Energy Project Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

Lead the team assigned to the project, establishing the way of execution, defining main guidelines, distributing activities, motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to perform all the needs according to the scope of the project, including performance feedback to those involved.

• Define, together with the project planning and control area, all project documentation, including scope and financial milestones, schedules and risk and opportunity management plans involved.
• Plan, monitor and control the project activities, maximizing the established cash flow, considering the planning of critical stages and ensuring enough for the continuity of the project development, seeking to optimize the use of company resources.
• Ensure that the project follows best execution practices and company policies, monitoring and controlling project progress and efficient use of resources.
• Monitor and control the financial activities of the project, verifying the project's billing status, costs, expenses and cash flow, as well as using contractual bases and conditions to maximize financial cash flow, margins and liability limits.
• Identify, qualify, quantify and manage risk and ensure that all opportunities are identified and addressed, capturing, analyzing and sharing lessons learned throughout the project.
• When the time comes, ensure that the project is formally closed, as contractually agreed, ensuring formal acceptance of the project, contract completion and acknowledgement by the client.
• Review the progress and deliveries of critical suppliers and verify their impact on the schedule, as well as conduct inspections and application of the company's supplier qualification processes.
• Understand contract terms and conditions, including consortia agreements where used, as well as contractual impacts of changes and/or increases in project development and outcome, including risk warnings of negative impact on financial margin, performance and risk factors.
• Ensure that the project consistently applies contract and claims/claims management systems and standards during project execution, accepting or rejecting changes or claims/claims in accordance with company policies and contractual agreements.
• Coordinate with supply chain management in order to secure services, materials and equipment needed for the project from qualified suppliers, as well as support in negotiations, complaints / claims and changes in the project, working with a number of suitable suppliers to obtain good results in the purchasing processes.
• Ensure that the company's commitments to the customer are fulfilled according to the established contracts, also seeking to improve customer satisfaction and feedback, through constant interaction in meetings, launches, reviews, contacts by phone, email and others.
• Act proactively to meet client expectations and ensure the development of the project as planned, including agreement on deliverables, on-time payment and contribution to long-term client satisfaction.
• Act as a key contact for the client and be the focal point for internal referral of project related issues, building and maintaining a strong relationship with all stakeholders, both internal and external, communicating effectively with all interested parties.
• Actively develop contacts with different organizational levels in the clients, including executive levels, looking at how best to work with different audiences to meet project objectives.
• Assess risks, as well as what may be causing a change in risk exposure and take actions to avoid / mitigate, as well as understand opportunities and seek to take advantage of them.
• Contribute to the improvement of methodologies and techniques for scoping, planning, execution and changes in the company's projects.

Background

• Electrical engineering or related education with 4 to 5 years of work experience in projects of different size, complexity and form of contracting.
• Microsoft Project (mandatory)
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) (mandatory)
• PMP® Certified Project Manager (desirable)
• Knowledge of customers and electricity market (Transmission/Distribution) (desirable)
• SAP (desirable)
• Microsoft Power Platform (desirable)