Project Manager

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SINGAPORE PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric Singapore is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to oversee complex Data Centre projects in Singapore. You will coordinate internal resources and external partners to meet delivery targets, budgets and quality standards while maintaining strong customer engagement.

Responsibilities include creating a comprehensive project execution plan, ensuring safety, reporting progress, and supporting pre-sales and service handovers. A PMP and 10+ years in data center projects are preferred.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical).
• Relevant professional qualifications in Data Centre, Mechanical & Electrical design, and Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project team across internal resources and external 3rd parties to deliver project goals.
• Smoothly manage customer interaction; attend coordination meetings as required.
• Prepare the Overall Project Execution Plan covering scope, schedule, cost, quality and risk.
• Enforce strict safety practices by all project members and vendors; maintain zero deviations.
• Monitor progress and produce external and internal project status reports.
• Prepare and obtain approval for progressive payment claims.
• Maintain the Project Performance Matrix including deviations and KPIs.
• Participate in monthly REL reviews to address risks and opportunities.
• Ensure CPP processes and gates (P0–P3) are followed.
• Prepare handover documents to Service Team and support pre-sales as needed.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Negotiation Skills

Financial Knowledge (P&L)

Data Center Solutions

Education

Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical)

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical)

Job description

In Schneider Electric everything we do promotes progress and sustainability for all — our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies where we live and work. From the products, software, and services driving the digital transformation of energy management and automation to corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make an impact by helping people and organizations become more resilient and efficient, more electric and digital.

Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You're part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.

This position is for aProject Managerin Singapore, to manage overall schedules, budgets, resources and deliverables for specific project (Type A, B and C) within SPAC Singapore to achieve highest level of customer satisfaction and experience.

The SPAC is expected to be engaged with our customer on the complex types and size of projects, representing the entire Data Centre opportunity, which encompasses all Schneider hardware, software and services but also all relevant 3rd party solutions.

The Project Manager is the official single point of contact for customer within project life cycle, and monitors project members and 3rd parties to ensure goals and objectives are being kept. Having knowledge of larger landscape without neglecting granular details while tracking project health, staying alert for risk and resolving issues as they arise.

The Project Manager is responsible to ensure that the solutions offered for a given project, are implemented on time, at or better than the signed off margin, compliance to standards, processes (CPP) and achieves highest customer satisfaction working with the Schneider local Sales and local Solutions teams. The person is there to ensure good resource planning during Project Execution and hence adherence to good systems practices including SGV, Apollo, Alma and etc

The Project Manager must ensure full compliance to SE Quality, Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Ensure all safety practices are strictly followed at project work site by Project Members and Vendors and maintain a zero-safety deviation tolerance environment.

What will you do?

• Be responsible to lead the project team in all aspects of project including internal resources and external 3rd Parties to achieve project deliverables.
• Be responsible to smooth customer interaction and communication. Attend Customer Project Coordination Meeting or any other meeting required.
• To prepare Overall Project Execution Plan, including Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Resources Management, Communication Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management and Stakeholder Management.
• Ensure all safety practices are strictly followed by Project Members and Vendors and maintain a zero-safety deviation tolerance environment.
• To manage and monitor actual project progress and prepare external and internal project reports.
• To prepare Progressive Payment Claim and obtain claim approval.
• Be responsible to Project Performance Matrix including CCO GM Deviation, C-R and CNPS.
• To participate in monthly Project REL review to ensure all Risks and Opportunities are properly manage or address.
• To ensure CPP process are meticulously followed at all time. Taking part in CPP Project’s Gates decision making review (eg P0, P1, P2 and P3 Gates)
• To prepare handover documentation to Service Team upon completion of the project.To provide project management support for Sales, Solution and Tendering Team during pre-sales stage if required

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

Education:

• Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical)
• Relevant Professional qualifications i.e. in the fields of Data Centre, Mechanical & Electrical design, Project Management etc

Certifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar experience

Job Related experience:

• 10 or more years in Data Center applications

Travel Requirement:

• Within Singapore

Technical Skills:

• Project Management including knowledge of Contract Management, Change Management and Negotiation Skills.
• Financial Knowledge on project specific such as Project P&L.
• Data Center, End-to-end Data Center Solutions and Execution
• Good commercial and business acumen

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

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