Senior Project Manager

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Denna position rapporterar till:

Head of Project Management Office

As Senior Project Manager, you'll take ownership of the successful delivery of medium to large-scale, technically complex projects that help ABB's Energy Industries customers improve productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. You'll provide the leadership needed to deliver outstanding customer outcomes while balancing commercial performance, quality, safety, compliance, and operational excellence. Working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, you'll play a key role in upholding ABB's reputation for innovation, integrity, and world-class project delivery, while driving continuous improvement and creating lasting value for our customers and the business.

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.

• Lead the successful delivery of complex projects from handover through to completion, taking ownership of planning, execution, and overall project performance.
• Build, inspire, and develop high‑performing project teams through coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment where people can thrive.
• Drive projects to successful outcomes by managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and cash flow to achieve commercial and operational objectives.
• Partner with customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders, becoming their trusted point of contact and ensuring exceptional communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate project risks while capitalising on opportunities to maximise value for both ABB and our customers. Ensure projects are delivered to the highest standards of quality, governance, and contractual compliance, applying industry best practices at every stage.
• Collaborate closely with Supply Chain and commercial teams to procure services and materials, manage project changes, and support successful contract delivery.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and driving enhancements to project delivery methods and PMO standards.
• Lead by example in promoting ABB's values, maintaining the highest standards of integrity, and ensuring compliance with our Code of Conduct and business processes.
• Put safety first by fostering a strong Health, Safety and Environment culture, ensuring the wellbeing of employees, contractors, customers, and everyone involved in project delivery

Work model: hybrid {#LI-hybrid} from our Daresbury or St Neots locations

Qualifications for the Role

• Significant experience in project management.
• Proven track record of managing full project lifecycle, including scope, schedule, cost control, and vendor/subcontractor management.
• Strong collaborative and solution‑oriented mindset, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience managing teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Advance Planning, Scheduling and Organisational skills. Relevant qualifications such as an engineering or technical degree, or a recognised project management certification.
• Strong commitment to professional development 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.

• Competitivesalary
• 25daysannualleaveplusbankholidays
• Competitivecontributorypensionscheme
• Lifeassurance
• Flexiblebenefitsscheme(Includesoptionstobuy/sellholidays,healthchecks,dental,eyecare,gymmemberships,cycletowork,gadgetdiscountsandmore) Internalmobilityopportunities,mentorships&accesstoprojectsglobally
• EmployeeAssistanceProgramme
• Generousemployeereferralscheme
• Companycarorcarallowance
• Privatemedicalcover
• Generousbonusscheme

For the 6th 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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