Project Manager

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Operations Manager

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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.

The work model for the role is: {onsite}

You will be mainly accountable for

• Project Leadership
  • Lead the project team, establish the execution approach, and oversee hand-over, execution planning, and monitoring & control of internal and external resources to achieve project goals.
  • Provide performance feedback on allocated resources.
• Instructions and Guidelines
  • Drive continuous improvement and simplification; support improving guidelines, tools, and templates.
  • Ensure compliance with cyber security regulations, standards, and contractual requirements.
• Budget, Sales, and Operations Planning
  • Support local Sales and Tendering through early involvement in tenders.
• Project Execution and Control
  • Ensure adherence to execution best practices and ABB policies.
  • Monitor and control project progress, resource utilization, and financials (invoicing, cost, expenses, cash flow).
  • Identify, qualify, quantify, and manage project risks; pursue opportunities.
  • Capture, analyze, and share lessons learned.
  • Drive formal acceptance, contract close-out, and customer acknowledgement per contract.
• Contract and Claims / Procurement Management
  • Apply contract and claims management per ABB policies and contractual agreements.
  • Coordinate with Supply Chain Management to procure required services, materials, and equipment from internal and external suppliers.
  • Support Procurement and Logistics in supplier negotiations, claims, and project changes.
• Stakeholder Relations
  • Serve as key customer contact and escalation point for project issues.
  • Build and maintain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships with effective communication.
• Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)
  • Ensure compliance with company HSE policies.
  • Create project HSE Plans and ensure HSE policies and reporting are implemented across all stakeholders, including consortium partners and sub-suppliers.
  • Demonstrate actions supporting site safety and consistent HSE performance.
• People Leadership and Development
  • Lead project team members to meet project requirements, deliver contracted deliverables, and achieve committed results.
• Project Recovery
  • Proactively apply immediate recovery actions to mitigate schedule delays and cost overruns.
• Planning and Scheduling
  • Apply scheduling techniques to proactively manage schedule risks and avoid OTD-impacting deviations.
  • Use earned value method to manage critical path and float and optimize the schedule.
  • Forecast schedule accurately, assess tolerance ranges, and identify change requests to drive closure.
  • Plan and track all project activities, establish scheduling risks and opportunities, and deliver on time per customer and ABB commitments.
  • Guide and collaborate with a project planning and control specialist.
• Document Management
  • Identify and plan all contractual document deliverables and incorporate them into the overall project plan/schedule.
  • Track document progress and follow up on overdue customer comments.

Qualifications for the role

• Technical Education, Bachelor’s Degree or above and major in Engineering with subject of Electrical or Mechanical or other relevant Industrial Engineering fields
• 5+ years of work experience in project management or sales engineering
• Analytical decision making and problem-solving skills are mandatory requirements, as well as ability to quickly adapt to changing situations and work under pressure
• PMP certificate or ABB internal PM certified
• Professional level ability with MS Office tools and experience in SAP
• Fluent in Mandarin and English, both oral and written
• Must be customer-oriented
• Strong sense of responsibility
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Willing to travel

More about us
 

The Process Industries Division serves the mining, minerals processing, metals, cement, pulp and paper, battery manufacturing, and food and beverage, as well as their associated service industries. The Division brings deep industry domain expertise coupled with the ability to integrate both automation and electrical systems, increase productivity and reduce overall capital and operating costs for customers. For mining, metals and cement customers, solutions include specialized products and services, as well as total production systems. The Division designs, plans, engineers, supplies, installs and commissions integrated electrical and motion systems, including electric equipment, drives, motors, high power rectifiers and equipment for automation and supervisory control within a variety of areas including mineral handling, mining operations, aluminum smelting, hot and cold steel applications and cement production. The offering for the pulp and paper industries includes control systems, quality control systems, drive systems, on-line sensors, actuators and field instruments. Digitalization solutions, including collaborative operations and augmented reality, help improve plant and enterprise productivity, and reduce maintenance and energy costs.

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