Project Manager | Chennai, India

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

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids invites applications for a project leadership role in Chennai. The candidate will lead project teams, plan execution, manage internal and external resources, and oversee handover, risk and opportunities planning.

You will monitor costs, schedules, and staffing while ensuring quality standards. Experience with GIS/substation projects and global clients is preferred. Strong leadership and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills and ability to convince stakeholders in the interest of the project.
• Experience in project execution service industry for different product, GIS or substation projects preferred.
• Experience working with global customers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Organizing project teams, assigning responsibilities, developing project schedules, and determining resource requirements.
• Monitoring and reporting on project status including cost, timing, and staffing.
• Ensuring adherence to internal and external quality standards.
• Identifying and resolving obstacles to on-time, on-budget completion.
• Managing multiple interrelated projects and coordinating vendor tasks.
• Reviewing contract receipts from Sales and developing master project documentation.
• Coordinating with Engg and SCM for material procurement and with feeder factories for production progress.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for installation, testing and commissioning at site.
• Handling time extensions, cost changes, and project handover activities.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Risk management

Communication

Education

B.E./B.Tech 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. We welcome you to apply today.