AGM - Technical Project Management

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

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 low carbon 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 more than 8,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1.417 billion in 2024 in 28 countries, on 5 continents. 

Location - Navi Mumbai HO 

Job Purpose

The Technical Project Manager is in charge of all technical aspects of the proper realization of a project (coordination of engineering activities, conceptualization, management of interfaces, follow-up with customer and suppliers, coordination with both internal and external specialists, …), with main objective to achieve contractually agreed scope and performances on time and as per budget. He/she ensures the implementation within his/her team of Health & Safety, quality and environmental aspects and standards.

Key Result Areas

• Engineering cost: Forecast vs. Budget
• Material cost: Forecast vs. Budget
• Weekly OTD on drawings / documents issuance
• Engineering S-Curve, schedule, milestones: Achieved vs. Budget
• Revision index on drawings / documents
• Cost of design changes not attributable to customer
• Cost of manufacturing rework due to engineering reason

Key Responsibilities

• Technical management of the project from the acknowledgment of order until the final acceptance of the installation, aiming to optimize the technical results specified in the contract, manage the budget, and optimize costs as well as set up a project team and develop skills for the entity and the Group by sharing the experience acquired during the execution of the project.
• Coordinates with the customer regarding all technical aspects to obtain customer satisfaction.

• Plan the operations given to each contributor in link with the Project Manager and Project Scheduler.

• Coordinates and manages technically the technical team (engineers, draftsmen, designers, …).

• Ensures coordination of engineering subcontractors and technical coordination with consortium partners or other entities / vendors involved in the project execution.

• Initiates and coordinates design reviews, especially in the case of changes from what was initially planned, including ensuring the changes approval process.

• Participates to contract review and project follow-up meetings.

• Establishes and updates the engineering schedule and work details including defining the necessary resources.

• Ensures that the designs meet the guaranteed performances in terms of throughput, performances, reliability, safety, maintainability, and ergonomics.

• Approves technical documents.

• Ensures the distribution to the concerned functions of all the documents necessary for the execution; updating and filing the technical documents related to the contract.

• Ensures the treatment of requests for derogation and anomaly reports during manufacturing and assembly.

Education and Experience

• The candidate should be BE/B TECH in Mechanical / Production Engineering from Reputed college.

• 18 to 25 years in Steel Processing (Operations/Engineering Consultant/Original Equipment Manufacturer

• Candidate worked in multinational company will be an added advantage.

Background, Skills, and Competencies

• Mastery of the design tools, calculation tools, Office 365 suite and usual software for project management.
• AutoCAD Mechanical proficiency, AutoCAD Inventor (preferred)
• Operational and Process knowledge of steel processing lines - Cold Roll Mill, Continuous Galvanizing Line, Annealing Line, Colour coating line and Pickling line.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary team.
• Teamwork, including with foreign entities.
• Easy communication with stakeholders (internal and external), including rigor, ability in writing and synthesis.
• Ability to work in an Agile environment in a Collaborative way.
• Result driven.

Who We Are               

About John Cockerill

John Cockerill India Limited an ISO 9001:2015 engineering company – formerly CMI FPE Limited was incorporated on May 28, 1986. The Belgian group Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (CMI) now known as John Cockerill completed the acquisition in June 2008. John Cockerill India is the Indian entity of John Cockerill Group.

‘John Cockerill India Limited.’ John Cockerill Industry’s Indian hub and center of excellence for cold rolling mill complexes, is the world leader in the conception, manufacture, and installation of reversible cold rolling mills. It has developed a wide range of technologies in the field of processing lines, rolling mills, thermal and chemical processes. It also supplies auxiliary steel treatment equipment. John Cockerill India offers the entire product portfolio of John Cockerill Industry and is coordinating the whole range of its activities including, but not limited to local engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing. As an international specialist in industrial processes and technologies, John Cockerill Industry designs, supplies and modernizes cold rolling mills, processing lines, chemical and thermal treatment installations for the steel and the non-ferrous industry, as well as state-of-the-art heat treatment technologies for the aviation, forging and casting industry, and hydrometallurgical processes for the extraction of ores. 

John Cockerill India complements John Cockerill’s strategy for growth with minimal overlaps in products and a versatile range of technology synergies. John Cockerill India is a preferred partner to supply thousands of innovative solutions for clean, reliable, and efficient Equipments worldwide.

Based on decades of experience and successfully running references all over the world, John Cockerill Industry not only supplies greenfield and brownfield installations and equipment’s, but also provides the related services, as well as training and technical assistance. John Cockerill India's reliable and cost-effective, yet innovative solutions are always adapted to the specific needs of each and every customer.

The Company's workshop in Taloja is equipped with state-of-the-artwork centers and ensures in-house equipment production, assembly and fabrication activities that conform to the most stringent international quality and safety standards.

John Cockerill India has at its helm, a team of professional managers with international experience who are committed to taking the Indian subsidiary to new heights of excellence. John Cockerill India has a global footprint across Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe, North America, and South America, Russia and therefore complements John Cockerill’s global presence. John Cockerill India has its head office in Mumbai and two workshops outside Mumbai. The Indian entity is ISO 9001:2015 certified and employs over 500 people.

Our vision is to exceed customer expectations by delivering quality products and services in time and at competitive prices. Because each project is unique, every project has its own project management team. The customer benefits from the expertise of highly qualified specialists who have an international experience with a deeper knowledge of the customer’s environment.

The Group’s ambition is to be the leading industrial partner of international customers, to design equipment and develop its overall performance through a combination of expertise in maintenance and engineering.

The Group’s capabilities lie in Design & Engineering, Manufacturing, Erection & Commissioning and After Sales & Support.

Thanks to the cumulated experience in Engineering and Maintenance, John Cockerill India is able to assist its customers in achieving the overall performance optimization of their equipment, from their design phase to the end of their service life through Tailor-made solutions, Optimization of cost, Local relationship, Advanced training & Unique complementarities of solutions and areas of excellence.

Equal Opportunity Employer                  

John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.

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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