Overview
At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration – combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities – are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. That’s our story. Make it your story.
Your role and responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team at Digital Solutions Operations at ABB Oy. This role can be located in Helsinki, Oulu, Pirkkala or Varkaus in Finland and is part of our Process Industries division.
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Senior Project Manager, who has experience in Process or Energy Industries and the ability to lead diverse teams and manage complex projects. In this role you will lead and manage a large industrial software project for a nuclear energy customer, ensuring successful delivery on time, within scope, and on budget, while maintaining high safety and quality standards.
The successful candidate will oversee the upgrade of a nuclear plant’s Process Information System (PIS) including related hardware. The role includes regular travel to project site.
This position reports to Regional PMO Europe.
You will be mainly accountable for:
– Overseeing and coordinating a large team of skilled engineers (ABB and contractors), ensuring smooth collaboration and efficient execution of tasks across all project phases
– Developing comprehensive project plans, including scope, schedule, and resource allocation, ensuring milestones are met and project deadlines are adhered to
– Managing project budgets, tracking expenses, and optimizing resource allocation to maintain cost efficiency
– Identifying potential project risks, including safety, technical, and regulatory challenges, and developing appropriate mitigation strategies
– Engaging with key stakeholders, including customer stakeholders, regulatory authorities, contractors, and internal teams, to ensure alignment on project goals and progress
– Ensuring adherence to industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols related to the nuclear sector
– Being regularly on site to coordinate the daily activities of ABB and subcontractors’ teams
– Providing regular project updates to senior management and customer, maintaining thorough documentation of project progress, issues, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
Qualifications for the role:
– Extensive experience in project management, with a significant focus on the Process or Energy Industries; nuclear sector experience is a strong plus
– Proven experience managing large, diverse teams of skilled engineers from various technical backgrounds
– Expertise in budget control, resource management, and financial forecasting
– Strong ability to manage risks and implement mitigation strategies for technical, safety, and regulatory challenges
– Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
– Hands-on experience with project management and financial management software (e.g., MS Project, Devops, SAP) and methodologies (Waterfall & Agile)
– B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in Electrical or Software Engineering or in another relevant field (PMP, PMI, or other relevant certifications preferred)
– Fluent written and spoken English language skills are required in the role, Finnish language skills are an advantage
– Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% within Europe as required
More about us:
The Process Industries Division serves the mining, minerals processing, metals, cement, pulp and paper, battery manufacturing, and food and beverage, as well as their associated service industries. The Division brings deep industry domain expertise coupled with the ability to integrate both automation and electrical systems, increase productivity and reduce overall capital and operating costs for customers. For mining, metals and cement customers, solutions include specialized products and services, as well as total production systems. The Division designs, plans, engineers, supplies, installs and commissions integrated electrical and motion systems, including electric equipment, drives, motors, high power rectifiers and equipment for automation and supervisory control within a variety of areas including mineral handling, mining operations, aluminum smelting, hot and cold steel applications and cement production. The offering for the pulp and paper industries includes control systems, quality control systems, drive systems, on-line sensors, actuators and field instruments. Digitalization solutions, including collaborative operations and augmented reality, help improve plant and enterprise productivity, and reduce maintenance and energy costs.
We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory
Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. an annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities, bicycle and other wellbeing and family benefits. We have a hybrid working model.
Due to the nature of this position, ABB Oy will ask Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo), to perform a standard level security clearance for the hired person.
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