Project Manager

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Chennai is seeking an experienced project leader to manage large electrical projects with limited oversight. You will lead project teams, oversee execution planning, monitor cost and schedule, and coordinate with suppliers and customers across geographies.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and delivery of quality results within time and budget.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Electrical engineering with 5-8 years of experience.
• Experience in project execution service industry for different products.
• Preference for experience with global customers.
• Strong leadership and ability to influence stakeholders in the project.
• Ability to work under pressure to deliver on time, cost and quality.

Responsibilities

• Organize project teams, assign responsibilities, develop project schedules.
• Monitor and report on project status including cost, timing, and staffing.
• Ensure adherence to internal and external quality standards (ISO).
• Identify and resolve obstacles to completing projects on time and budget.
• Coordinate with Engg and SCM to place orders for materials and sub-suppliers.
• Prepare project-specific risk and opportunities management plans.
• Coordinate stage inspections and material shipments; manage milestones.
• Handover with as-built drawings, PAC, and final close-out of snags.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Team delegation

Risk management

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager. Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower level professionals. Problems faced are difficult and often complex.

Project leadership:

Leads Project team, establishes the project execution approach and overseas project handover, execution planning and monitoring and control of both internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.

Project Execution and Control:

• Organizing project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, developing project schedules, and determining resource requirements.
• Monitoring and reporting on the status of projects including cost, timing, and staffing. Ensuring adherence to internal and external quality standards (e.g., International Standards Organization).
• Identifying/resolving obstacles to completing project on time and to budget.
• Managing multiple, interrelated projects (including business transformation projects). On some projects, the work may include integrating vendor tasks into the project plan and tracking and reviewing vendor deliverables.
• Review of Contract receipt from Sales
• Develop project schedule and freeze with respective stakeholders (internal and external)
• Preparation of project specific risk and opportunities management plan
• Preparation of project wise Master document list
• Coordination with Engg and SCM to place order on sub supplier for material procurement.
• Coordinate with feeder factories for production plan and follow up on production progress
• Coordination on Stage inspections (if any)
• Follow-up on Material shipment, material receipt at site and acknowledgment from sites for submission of Milestone billings (if any)
• Coordinate with stakeholders for Installation, testing and commissioning at site
• scope and get approvals for time extension, additional cost etc
• Project handing over, as-built drawings, commercial closure etc and collection of PAC, close out of snags & FAC
• Managing expectation of Customers across diverse geographies & cultures

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Graduate in Electrical engineering with Min Experience of 5-8 years.
• Must have expereince in project execution service industry for different product. Experience in GIS projects, Substation projects or similar project related to Design, supply installation of High Voltage equipment is most preferred..
• Preference will be given to those who have expereince working with global customers
• Should possess strong leadership skills and ability to convince stakeholders in the interest of the project.
• Ability to work under pressure to deliver the projects with time, cost and quality.

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.