Associate Site Manager

The opportunity
At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), Inclusion 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.

We are looking for an Associate Site Manager who will lead all on-site activities of a project to assure cost-effective execution of project deliverables in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, schedule, and safety requirements during the start-up, construction and/or erection, commissioning, maintenance phases.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Site planning: Plans project on-site activities with Project Manager including necessary local resources, equipment and milestones. Coordinates agreement between customer and external resources on construction targets, health and safety requirements, site organization and policy.
• Site coordination and monitoring: Responsible, from receiving the assigned site area from the customer or Project Manager to handing over to the end customer on completion day, for coordinating all on-site activities to ensure the successful execution of start-up, construction, erection, testing and commissioning activities in alignment with contract specifications, quality standards, schedule, and safety requirements.
• Stakeholder relations: Serves as a project representative by building and maintaining effective relationships with customers as well as other local organizations such as authorities, banks, and suppliers to ensure their active support of field activities.
• Health, safety and environment (HSE) and project security: Ensures detailed and up-to-date construction Health & Safety (H&S) plan is in place in respect of each work package, compliant with the HITACHI ENERGY H&S plan. Ensures all on-site resources are properly trained on company health, safety and environment policy and proactively promotes health and safety considerations to project partners throughout the project. Empowered to suspend any activities on site (be it by HITACHI ENERGY personnel or by subcontractors) in case of OHS violation and, if a situation arises, takes the necessary steps to ensure that HITACHI ENERGY employees and other persons who may be present are not put at risk.
• Material handling: Ensures correct handling, storage and installation of HITACHI ENERGY-delivered equipment, coordinating on-site storage as well as shipment logistics to secure timely site delivery of equipment and material.
• Sub-contractors: Manages the sub-contractors on site hired by HITACHI ENERGY to ensure necessary quality and progress achieved to meet delivery date and agreed standards.
• Site cost management: Controls project cost for the project site work, monitors actual spend against forecasts, and estimates final cost for the same.
• Documentation: Ensures all documentation is modified and updated as necessary, the document handling system is maintained, and latest revisions are used for the construction work on site.
• People leadership and development: Ensures (with HR support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides, motivates and develops direct and indirect reports within HR policies. Coordinates local accommodation, site facilities, office equipment, tools etc.

Your background

• Minimum 2 years previous experience as Preposto of little/medium size projects;
• Experience in the Execution of HV/MV Electrical Systems construction projects;
• Experience in the Commissioning of HV/MV Electrical Systems construction projects;
• Knowledge of HSE Italian regulation (ref. DLgs 81/08);
• Previous experience with Italian utilities (TERNA/ENEL/EDISON) and/or in Data Center segment is a plus;  The position is an ON SITE based position (Italy);
• Technical High School diploma or Degree in Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical);
• Knowledge of MS Project & MS Office package;
• Mother tongue in Italian, fluent in English.

More About Us
We offer you the opportunity to work with fantastic people and develop yourself on projects that present great technical challenges and have a real impact.

Benefits

• Health insurance;
• Pension fund;
• Welfare.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.