ESS Project Manager (M/F)

ESS Project Manager (M/F)

Country

Germany

City

NURNBERG

Workplace location

NURNBERG-LOFFELHOLZSTR 20(DEU)

Employer company

SAFT BATTERIEN GMBH

Domain

Industrial Projects

Type of contract

Regular position

Experience

Minimum 6 years

Context & Environment

Saft is specialized in advanced technology battery solutions for industry, from design and development to production. For 100 years, Safts longer-lasting batteries and systems have provided critical safety applications, back-up power and propulsion for our customers. Our innovative, safe and reliable technology delivers high performance on land, at sea, in the air and in space. Saft is powering industry and smarter cities, while providing critical back-up functionality in remote and harsh environments from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert. Saft is a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, a leading international oil and gas company and a major player in low-carbon energies.

Safts ESS division strengthens the companys ability to serve the global energy storage market and support the transition to renewable energy.

Safts Energy Storage Systems division is recruiting its Project Manager. This position is a key role in positioning Saft as a leader in the sector, ensuring customer satisfaction through the continuous monitoring of their installations and through the fulfilment of our commitments on component warranties and project performance guarantees.

A Project Manager is responsible for an end-to-end management of the project he/she is in charge. His/her responsibility starts from the proposal up to serial life management.

His/her direct manager is the EMEA Operations Manager.

Activities

Your missions :

Coordinate internally project activities :

Estimate Schedule and Cost of the project (Product Cost and NRC)

Needs analysis with estimated schedule to set scope and targets to teams (engineering, procurement, quality, product)

Organize Kick-Offs, progress meetings to ensure information flows and coordination of the teams

Planning updated and communicated to the team once a month to ensure tasks are rescheduled if needed

Strong focus on progress follow-up during commissioning, and pragmatic approach to blocking points resolution with technical team support. Development of mitigation plans to recover schedule when needed

Manage project team, subcontractors, partners and Client:

Initiate and populate tools for effective management: planning, risk, actions, procurement, budget

Allocate roles and responsibilities to the project team, record actions and ensure they are executed within the project timeline

Set RASI matrix for interface scopes

Prepare scope of work and set to Subcontractors contractual commitments in line with Safts contractual obligations

Close follow up on Subcontractors commitments to ensure project targets are met

Contract Management with support of Portfolio Manager

Sourcing identification and shared with procurement/sourcing for follow up with special focus on field requirements (HSE, tools, spares, logistics)

Ensure transition to O&M

Manage Issues and escalate to Management when necessary

Ensure that the project is completed within the assigned budget objectives (margin) :

Preparation of the as sold budget (cost sheet) following contract award

Confirm as sold budget by challenging hypothesis and confirm compliance to contract requirement. If necessary, propose a budget zero with a new target margin.

Schedule expenses to confirm the cash flow

Close follow-up on project expenditures and update the estimate at completion monthly to analyze actual budget variance.