Senior Project Planning Lead

ABB; Johor Bahru; Hybrid; MYR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering leader seeks a skilled Project Controls Manager in Johor Bahru. The role involves leading a project controls team, portfolio planning, and developing processes. Candidates should have 10+ years of experience, proficiency in Primavera, and strong analytical skills. This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing for a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Tools and resources for growth

Impactful work environment

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in project management.
• Proficient in Primavera for resource planning and scheduling.
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead project controls team locally and regionally.
• Engage in portfolio planning, risk and change management.
• Develop project controls processes based on ABB guidelines.

Skills

Primavera

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication in English

Bahasa or Mandarin

Job description

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Head of Project Management


Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the project controls team and activities locally and regionally. You will engage in portfolio planning, planning and controls, risk and change management follow-up, as well as status reporting and forecasting of progress. You will also showcase your expertise by developing skills of the respective Project Planning and Control team and other relevant stakeholders.

Work model for the role is: Hybrid

• Ensuring that the project planning and controls function is compatible with the business model, sufficiently staffed with skilled resources, and directed appropriately.
• Leading the local, regional, or global Project Planning and Control team to establish and enforce an effective project controls approach.
• Developing and continuously improving project controls processes on the regional or local level based on ABB guidelines and industry best practices.
• Ensuring that project controls activities for the project portfolio are in line with ABB instructions and guidelines and are adequate to implement contractual agreements with ABB customers.
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Role

• You are highly skilled in Primavera in executing resource planning, scheduling, KPI for the Offshore Solutions Teams.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in similar role.
• Strong analytical skills with very good understanding of project management.
• You are passionate about leading and implementing standard process across the team, always aiming continuous improvement.
• You are at ease communicating in English - Bahasa and/or Mandarin would be an advantage.
  
  

What's in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.


More About Us
ABB Energy Industries is enabling safe, smart and sustainable projects and operations for businesses across the oil, gas, chemicals, life sciences, power generation and water sectors. Driving integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify industry we connect our people and technology to help our customers adapt and succeed. With over 50 years domain expertise, we continue to innovate and reshape traditional approaches across the energy sector with our technologies designed to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, reduce energy consumption and waste.

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