About This Role
Leading the execution of medium-size to large and moderately complex GIS projects is the core of this role, ensuring all activities align with Hitachi Energy policies, contractual agreements, quality standards, health, safety, and environment requirements, financial targets, and schedule commitments. This position involves establishing the project execution approach and overseeing project handover, planning, monitoring, and controlling internal and external resources to achieve all project goals.
Responsibilities
- Execute projects as per contract scope, schedule, and contractual conditions
- Review contracts received from sales and understand terms and conditions of project contracts, including awareness of risks of negative impact on margin, performance, and risk factors
- Plan, monitor, and control project activities (Scope, Time, and Cost) proactively, including project handover, execution planning, monitoring, and control activities to accomplish project goals
- Develop project schedules and freeze with respective stakeholders (internal and external)
- Prepare project-wise Master document list and maintain updates
- Execute process activities in SAP and maintain documentation as per ISO and Internal process requirements throughout the project cycle
- Coordinate with Engineering and customer for timely approval of drawings and documents and resolution of all projects related queries/issues during execution
- Act as a single point of contact and escalation point for customers for project issues
- Assure Hitachi Energy commitments to customer are met, in accordance with contract
- Seek to improve customer satisfaction and feedback through consistent customer interaction
- Build trust, confidence, and loyalty with customers
- Prepare and submit project progress reports to customers as per contractual requirements
- Closely monitor and document change requests from customers related to project scope and get approvals for time extension, additional cost, etc.
- Evaluate and identify risks in projects proactively and implement mitigating actions
- Prepare project-specific risks and opportunities management plan
- Coordinate with customers for Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and arrange timely dispatch clearances
- Coordinate with the commercial team for invoicing and the logistic team for dispatch of goods
- Coordinate with the service team for installation, testing, and commissioning at site
- Coordinate with the customer for timely collection of payment and for As-built drawings, collection of PAC & FAC, and Project Closure and handing over to the service team
- Report status or progress to internal stakeholders/management with appropriate details
- Adhere to the project management processes in the organization
