Project Manager/Senior Manager

Themetech International; Kulim; On-site; MYR 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Themetech International in Kedah is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale infrastructure projects in Malaysia. You will oversee commercial and technical bidding, plan the project team, and ensure safety, quality, and on-time delivery on site.

You will coordinate with clients and main contractors, manage change orders, cost control, and sub-contractor performance, and maintain strong documentation for final acceptance while guiding the team through project setup to

Qualifications

• Active involvement in PLC Programming in current role.
• Degree in Engineering (Electrical/Electronic/Industrial/Mechanical) or equivalent.
• Technical management, quality management, project management, budget control training.
• 8+ years in site project management.
• Familiar with project management tools.
• Involved in large-scale project execution and management with client communication.
• Excellent organization, coordination, project management and communication.
• Proactive, adaptable to change, responsible and integrity.
• High work enthusiasm and strong professional ethics.
• Good attitude and resilience under stress.
• Knowledge in HMI/SCADA programming, sensors, drives and control panel wiring; strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project bidding from commercial & technical aspects; perform site surveys as required.
• Participate in contract signing; understand project scope, workload, and drawings.
• Plan and organize project team for execution.
• Manage project considering safety, quality, schedule, budget, resources & subcontractors; coordinate with client, main-con and other on-site teams.
• Periodically report project progress to supervisor and request resources as needed.
• Develop Project Execution Plan, Project Setup, Closeout and Change Orders based on scope.
• Set milestones and decompose targets into tasks to ensure on-time progress.
• Manage costing and progress claims; monitor expenses and payments per contract terms.
• Strengthen subcontractor management to meet safety, quality, and progress requirements.
• Arrange manpower and evaluate team performance; organize drawing verification and design-change proposals.
• Collect all original approved documents for design changes for acceptance at final project.
• Maintain relationships with clients and internal/external stakeholders; handle additional tasks as assigned.
• Complete additional tasks as directed by superiors.

Skills

PLC programming

Client communication

Project management tools

Organization & coordination

Adaptability & integrity

Work ethics

Stress management

HMI/SCADA

Sensors & drives

Control panel wiring

Education

Engineering degree (Electrical/Electronic/Industrial/Mechanical) or equivalent

Tools

SCADA software

PLC programming tools

Job description

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Responsibilities:

• Participate in project bidding from the aspect of commercial & technical. Do site survey as per requirement
• Participate in contract signing, well understand the project scope of work, construction work load and construction drawings
• Plan & organize project team for project execution
• Manage project from aspect of safety, quality, schedule, budget, resources, problem solving, sub-con management and project coordination with client, main-con, other contractors on site & company's inter-departments
• Periodically reporting the project progress to immediate superior (Senior Project Manager or Project Director) and request for resources support if necessary.
• Work-out a Project Execution Plan, Project Setup, Project Closeout and Change Orders base on the project scope of work.
• Setting project milestone & targeted project schedule to subordinates. Once the target is set, PM is responsible to decompose the target into detail job content & workload, ensure the site progress meet the milestone.
• Based on the targeted project profit margin/ budget, manage the project costing. Monitor project expenses and budget condition from time to time. Furthermore, PM is also responsible to perform project progress claim and keep tracing the payment from client as per contract payment condition.
• Strengthen the management of sub-contractor to ensure their works meet Hexagon's safety, quality & progress requirement.
• Responsible to arrange manpower resources and work distribution within site project team. Also to evaluate project team members performance through their daily work along the whole project.
• Responsible to organize construction drawings verification/ approval, establish & prepare design change proposal, and collect all necessary support documents to claim for compensation
• Collect all original approved document related to technical or design change from client. These document shall be proof and part of the acceptance document during project final acceptance.
• Manages the project team, internal and external customer relationships, and staffing of project team with competent persons from the functional groups
• Keep a good relationship with client
• Completing additional tasks arranged by superior.

Requirements:

• *Important Candidate MUST be actively involved in PLC Programming at the current role.
• Candidate must possessDegree in Engineering (Electrical/Electronic/Industrial/Mechanical) or equivalent.
• Technical management, quality management, project management, budget control related training
• 8 years and above in site project management
• Familiar with project management tools
• Involved in big scale project execution and management, be able to communicate with client effectively
• Excellent in organization, coordination, project management and communication capability.
• Proactive, flexibly adapt to changes, responsibility, integrity.
• Highly work enthusiasm, good professional ethics
• Good working attitude, able to keep good working condition under stress
• Knowledge in HMI/SCADA programming, sensors, drives, and control panel wiring. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.