Service Project Manager

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Faridabad District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead on-site EPC HV installations, including O&M, AMC, and upgrades. You will coordinate with customers, contractors, and internal teams to ensure cost-effective, high-quality delivery per contract and safety standards.

You will manage budgets, schedules, and risks, drive site safety, and ensure compliant documentation and sub-contractor performance, while liaising with stakeholders to close issues promptly.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering with 7+ years of experience or B.E./B.Tech in electrical engineering with 5+ years on EPC projects or HV installations.
• Experience in project management, engineering, or customer support with proven accomplishments.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.
• Knowledge of contracts management, commercial aspects, and HSE practices.
• Familiarity with high voltage substation commissioning and O&M activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site project activities and coordinate with customer, contractors, and team.
• Manage site safety plans, budget, and cost forecasting to meet contractual deliverables.
• Oversee subcontracts, payments, and lessons learnt across sites.
• Ensure documentation, revisions, and regulatory compliance are up to date.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Scheduling (CPM)

Risk assessment

Communication

HSE knowledge

Contract management

Negotiation

Cost control

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

This role is responsible for Project Management professional. As Project Manager, Lead all on-site activities of a project to assure cost-effective execution of project deliverables in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, Safety standards ,schedule, and high safety standards and requirements during the start-up, construction and/or erection, commissioning, Lifecycle Management- S/Stn. Extension, Retrofit and Upgrades, AMC and Operation & Maintenance(O&M). In this position, you will serve as the single point of contact for Customer, contractors and be expected to liaise between Team members and management. Individual must possess strong organizational and communication skills and work proficiently both individually and in teams.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Assume ownership of the construction LCP / O&M / AMC site
• Plans project on-site activities with Sr. Project Manager including management of the site personnel and the delivery of the contractual requirements.
• Coordinate and drive the performance of the Site Works / operations in accordance with the Contract; ensure the fulfilment of the contractual deliverables within the defined schedule, cost effective, with the utmost importance to Quality, Health and Safety as per Hitachi Energy standards.
• Serve as main interface to the Customer site representatives and local authorities. Assist in technical discussions with customer.
• Responsible for the proper implementation and compliance with the site-specific Health, Safety and Environmental Plan.
• Ensures detailed construction Health & Safety (H&S) plan is in place, compliant with the Hitachi Energy standards. Ensures all on-site resources are properly trained on company health, safety and environment policy and proactively promotes health and safety considerations to project partners throughout the project. if a situation arises, takes the necessary steps to ensure that Hitachi employees and other persons are safe.
• Manage the site budget and site costs, prepare accurate cost forecasting, communicate deviations, and define mitigation actions to stay within budget.
• Manage and follow subcontract works, claims, payment certificates and the overall performance of our subcontractors.
• Ensure the collection and implementation of Lessons Learnt from previous projects and the preparation and distribution of Lessons Learnt from their site to the rest of the organization.
• Ensures all documentation is modified and updated as necessary, the document handling system is maintained, and latest revisions are used for the construction work on site.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering with 7 plus years of experience or bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 5 plus year at Site in EPC Projects or high voltage installations including exposure to O&M activities
• One or combination of the following disciplines: Project Management; Project Engineering; Customer support. Must have proven accomplishments.
• Ability to take lead and work hands-on to deliver on timely completion / customer expectations Safety first - on and off work. Relevant knowledge and experience in the field of HSE.
• Sound knowledge in contracts management and commercial.
• Fair knowledge on high voltage substation commissioning and O&M.
• Clearly demonstrates critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to communicate with Hitachi and Customer personnel in order to successfully collaborate, coordinate, and resolve project related activities and issues.
• Knowledge of Project Management skills such as critical path and risk identification and mitigation.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and able to deliver to customer’s expectations.
• Self-motivated who drives all stakeholder to close issues and comfortable taking a leadership role as being a team member.
• Negotiation skills for interaction with internal and external customers
• Good understanding knowledge in Schedule management, must be able to review and plan, such as critical path and risk identification and mitigation.
• Self-motivated who drives all stakeholder internally and external customers Knowledge of Primavera P6, MSWORD and MSEXCEL & Power Point.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

Job type Full time

Work arrangement On-Site

Experience Experienced

Job function Project | Program Management

Contract Regular

About Hitachi Energy

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.