ESS Project Manager (M/F)

Saft is specialized in advanced technology battery solutions for industry, from design and development to production. For 100 years, Saft’s 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.

Saft's ESS division strengthens the company's ability to serve the global energy storage market and support the transition to renewable energy.

Saft's 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.

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 Saft's 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.
• Put in place mitigation measures to remain in the budget zero
• Challenge Engineering manhours to remain in the agreed dedicated budget by forecasting requirements
• Supports invoicing in due times, once milestone is met, and cash collection as per the contractual payment terms

Ensure efficient communication:

• Identify key stakeholders, understand their needs and expectations.
• Organize regular meetings with Client (and key stakeholders) to ensure engagement
• Establish communication channels to ensure the information is recorded and available
• Provide project information to Project Team (project status, planning update, risks update, contractual change, liquidated damages) so that shared goals can be achieved (deliverables to be issued, issue deadline...)
• Organize interfaces meeting with the Project Team: partners, subcontractors, Administration. Issue minute of meeting and set actions and responsibilities with target dates.
• Communicate to the Client Project progress
• Ensure conflict resolution to focus on project targets

Create and update regularly accurate risk register

• Set up the risk register through risk identifications with individuals / team within the month after contract award.
• Assess the identified risks and proposed mitigation plans to minimize them.
• Update the risk provision, accordingly, compare provision to the project budget risk allocation, and put in place additional measures to remain within the project budget
• Populate the REX tools to record good practice and actions to avoid / mitigate risks

Desired profil

• Master’s degree in electrical or Electrotechnical Engineering or equivalent.
• Fully fluent in English.
• Fluent in German
• 10 years + of project/program, business or financial management.
• Knowledge of EPC contract. Knowledge of renewables business is a plus.