Manager - Project (10 to 14 yrs)

Rely; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,600,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Job summary

John Cockerill Energy Solutions is expanding its Execution Center in Mumbai. We seek a Project Manager to drive project engineering, procurement coordination, and on-site execution while ensuring quality, schedule, and cost targets. You will liaise with Head Office teams in Belgium/USA and manage PMBOK-aligned processes using Primavera scheduling.

Ideal candidates bring 10–14 years in EPC projects, B.E. Mechanical, and fluent English, with strong leadership and communication skills to lead

Qualifications

• 10 to 14 years overall experience in engineering or EPC projects.
• Minimum 5-7 years as a Project Engineer in EP/EPC projects.
• Mechanical engineering background and project management exposure.
• Fluent English and ability to work with international teams.
• Knowledge of internal standards and PMBOK principles is advantageous.
• Experience with RFQ, procurement coordination, and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with HO project teams to ensure HO specs, notes and contracts are met.
• Organize meetings with John Cockerill teams, vendors and HO PM to track actions.
• Provide ongoing reporting to HO project team on progress and resource use via Primavera.
• Prepare RFQ packages for procurement based on engineering inputs.
• Verify technical compliance and resolve supplier queries; manage manufacturing progress.
• Lead on-site coordination with erection and commissioning advisors and stakeholders.

Skills

English Fluent

PMBOK

Leadership

Coaching

Organization

Coordination

Communication

Presentation

Decision making

Problem solving

Risk management

Education

B.E. Mechanical

Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Job description

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John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of our time: facilitating access to
low-carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures.

Its offer to companies, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defense, industry, environment, transport and infrastructures.

With more than 8 200 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1.649 billion in 2025 in 27 countries, on 5 continents.

Job Purpose

To support its growth, John Cockerill Energy Solutions, headquartered in Belgium, is opening an office in Mumbai. John Cockerill Energy Solution is hiring a Project Manager m/f/x) to reinforce its Execution Center in India.

The Project Manager works together with the Head Offices project teams (based in Belgium or in USA). He/she will be the single point of contact for the Head Office project team for the identified work packages. For reporting, coordination and project management activities related to a particular Project, the Project Manager will report to the Project Manager/Technical Project Manager of the related Project, in Head Office.

He/she is responsible for ensuring that the Design Process is applied as defined in the QMS of the Energy Solutions Business line. Other activities, such as coordination and follow up of procurement, shipment,… will be progressively part of responsibilities.

The Project Manager will be responsible for the quality/compliance of the deliverables, the delivery time of these deliverables (either engineering or products).

Key Responsibilities

• Coordination with internal teams to ensure full compliance of the work packages attributed by Head Office Project Management to the Indian Execution Center:
  • compliance with the HO specifications and technical notes.
  • compliance with the constraints and specifications from the Project Contract.
  • compliance with Project schedule in terms of timing (early completion) and resources consumption.
  • compliance with the costs and margins.
  • compliance with procedures (ISO 9000, ISO 14000, VCA, etc.).
• Organization of coordination meetings with relevant teams from John Cockerill office, Vendor and Head Office Project Management with follow up of action lists.
• Provide continuous, clear and updated reporting to the Head Office Project team, including progress, expected or actual completion, consumption of resources for work packages to Head Office Project Management through the intense use of Primavera scheduling (P6 or Primavera Cloud).
• For the scope attributed to Indian Execution Center for a particular project, the Project Manager is responsible for:
  • Preparation of RFQ (Request for Quotation) packages for the Procurement department based on inputs from Engineering.
  • Technical compliance verification and resolution of queries with Suppliers.
  • Follow up and expediting of the Suppliers awarded: engineering deliverables of the Suppliers (timing and quality) and manufacturing/delivery progress.
  • Key point of contact for mechanical erection and commissioning advisors on site;
  • Optimization and follow-up of the financial results of the scope of the project, including but not limited to estimation of “to complete” budget per WBS, update of Cash data; cash flow requirement for the scope handled.
  • Technical and Supply Chain risks and opportunities assessments and reporting, including mitigation/corrective action plans;
  • Application of internal standards and good practices.
  • Continuously challenge, analyze, and monitor BOQ (weight, unit price, total price) for the ongoing project(s) across different phases: proposal, engineering, procurement, design, and supplier feedback.
• Promotion of quality, efficiency and productivity to meet business objectives and goals.
• Adhere to project schedules and expected hours for the projects. Ensure the schedule is up-to-date and critical activities are under control.

In this function, the Project Manager will have a global view on the projects, from basic engineering to 3D modeling to fabrication to the final site construction of the product.

The Project Manager reports to the Energy Solutions India Operation Manager. Daily, his/her ‘internal customer’ will be the Head Offices project Teams.

Education & Experience

• 10 to 14 years with minimum 5-7 years of Applicable Experience (as Project Engineer in EP/EPC projects)
• B.E. Mechanical

Background, Skills and Competencies

• Analysis of contractual requirements in regards with internal standards as well as application of internal technical choices
• Understanding of international codes and norms (mainly ASME, EN and ISO)
• Understanding of basic design of the products of the business line
• Understanding of P&ID’s and product processes
• Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings
• Knowledge of the PMBOK principle is a strong advantage.
• Understanding of product and organization interfaces
• Fluent knowledge of English is mandatory,
• Leadership & Coaching: you know how to inspire and motivate your team in an assertive way
• Organization & Coordination: you work with different functions and different suppliers, with deadlines to meet
• Communication & Presentation: it’s your daily job to create bonds and to pass on information, and you can even do it internationally
• Decision-making & Problem-solving:you are often confronted with different options, for which some unknowns remain
• Working under pressure: you must make decisions… It is not always easy with high value projects. But you know risk‑taking is sometimes necessary to move the project forward and you can handle it!

You can’t master everything! Count on our onboarding period (3 to 6 months) to meet your colleagues and their role, as well as to get familiar with our internal standards, our tools, our processes.

Who We Are

John Cockerill Energy, a player in the energy transition: the strength of a diversified and combinable range of solutions

It is from the heart of its history stretching back more than 200 years that John Cockerill Energy draws its expertise in the production of steam, which has led to it being recognized worldwide on the market for the conception and supply of heat recuperation boilers. Resolutely turned towards the future. We proudly incarnate the bold spirit of an entrepreneur and we have extended our know‑how to respond to the needs of our times, by developing innovative solutions to encourage access to energy, just like our founder in his own times:

• Heat Recovery steam generators, particularly suited to operate in cycles with frequent start‑ups and shut‑downs. They can be installed behind gas turbines of all power ratings, brands and burning all types of fuel;
• The manufacture and maintenance of boiler parts, in particular pressure parts in its specialized workshop based in Mexico.
• Aftersales services, technical assistance, inspections from the rehabilitation to the modernization of all types and brands of boilers;
• Wet & dry cooling with cooling towers and air cooled condensers for power plants.
• Thermal solar receivers (Concentrated Solar Power), that capture the sun’s rays, reflected by mirrors on the ground, and enable to produce energy 24/7 thanks to molten salts;
• Industrial boilers destined for sectors such as chemicals, petrochemicals, biomass, incineration, …

It is from this knowledgeable mix of tradition and innovation that we draw our own energy. And it is across the whole world that John Cockerill Energy makes its mark through its technological know‑how and its mastery of project management thanks to our Belgian, American and Mexican teams and our recuperation boiler licensees, Wuxi, S&T and Larsen & Toubro which respectively cover China, South Korea and India. Together, we all work to facilitate access to green energy.

John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment.