At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.
This Position reports to:
Head of Project Management Office
To lead and deliver assigned projects in line with ABB’s best practices, policies, and client expectations. Responsible for planning, execution, monitoring, and closing of projects, with accountability for budget, risk, stakeholder management, and team performance.
Our Team Dynamics
Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.
What’s in it for you?
We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.
Your Role And Responsibilities
In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.
- Work model: hybrid from our St Neots, Aberdeen or Warrington locations {}
- Leads the project team allocated to the project, defining main guidelines, allocating project tasks, and motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones. Provides performance feedback regarding allocated resources working on projects.
- Defines all project plan documents, including scope and financial plans, schedule, and risk management plans.
- Ensures that the project follows execution best practices and ABB policies. Effectively monitors and controls project progress and efficient resource utilization.
- Monitors and controls project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses, and cash flow.
- Identifies, qualifies, quantifies, and manages project risks, and ensures that all opportunities are identified and pursued.
- Captures, analyses, and shares lessons learned throughout the project. Ensures that the project is formally closed out, as contractually agreed. Drives the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and its acknowledgement by the customer.
- Ensures that the project consistently applies contract and claims management, in accordance with ABB policies and contractual agreements.
- Coordinates with Supply Chain Management, and successfully procures required services, materials, and equipment for the project from external and internal suppliers.
- Supports Supply Chain Management in supplier negotiations, claims, and project changes.
Qualifications For The Role
- Previous project management experience.
- Proven track record of managing project scope, costs, schedule, and vendors/subcontractors.
- Collaborative, solution-oriented approach, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Hold an engineering degree, technical degree, or project management certificate.
- Passion and willingness to develop in project management.
- Willingness to travel and engage face to face with our customers.
Benefits
ABB offers a full range of benefits to help you thrive at work and beyond.
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
- Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous employee referral scheme
- Private medical cover
- Generous bonus scheme
For the 5th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.
More About Us
The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.
Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world.
Run What Runs the World.
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