Job Title : Project Manager - E-House Application Centre

Category : Engineering

Schneider Electric UAE

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Job Description :

The Role
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Based in UAE, the Project Manager will be responsible for establishing a new Application Centre, building pre-fabricated substations for oil & Gas industry. He/she will be responsible for sales front office, tendering, and project management.

Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the drawing approvals & contract modifications, with support of design Engineer a.
- Invoices and delivers.
- Optimize the Gross Margin during execution.
- Specifies external purchases, including subcontractors (with support of purchasing & quality department).
- Coordinate with both customers and intra-company interfaces on continuous basis.
- Prepare contract review.
- Plan all actions & follow up of quality of execution, contracts deliveries, customer inspections, invoicing and commitments.
- Prepare all documents necessary for the follow up of projects activities (reports, invoicing, planning and management of information etc.)
- Assess within the group the tools, methods and competencies and propose all necessary improvements and changes.
- Close the job, achieving targeted milestone completion, cost, quality and customer satisfaction.
- Provide invoicing forecast.
- Responsible for recording proper data and project history / progress.
- Provide feedback at the end of the project to all relevant departments on weakness / strength and improvement proposals.
- Manage modification for the projects under execution.
- Monthly report, Monthly Project review with Finance and Management.
- Building relationship with E-house vendors to work as partners.

Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
- Must have experience in Structural, Architectural, HVAC and F&G systems
- Overall experience of 10 years with at least 5 years’ experience in Oil & Gas Projects (preferable E-House and/or Substation) on projects > $10M
- At least 5 years’ experience in Project Management /Contracting / Execution /Tendering of E-House and associated systems including; HVAC / Fire & Gas Systems.
- Experience of Turnkey Project Business is plus.
- Handling of sub-contractors
- PMP certification is a plus.
- Good knowledge of financial aspects and CCO.
- Gulf Experience would be a plus.
- Very good knowledge / experience in Commercial risks.
- Very good knowledge / experience in planning and logistics aspects.
- Fluency in English (Additional languages such as Arabic and French are an advantage)
- Advanced competency in Microsoft Office suite and MS Project.
- Knowledge of ERP system would be a plus.
- Quality Criteria.
- Target invoicing associated with achieving the minimum required CCO.
- Information reliability.
- Excellent multi-tasking skills with efficient response time and quality image in front of customers.
- Offer optimization and Value Engineering experience.
- Very good interfaces and communications skills (extensive interfaces with partners and Schneider back offices).

About the Company
Schneider Electric leverages its skills in applications that serve people in their daily lives by providing a continuous, reliable, effective and secure power supply and controlling, monitoring and protecting machines and equipment.

Our core businesses: Electrical Distribution and Automation & Control

The recognized world leader in Electrical Distribution and Automation & Control, Schneider Electric provides comprehensive solutions that combine software, communication and services. We meet customer expectations for the most demanding applications in terms of safety, reliability and energy savings. We rank among the world leaders in medium and low voltage and Ultra Terminal distribution, secured power, building automation and security, industrial control and sensors for repetitive machines. Our lineup of market-leading global brands, powerful local brands and specialist brands is unparalleled in terms of breadth, strategic fit and related high value-added services.

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