Project Manager - Upgrade Projects

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This position reports to:

Manager, Business Segment

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Your Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for a new Project Manager - Upgrade Projects, to join our team at ABB Oy, Energy Industries in Vaasa. In this role, you will be accountable for and lead the execution of automation upgrade projects within our Engine Power business segment.

You will oversee the full project lifecycle, from initiation through implementation. As a Project Manager, you monitor and control project progress, ensure efficient use of resources, and serve as the technical lead for your projects. You are accountable for project financials and ensure timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects of contracts. You communicate the project goals and plans internally and externally and act as the project key contact for the customer. You’ll be working as a part of the Project Management Office team (PMO) together with supportive teammates and colleagues.

The role includes limited travel, 0-10 days annually. The role location is Vaasa, Finland.

Reporting to the Manager of the Project Management Office, you will maintain and enhance customer satisfaction by ensuring that customer requirements and all targets are met, providing excellent customer service at every stage of the project

The work model for this role is hybrid,  #Li-Hybrid

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Leading the project team by allocating project tasks, motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish project tasks and milestones
• Defining and maintaining project plan documents, including scope, financial plans, and time schedules
• Monitoring projects to ensure best practices in cost control, resource efficiency and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
• Analyzing and addressing project risks and opportunities, and regularly communicating lessons learned
• Collaborating with other functions to reach project and business goals, while building strong relationships with customers and stakeholders

Qualifications for the Role

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree from a relevant field, such as automation engineering or equivalent
• Several years of experience in working with technical project execution, ideally within the Energy sector
• Readiness to take the next career step into project management
• Solid technical understanding, including experience with PLC and HMI
• Result oriented mindset with capability in managing project scope, cost, and schedules
• A collaborative, solution-focused approach to work and ability to lead yourself
• Strong English and Swedish or Finnish skills, both written and spoken

Benefits

Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. an annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities, and other wellbeing and family benefits. We have a hybrid working model. 

 

More about us

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in  their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

If you have questions, please contact Fredrik Buss, tel. +358 50 3341633. Apply for the position by November 15th, 2026. We look forward to receiving your application.

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