Project ManagerAt ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions.Write the next chapter of your ABB story.
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Project Operations Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the execution of medium-size projects. Each day, you will ensure that all related activities are executed in accordance with procedures, regulations, standards, specifications and targets. You will also showcase your expertise by leading the project team members to achieve project requirements, deliver contracted deliverables, and meet the committed project result.You will be mainly accountable for:•\tProject leadership. Leads the project team, establishes the project execution approach, and oversees project hand-over, execution planning, and monitoring and control activities for both internal and external resources in order to accomplish all project goals. Provides performance feedback regarding allocated resources working on projects.•\tInstructions and guidelines. Active involvement in continuous improvement and simplification. Supports improving guidelines, tools, and templates. Ensures compliance to relevant cyber security regulations, standards, and contractual requirements. •\tBudget, sales, and operations planning. Supports local Sales and Tendering through early involvement in tenders.•\tProject execution and control. Ensures that the project follows execution best practices and ABB policies. Effectively monitors and controls project progress and efficient resource utilization. Monitors and controls project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses, and cash flow. Identifies, qualifies, quantifies, and manages project risks and ensures that all opportunities are identified and pursued. Captures, analyses and shares lessons learned throughout the project. Drives the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and acknowledgement by the customer, all in accordance with the contract.•\tContract and claims/ & Procurement Management. 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.•\tStakeholder relations. 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.•\tHealth, safety, and environment (HSE). Ensures the project follows and complies with company health, safety, and environmental 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.•\tPeople leadership and development. Leads the project team members to achieve project requirements, delivery of contracted deliverables and meeting the committed project result.•\tProject Recovery. Demonstrates and proactively applies immediate recovery actions to mitigate schedule delays and cost overruns.•\tPlanning and scheduling. Defines and applies project scheduling techniques to manage schedule risks proactively to avoid possible future schedule deviations with OTD impact. Applies earned value method to manage critical path and project float to optimize the schedule. Accurately 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 in order 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.•\tDocument Management. Identifies and plans all document deliverables required by the contractual scope of work and incorporates this plan into the overall project plan/schedule. Tracks document progress and follows-up on overdue comments from customer.

Qualifications for the role

\tTechnical Education, Bachelor’s Degree or above and major in Engineering with subject of Electrical or Mechanical or other relevant Industrial Engineering fields.\t3+ years of work experience in project management or sales engineering.\tAnalytical decision making and problem-solving skills are mandatory requirements, as well as ability to quickly adapt to changing situations and work under pressure\tPMP certificate or ABB internal PM certified\tProfessional level ability with MS Office tools and experience in SAP\tFluent in Mandarin and English, both oral and written\tMust be customer-oriented\tStrong sense of responsibility\tGood interpersonal and communication skills\tWilling to travel

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