Project Planner

Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors. Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team

The opportunity

We are looking for you - an experienced Project Planner - to join our Nordic Cluster organization and do your magic in the beautiful town of Middelfart, Denmark, which is the physical location for this position.

In this role, you will be in the driving seat to ensure the projects have robust, dynamic, and well-structured schedules that meet contractual objectives and provide clear roadmaps for the execution phase. You will be working in close collaboration with many stakeholders making sure the schedules are used for work coordination, predictable lookaheads, risk management, cost management, resource management, and of course, team alignment. You will also conduct schedule and resource analysis and prepare schedule progress reporting materials both for external and internal purposes.

How you'll make an impact

1. Creating, maintaining, and analyzing projects, current and forecasted schedule, including costs, resources and risks in close collaboration with Project Managers and Project team members.
2. When needed, you will be the one who draws the attention of Project Managers and project team on schedule deviations, problems and solutions that may arise.
3. Active role in communicating schedule information to stakeholders.
4. Active role in developing solution options to handle delays together with the project team.
5. Following up the projects you are working with, preparing reports and analyses (S-curves, CPA, Resource Histograms, On-Time-Delivery Milestones).
6. Promoting the importance of planning and scheduling in the organization and acting as a role model.
7. Driving the implementation and use of planning and scheduling methodologies and tools.

Your background

1. M.Sc. or B.Sc. in relevant field.
2. Experience in planning and scheduling.
3. Strong teamwork skills and ability to motivate and inspire colleagues around you.
4. Ability to prepare and maintain high quality, dynamic project schedules together with the project team.
5. Self-driven person who takes personal responsibility.
6. Goal oriented and structured way of working.
7. Experience working with Primavera P6 and if you have experience in Oracle Unifier, it is seen as an advantage.
8. Project Management Certificate (PMP and/or PMI-SP) is seen as an advantage.
9. Good written and spoken communication skills in English, Danish is a clear advantage.

More about us

Interested in joining the Team and take on exciting challenges in the growing energy business?

We will initiate interviews as candidates apply and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

From August 05 to August 06 2024, please feel free to ask for more information about this role from Mr. Harri Paakki, Project Planning and Controls Manager, mobile +358 40 7798 049 or Talent partner Christoffer Heyerdahl, christoffer.heyerdahl@hitachienergy.com.