Project Manager

Managing and leading the project team including internal partners, engineering subcontractors as well as external interfaces. (Type C and D projects)

Profit and loss responsibility for the allocated project by delivering the project within time, budget and cash targets in the required quality whilst optimizing the margin.

Ensuring compliance with Bühler related directives and EHS standards.

This is where you'll excel

• Ensures that the project schedule baseline is agreed upon the involved parties at the start of the project
• Manage and lead the project team to achieve and further improve the cost, schedule, quality and EHS targets
• Perform proper risk and opportunity management
• Ensure proper deviation management within the project. Assess, approve and expedite technical aspects of change orders and define effective claim strategies towards clients, partners, subcontractors, etc.
• Prepare and perform Project Reviews as requested, report according to Bühler Project Management process
• Responsible for the site briefing meeting; Ensures that all site relevant documents are handed over to site personnel.
• Develop and maintain corresponding relationships with clients, partners and main subcontractors to ensure smooth operation of projects and smooth dispute resolution
• Establish, implement and maintain operating standards to ensure quality project results and customer satisfaction
• Capture return of experience and best practice, apply lessons learned. Organizes and accomplish a debriefing meeting
• Supervise, support and coach the Project Team Members, provide input to project people performance reviews to functions
• Supervise the final negotiations for the allocated project and provides an execution strategy
  
  

These are the skills you'll need

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong project management skills
• Strong teamwork and leadership skills
• Customer focus
• Strong planning and organizing skills
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills
• Ability to anticipate, identify and manage risk
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organization
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interface effectively with people inside and outside of the company
• Industry-, as well as general business and financial knowledge
• Ability to be detail oriented without losing sight of the big picture
• Comfortable working on multiple projects at one time. Able to plan and organize work in order to meet project dates and objectives
  
  

Technical Skills (BU/BA Specific Requirements)

• Ability to understand and communicate technical information
• Familiarity with reviewing, interpreting, and communicating details from mechanical drawings and electrical schematics
  
  

Measurement / Key Performance Indicators

• Development of gross margin and provisions on the project
• Accuracy of forecasting
• Project KPIs SPI and CPI
• Development of the number of project related complaints
• Development of cost, time schedule and quality on the project
• Compliance with processes, procedures and tools
• Meeting the time schedule and quality targets of all documentation
• Provision of experience feedback to other projects
  
  

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in Engineering
• English level FCE
  
  

Experience

• Minimum 3 years as Project Engineer or corresponding Project Management experience
• Basic commercial knowledge for assessing business risks and opportunities to undertake commercial negotiations
• Technical and commercial knowledge covering multiple disciplines
  
  

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