What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Project Manager position at Hitachi Energy?
The opportunity
Launch and grow a rewarding career in project management with Hitachi Energy’s Transformer Business Unit. As an Associate Project Manager, you will play a key role in delivering impactful projects by supporting end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution. This position offers hands-on exposure to complex projects while working alongside experienced professionals and cross-functional teams across diverse locations.
In this role, every day brings new opportunities to collaborate, solve challenges, and contribute to delivering high-quality outcomes for customers. You will help keep projects on track, ensure milestones are achieved, and support continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence.
This is more than just a role—it is a pathway to developing your project management expertise in a dynamic, supportive, and growth-focused environment. If you are detail-oriented, solutions-driven, and ready to make a tangible impact, this opportunity is designed to help you build a strong foundation and advance your career.
How You’ll Make An Impact
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to encouraging inclusion in the workplace.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Hitachi Energy’s career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Resumes and applications will not be accepted through this method.
For more information regarding your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit this website.
Launch and grow a rewarding career in project management with Hitachi Energy’s Transformer Business Unit. As an Associate Project Manager, you will play a key role in delivering impactful projects by supporting end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution. This position offers hands-on exposure to complex projects while working alongside experienced professionals and cross-functional teams across diverse locations.
In this role, every day brings new opportunities to collaborate, solve challenges, and contribute to delivering high-quality outcomes for customers. You will help keep projects on track, ensure milestones are achieved, and support continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence.
This is more than just a role—it is a pathway to developing your project management expertise in a dynamic, supportive, and growth-focused environment. If you are detail-oriented, solutions-driven, and ready to make a tangible impact, this opportunity is designed to help you build a strong foundation and advance your career.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Support and guide project teams with clear goals and priorities.
- Coordinate project activities to meet scope, cost, and schedule targets.
- Assist in developing project plans, budgets, and timelines.
- Monitor progress and identify risks or improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners.
- Contribute to contract coordination with customers and stakeholders.
- Help ensure compliance with customer requirements and deliverables.
- Build strong working relationships across project teams.
- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant project management experience.
- Willingness to obtain Hitachi Energy Project Management Certification within 3 years.
- Experience coordinating projects, including scope, cost, and schedules.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams and locations.
- Familiarity with SAP, MS Project, Excel, or similar tools is an advantage.
- Be part of a global leader driving innovation in sustainable energy solutions.
- Grow through continuous learning, mentorship, and career development programs.
- Collaborate in an inclusive environment built on safety, integrity, and teamwork.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to encouraging inclusion in the workplace.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Hitachi Energy’s career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Resumes and applications will not be accepted through this method.
For more information regarding your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit this website.