well as product in Automotive industry -industrial or engineering background

Qualification: University Mechanical Engineering or Business Degree