Project Manager

Description

You as an Associate Project Manager will be part of Hitachi Energy business based in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Associate Project Manager with the support of project team is responsible for successful execution/delivery of assigned project(s) on-time, within budget, as per Contract Agreement, with on- quality & safety framework of Hitachi energy.

Your responsibilities:

• Planning project execution from start to finish, including necessary activities, procurements, resources, and milestones.
• Managing planned activities and assuring a valid project safety plan is in place.
• Assuring Hitachi energy commitments to the customers are met and collecting customer feedback and prompts the submission of customer satisfaction survey.
• Controls project cost and cash flow
• Understanding Hitachi energy standard terms and conditions and the impact upon the contract of differing and/or additionally accepted terms and conditions.
• Reporting status/ progress to customer and other stake holders with appropriate detail.
• Raising potential project issues to relevant stake holders.
• Managing scope and changes in business system.
• Assuring no changes are made without required approval.
• Understanding risks identified during sales or execution in assigned contracts and mitigates.
• Issues purchasing requisitions for internal and sometimes external suppliers of products and services included in assigned projects.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering with domain experience in Hitachi energy business.
• Minimum 7-8 years of experience in execution of HV Substation.
• Minimum one year experience managing projects, ideally managing complex projects.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.