Senior Project Planner/Project Controls Manager

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is committed to solving some of the biggest global challenges of our time by advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are able to deliver on this great promise because we have great people who work and innovate collaboratively across the globe.

As an employer, we operate in 90 countries with 45,000 people committed to ensuring they thrive and are empowered to deliver their best work as part of our Diversity 360 vision.

Embrace Diversity and Innovation

Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.

Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team

As our operations are in a considerable growth phase, we continue to strengthen our Planning Team in the Hitachi Energy, Grid Integration business unit. We are looking for you - an experienced Project Planner - to join our Nordic Cluster organization and do your magic in Västerås, Sweden.

Do you have a passion to drive project success? Are you working towards seamless execution? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your skills in planning, scheduling, cost management and resource management can make a significant impact? If yes, then we could be a perfect match

As a Project Planner, you will play a pivotal role during the whole lifecycle of our projects, from tendering to handover in the field of Planning and Scheduling. Your expertise and proactive approach will ensure the consistency and alignment of time, cost, and progress, ultimately contributing to the success and satisfaction of our customers.

In this role, you will be in the driving seat to ensure the projects have robust, dynamic, and well-structured schedules that meet contractual objectives and provide clear roadmaps for the execution phase. You will be working in close collaboration with many stakeholders making sure the schedules are used for work coordination, predictable lookaheads, risk management, cost management, resource management, and of course, team alignment. You will also conduct schedule and resource analysis and prepare schedule progress reporting materials both for external and internal purposes.

We understand that no one can do this by themselves, but together with great colleagues such as Project Managers, Project Controllers, Lead Engineers, Buyers, Site Managers and, of course, with our customers.

How you´ll make an impact

1. Creating, maintaining, and analyzing projects, current and forecasted schedule, including costs, resources and risks in close collaboration with Project Managers and Project team members.
2. When needed, you will be the one who draws the attention of Project Managers and project team on schedule deviations and problems that may arise.
3. Active role in communicating schedule information to stakeholders.
4. Active role in developing solution options to handle delays together with the project team.
5. Following up the projects you are working with, preparing reports and analyses (S-curves, CPA, Resource Histograms, On-Time-Delivery Milestones).
6. Promoting the importance of planning and scheduling in the organization and acting as a role model.
7. Driving the implementation and use of planning and scheduling methodologies and tools.

Your background

1. M.Sc. or B.Sc. in relevant field.
2. Several years of experience and expertise in planning and scheduling.
3. Strong teamwork skills and ability to motivate and inspire colleagues around you.
4. Ability to prepare and maintain high quality, dynamic project schedules together with the project team.
5. Self-driven person who takes personal responsibility and goal oriented and structured way of working.
6. Experience working with Primavera P6 and if you have experience in Oracle Unifier, it is seen as an advantage.
7. Project Management Certificate (PMP and/or PMI-SP) is seen as an advantage.
8. It is advantageous if you already reside in Sweden and are fluent in both written and spoken Swedish and English.

What we offer

1. Collective agreement.
2. Flexible working time.
3. Health care and wellness allowance.
4. Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy both within Sweden and globally.
5. Mentor to support you throughout onboard phase.
6. Various trainings and education supporting employee development.
7. Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden.
8. Supplementary compensation for parental leave.
9. Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks.
10. More benefits could be connected to this specific role.

More about us

Interested to join the Team and take on exciting challenges in the growing energy business?

Welcome to apply Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don't delay – apply today

Please feel free to ask for more information about this role from Mr. Harri Paakki, Project Planning and Controls Manager, mobile +358 40 7798 049 or Talent partner Carina Riström, carina.ristrom@hitachienergy.com.