Location:
Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Job ID:
R0053719

Date Posted:
2024-06-24

Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY GERMANY AG

Profession (Job Category):
Project/Program Management

Job Schedule:
Full time

Remote:
No

Job Description:

Career opportunities in Europe

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is committed to solving some of the biggest global challenges of our time by advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are able to deliver on this great promise because we have great people who everyday work and innovate collaboratively across the globe.

As an employer, we operate in 90 countries with 45,000 people committed to ensuring they thrive and are empowered to deliver their best work as part of our Diversity 360 vision.

Embrace Diversity and Innovation!

Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.

Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team!

We are looking for a Project Manager (f/m/d) to join our Team in Mannheim.

We are looking for a Project Manager (f/m/d) on-site in Mannheim for our Offshore Wind segment to join our Global Center of Competence. The position involves close interaction with Offshore Wind developers, T&D Utility customers, EPC Contractors, and local Hitachi Energy units worldwide.

You have a clear flair for sustainable energy, are highly motivated with an outgoing personality and has the experience and ability to handle, control and monitor major customer-specific projects as well as promoting and positioning System Solutions and respective Service Solutions in the Offshore Wind segment.

The job offers an excellent development opportunity with high exposure within the Hitachi Energy Power Grids organization. Personalized development programs with targeted training measures will help you to enhance your skills. As Project Manager you will be responsible to track and manage the progress of the projects and leading an interdisciplinary project team. Engineering know-how in electrical engineering, a systematic working style and strong teamwork and communication skills are not unknown by you.

Personalized development programs with targeted training measures will help you to enhance your skills further on a continuous basis, our flexible work practices help you to optimize personal & business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.

It sounds interesting to you and you would like to hear more?

Then now it's the right time to join us by submitting your application as this is an excellent development opportunity.

Your responsibilities

• Manage major national and international offshore projects
• Manage an interdisciplinary project team, distribution of tasks within the team, taking into account project specific requirements and policies
• Examination of customer requirements, clarification of the technical and commercial content of the order in coordination with the customer and the project team, as well as definition of the project structure, organization, scope and schedule
• Contract review and technical order clarification - with support from Sales and Engineering Close collaboration and coordination with internal and external stakeholders in your role as a central point of contact
• Track and manage project progress using Hitachi Energy's Policies, Best Practices and Lessons Learned to ensure completion of customer projects on time, on budget, maintaining a high quality standard and in accordance with the contract. Organization, control and monitoring of processing steps such as engineering, assembly and commissioning to achieve the project goals
• Planning factory testing and commissioning as well as acceptance and handover of the system at the customer's site. Monitoring and controlling project financing, overseeing the status of invoicing, costs, cash flows and other key performance indicators
• Risk management and claim management with regard to order and process-related disruptions
• Implementation of efficient personnel deployment planning
• Ensuring that all projects are carried out and completed in accordance with health, safety and environmental guidelines
• Initiating sustainable process improvements
• Manage Customer satisfaction

Your background

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical or Industrial Engineering combined with several years of relevant professional experience in project management or project execution as well as technical leadership of international projects, preferably in substation business
• Knowledge in the offshore sector with regard to quality and work safety requirements
• Certification as Senior Project Manager / PMP would be considered as an advantage
• Very good communication skills, strong customer orientation, structured way of working and ability to work in a team
• Intercultural competence and consistent pursuit of set goals as well as assertiveness
• Fluent in writing and speaking English and preferably also in German
• Willingness to travel internationally for customer and construction site visits

What we offer

• Collective wage agreement from IG Metal including special payments
• Flexible working hours (working time accounts)
• Motivated warm team with young and very experienced colleagues
• 35 hour week plus overtime pay for extra work
• 30 days' vacation
• Use of many fitness studios throughout Germany for your workout
• Relocation service