Project Manager for Smart Infrastructure; Electrification & Automation

Overview

Project Manager - Smart Infrastructure (Electrification & Automation)

Location:

Doha, Qatar

Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this by empowering customers, combining the real and digital worlds to improve how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation. We know that a business thrives only when its people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways.

Transform the everyday with us!

Siemens Smart Infrastructure combines digital power distribution and digital building infrastructure technologies to create resilient, sustainable, and intelligent environments. Our team in Doha connects the physical world with the digital world, empowering customers to make their energy systems and industrial processes more efficient, safe, and sustainable.

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Electrification and Automation team in Doha, Qatar.

You’ll make an impact by:

Managing multiple Medium Voltage (MV) System
, MV Solution
, and Power Automation Solutions (PA SOL) projects within the time, budget, and quality frame. Your duties are categorized as follows:

• Overall planning of the project including project overview, contract structure, detailed planning of the work packages, resource planning, scheduling, project documentation, project organization, and interface management.
• Utilizing Siemens internal configuration and order management tools (OGT & NX-Tools) to manage factory transfers and equipment specifications.
• Managing the project completion/close-out and the acceptance of delivery units and services including validation and verification and organizing the finalized handover to the customer and involved parties.

• Setting up efficient workflows/processes for project controlling and reporting, which permit an up-to-date overview of the project status at any time.
• Analyzing and monitoring plan fulfillment continuously regarding technical and commercial aspects.
• Identifying early deviations in projects, identifying problem causes, and sustainably managing these deviations.
• Monitoring cash-flow planning and activating appropriate escalation procedures.
• Assessing and documenting project status.
• Carrying out risk assessments of project influencing factors and managing the identified risks.
• Ensuring strong proposal and contract management. Evaluating impacts of changed requirements/delivery items regarding costs, project plans, etc.
• Negotiating and documenting changes of requirements and extensions of time as appropriate.

• Informing customers, management, the project team, and additional stakeholders of the project status on a regular basis.
• Identifying further business possibilities from ongoing projects or the business environment and identifying the relevant customer decision-makers.
• Developing strategies to continue and/or reinforce engagement with the customer.
• Ensuring strong customer and stakeholder relations; actively gathering opinions and suggestions to facilitate an open, professional relationship.
• Managing subcontractor engagements and relationships.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Electronics, or Instrumentation Engineering.
• 5–7 years of project execution experience specifically for Medium Voltage (MV) system projects.
• Expert knowledge of configuration of MV Switchgear in NX-TOOLS and OGT is a pre-requisite.
• Proven experience managing diverse teams and the ability to work effectively across different cultures and demographics.
• Experience in project management with Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibility within international projects.
• Experience in order execution for system projects with direct interfaces to customers, public authorities, subcontractors, and factories.
• Experience in site execution (construction/commissioning) and engineering (planning and design of MV equipment and Protection &…