Global Project Manager, Strategic Delivery

USTBC ABB Installation Products Inc.; Dammam; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB is seeking a Project Manager to lead mid-size projects within AMEA, ensuring execution in line with ABB policies, cybersecurity standards, quality, HSE, and financial targets. The role focuses on coordinating internal and external resources, managing risks, and driving project closure and customer acceptance.

The role involves planning, scheduling, cost control, and collaboration with Supply Chain, Procurement, and stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery and successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Leads the project team, establishes the project execution approach, and oversees project hand-over, execution planning, and monitoring and control activities for internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.
• Provides performance feedback for the resources allocated to projects.
• Defines and applies project scheduling techniques to manage schedule risks proactively to avoid possible future schedule deviations with On Time Delivery (OTD) impact.
• Applies earned value method to manage the critical path and project float to optimize the schedule.
• Forecasts schedule to determine if the project is still within defined tolerance ranges and identifies any necessary change requests to drive the closure.
• Plans and tracks all project activities, establishes scheduling risks and opportunities to deliver projects on time according to commitments to the customer and ABB.
• Demonstrates ability to guide and collaborate with a Project Planning and Control Specialist.
• Ensures that the project follows execution best practices and ABB policies.
• Monitors and controls project progress effectively and efficient resource utilization.
• Monitors and controls project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses, and cash flow.
• Identifies, qualifies, quantifies, manages project risks, and ensures all opportunities are identified and pursued.
• Captures, analyzes, and shares lessons learned throughout the project.
• Drives the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out, and acknowledgment by the customer, all in accordance with the contract.
• Ensures that the project consistently applies contract and claims management in accordance with ABB policies and contractual agreements.
• Coordinates with Supply Chain Management and successfully procures required services, materials, and equipment for the project from external and internal suppliers.
• Supports Procurement and Logistics in supplier negotiations, claims, and project changes.
• Acts as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and effectively communicates with all stakeholders.
• Ensures the project follows and complies with company HSE policies.
• Creates project HSE plans and ensures that common HSE policies and reporting are implemented across the project with all stakeholders, including collaboration/consortium partners and sub-suppliers.
• Demonstrates unique actions/initiatives to support site safety and ensures consistent HSE performance.
• Leads the project team members to achieve project requirements, deliver contracted deliverables, and meet the committed project result.
• Demonstrates and proactively applies immediate recovery actions to mitigate schedule delays and cost overruns.
• Defines and applies project scheduling techniques to manage schedule risks proactively to avoid possible future schedule deviations with On Time Delivery (OTD) impact.
• Applies earned value method to manage the critical path and project float to optimize the schedule.
• Forecasts schedule to determine if the project is still within defined tolerance ranges and identifies any necessary change requests to drive the closure.
• Plans and tracks all project activities, establishes scheduling risks and opportunities to deliver projects on time according to commitments to the customer and ABB.
• Demonstrates ability to guide and collaborate with a Project Planning and Control Specialist.

Job description

ABB is seeking a Project Manager to lead mid-size projects within AMEA, ensuring execution in line with ABB policies, cybersecurity standards, quality, HSE, and financial targets. The role focuses on coordinating internal and external resources, managing risks, and driving project closure and customer acceptance.

The role involves planning, scheduling, cost control, and collaboration with Supply Chain, Procurement, and stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery and successful project outcomes.