Project Manager - Energy

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunity

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to fossil free energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures. 

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,500 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,046 billion in 2022 in 24 countries, on 5 continents.

www.johncockerill.com 

Job Summary:
Projects in the energy sector of John Cockerill are managed by a Project Manager for the commercial and logistic aspects. A Technical Project Manager (TPM) or Project Engineer (PE) is responsible for all engineering and technical aspects. The Project Manager Leads, coordinates projects and programs of the highest level of complexity in terms of operational and technological risks, delivery time, number of involved entities/partners, customers profile and sales price.

Directly reports to the Sector or Business Line level Management.

Key Objectives & Responsibilities:

The Project Manager will and is accountable for:

• Manage Customer interface.
• Manage all Risks and Opportunities.
• Manage all financial aspects generally associated with Project Management.
• The application of the Group’s Essentials in terms of Health, Safety and Environment
• (norms application, safety design, REX, field activities, …)
• The customer relationship with appropriate communication, behavior, reliability, and business intelligence
• The execution and the reporting of a Program/Project from the effectiveness of the contract till its completion/close-out (including collection of payments and handling of claims) seeking the best combination between:
• • The optimization of the financial results (globally and annually) and techniques specified in the contract
• • The customer's satisfaction (in terms of quality and delivery time)
  • The identification of opportunities along the project
  • The stakeholders’ management (internal and/or external, such as, but not limited to, interactions between dedicated Project team and other company teams, partners, or external authorities)
• The identification and implementation of long-term specific strategies/tactics to mitigate risks and to seize opportunities
• The project’s budget control and forecast of costs, percentage of completion and cash
• The control and management of the financing approach (currencies edging, external sources of capital, …), the set of securities (documentary credit, bank guaranties, …), the taxes (VAT, intracos, withholdings, duties…) and insurances (export credit insurance, all risks transports, …) in coordination with Group Experts
• The management of his/her whole project team (governance rules, organization, performance and development objectives and assessment…) and coordination of multidisciplinary teams (not direct report) possibly on different sites, countries, organizations. In addition, he or she defines and follows the workload to meet the execution needs
• The coordination of the Projects activities (from main milestones to individual tasks) through schedule management (schedule baseline, critical path and buffers)
• The appropriate reporting and communication to the project stakeholders in line with Group governance
• The contract management and administration and particularly in crisis situation (in case of suspension, termination, Force Majeure, bankruptcy, …)

Educational & Experience Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering – (Mechanical Engineering preferred)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing complex projects within an engineering, manufacturing equipment or construction environment
• Experience with HRSGs, or utility or industrial boiler industry is required.
• Must have the ability to understand engineering drawings.
• Have excellent computer skills including Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong team leader
• Registered Professional Engineer a plus
• Prior experience using SAP is a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and organizational skills

Up to 30% travel required, both domestic and international

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. 
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!
 

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