Senior Project Manager - Transformers

Hitachi Rail; Midvaal Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in South Africa is looking for a motivated Senior Project Manager - Transformers to lead local operations, ensuring successful project execution and compliance with policies. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, over 14 years of experience in project management, and is proficient in English. This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive impactful projects in the transformer industry.

Benefits

Disability accommodations available

Qualifications

• 14-16 years of proven experience in Project Management or Project Controlling in a transformer industry.
• Ability to read technical drawings and documentation.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project team and oversee project planning and control activities.
• Drive project acceptance and close-out.
• Act as key contact for the customer and manage project risks.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental policies.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Resource Utilization

Technical Drawing Interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Project Management Certificate

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

SAP

Job description

Description

The opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Project Manager - Transformers to join our team. In this role Lead the Operations function at local level, with full accountability running the day-to-day Operation and overachieving customer expectations through lean, faultless operational execution (Care, Customer, Cost, Cash), in an extended value chain and at the lowest total cost.

How you’ll make an impact

• Leading the project team, establish the project execution approach and oversee project hand-over, execution planning, monitoring and control activities for both internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.
• Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer.
• Acting as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring the project follows and complies with company health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Defining all project plan documents, including scope and financial plans, schedule and risk management plans.
• Ensuring that the project follows execution best practices and Hitachi Energy policies.
• Monitoring and controlling project progress and efficient resource utilization, project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow.
• Identifying, qualifying, quantifying and managing project risks.
• Ensuring that the project is formally closed out as contractually agreed.
• Coaching and providing feedback for project staff.
• Organization of customer acceptance of transformers and work on removing defects in customer complaints.
• Supervising shipment, transport of the transformer from the plant to the customer and installation at the transformer assembly site.
• Managing Contracts.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Project Management Certificate is an advantage. PMP.
• More than 14-16 years of proven experience in Project Management or Project Controlling specifically in a transformer industry.
• Knowledge of MS Office and MS Project.
• Basic knowledge of SAP is beneficial.
• Ability to read technical drawings and documentations.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a request on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.