Assistant Site Manager

Description

Assistant Site Manager

Company: Hitachi America, Inc.

Division: PTD (Proton Therapy Division)

Location: Madison, Wisconsin (with a relocation to Jacksonville, Florida in late 2024)

Status: Project, Full-Time position (through 2025)

The Company

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the business structure of “Digital Systems & Services” - supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Energy & Mobility” - contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and “Connective Industries” - connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2022 (ended March 31, 2023) totaled 10,881.1 billion yen, with 696 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.

Summary:

The Assistant Site Manager provides support the Site Manager in promoting a positive relationship with HPES’s Vendors and Subcontractors by resolving technical issues.  This individual would coordinate installation progress control as well as scheduling for the department.  The Assistant Site Manager is responsible for ensuring that site activities are performed in a safe and clean environment, in accordance with site safety manuals / procedures and applicable laws / regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Site Manager and Technical Supervisor in resolving construction issues

• Coordinates site meetings, defines agendas, and prepares minutes

• Reviews schedules, procedures, and safety reports prepared by the Subcontractor

• Accountable for setting the Safety Standard on the Project.  This Assistant Site Manager must lead by example and establish productivity monitoring procedures and/or processes to assure quality of work on a progressive basis.

• Liaise with the Owner and Government officials as it pertains to the project.

• Provide knowledge of local means and methods

• Provide knowledge of heavy equipment installation

• Be responsible for the communications with the representatives of the Trade Labor Unions on and off site.

Skills and Qualifications:

We’re looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. The role will be a mixture of remote-hybrid work with days in the Madison, Wisconsin area.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field required

• Minimum of 10 years experience in the direction of construction site activities

• Experience in medical construction is preferable

• Must have all the qualifications required by law to perform work related to medical construction in Wisconsin and Florida.

• It is essential for this Assistant Site Manager to have an active Florida General Contractors License (Required)

• Knowledge of local means and methods

• Knowledge of heavy equipment installation

• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

• Experience with Microsoft Projects (preferable) 

• Ability to perform other duties as assigned or directed. 

EOE Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Our Values

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.  We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge  

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.