- Serve as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the project, establishing and maintaining relationships with relevant client stakeholders.
- Lead projects from requirements gathering through deployment.
- Define schedules, scopes, budgets, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation strategies.
- Effectively communicate and manage stakeholders, engaging clients, executives, and team members.
- Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.
- Monitor and analyze project metrics; conduct regular project reviews.
- Identify, analyze, and mitigate project risks.
- Lead issue resolution during the project lifecycle.
- Prepare Monthly Progress Reports (MPR) for customers and develop action plans.
- Manage Deliverables, and deadlines to keep projects on track.
- Provide regular project updates to all internal and external stakeholders.
- Providing and achieving monthly and quarterly revenue and shipment targets by effectively driving projects to ensure profitability
- Ensure strict adherence to Project Management processes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Set quality and performance standards, assessing risks proactively.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with vendors and third-party resources.
- Collaborate closely with Technical Leads to optimize project efficiency and quality.
- Report project outcomes and risks, escalating issues when necessary.
- Manage end-to-end delivery of one or more medium to large/complex projects or milestones.
- Prepare and own the project schedule; coordinate daily activities, issue resolution, and communication to ensure within-budget delivery.
- Attend Kick-Off Meetings (KOM), liaise with the project and customer teams, and coordinate with manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics teams.
- Establish annual goals and objectives for team members as applicable.
- Coordinate billing schedules with the sales team.
- Communicate Project status, issues, risks, and plans to all stakeholders.
- Build and develop the project/engineering team for future growth.
- Oversee Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and site dispatches; coordinate with field services for commissioning.
- Manage payments and receivables in collaboration with the sales team.
- Drive contract closure with high customer satisfaction.
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Keywords: Leadership, Management, Accountability,Budget Management, Problem Solving.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Instrumentation, Electrical Engineering, or E&C PMP certification preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in automation industry project management, with hands-on project execution knowledge.
- Experience in PLC, DCS, VFD, SCADA, and automation design & engineering
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies, risk management, and budgeting.
- Demonstrated leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Domain expertise in Power, Metals, Aluminum, Cement, mining, infraConsumer, and Pharma industries.
Desired Attributes:
- Knowledge of PLC/VFD/DCS programming and communication protocols (GE, Emerson, Schneider, Siemens, Rockwell, Honeywell).
- Experience managing global projects.
- Mentoring and coaching capabilities for project engineers and team leaders.
- Provide guidance, coaching, and mentorship to a team of Project Engineers and Team Leaders to ensure effective project execution