Project Manager

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead electrical projects, coordinate cross-functional teams, manage schedules, costs and quality, and ensure successful handovers.

The role requires strong leadership, experience in project execution for high voltage equipment, and the ability to work with global customers; candidates should have an engineering background and handle complex environments.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Electrical engineering with 5-8 years of project execution experience.
• Experience in GIS or Substation projects involving high voltage design, supply and install.
• Ability to work with global customers and lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams, set execution approach, and oversee handover.
• Organize teams, assign responsibilities, develop schedules, and allocate resources.
• Monitor costs, timing, staffing, and ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Identify obstacles and drive resolutions to meet time and budget.
• Coordinate procurement, production progress, site installation, testing and commissioning.
• Manage scope changes, time extensions, and commercial closure.
• Prepare risk/opportunity plans and master document lists.
• Coordinate with Engg and SCM for sub supplier orders and production plans.
• Oversee stage inspections and milestone billings.
• Handle PAC collection and project closeout.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Communication

Job description

Job Description:

Mission Statement

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

Challenges

• 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.

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Background Screening and Security Checks

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