Site Project Manager

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Job Summary

Nidec is the worlds leading manufacturer of electric motors drives and controls powering nearly everything that spins and moves from smartphones and household appliances to electric vehicles factories data centers aircraft and critical infrastructure.

Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Kyoto Japan Nidec operates more than 300 group companies across 40 countries with over 100000 employees worldwide. Rooted in Japanese craftsmanship and continuous improvement we combine global capability with local expertise to solve complex challenges and keep the world moving.

Job Description

Role Overview

Responsibilities and Duties

Project Leadership & Execution

• Lead project execution for large-scale and strategically significant projects.
• Lead all site activities for Greenfield modernization retrofit revamping turnkey port crane and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects.
• Assume accountability for project safety quality schedule cost performance and customer satisfaction.
• Define and implement execution strategies aligned with project objectives contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations.
• Drive project execution from site mobilization through commissioning testing punch-list completion and project closeout.
• Ensure compliance with project scope technical specifications regulatory requirements and contractual obligations.
• Identify assess and mitigate project risks affecting safety schedule quality cost and operational performance.
• Resolve complex project issues and support effective decision-making throughout project execution.

Site Management

• Direct and coordinate all site personnel subcontractors vendors equipment suppliers and commissioning teams.
• Manage site logistics workforce planning resource allocation and construction sequencing.
• Establish site operating procedures and ensure adherence to company standards and customer requirements.
• Conduct regular site inspections to ensure compliance with safety quality and environmental standards.
• Monitor site productivity and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance execution efficiency.
• Oversee site documentation permits inspections and regulatory compliance activities.

Safety Leadership

• Champion a zero-incident safety culture across all site operations.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations company safety programs customer requirements and local regulations.
• Lead site safety meetings audits inspections and incident investigations.
• Implement corrective actions and communicate lessons learned to prevent recurrence.
• Promote proactive hazard identification and risk mitigation throughout all project phases.

Financial & Commercial Management

• Manage project budgets and financial performance.
• Monitor costs and identify opportunities to improve project efficiency and profitability.
• Support contract administration change order management claims resolution and scope management activities.
• Provide forecasting for project costs resource requirements and schedule impacts.
• Collaborate with project controls and finance teams to ensure financial transparency and accountability.

Stakeholder & Customer Management

• Serve as a trusted partner to customers internal stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Serve as the primary on-site point of contact for customers consultants regulatory agencies and internal leadership.
• Build and maintain strong customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Lead project status meetings and communicate progress risks mitigation plans and performance metrics.
• Manage customer expectations while maintaining alignment with contractual commitments and project objectives.
• Escalate issues appropriately and facilitate timely stakeholder decision-making.

Quality & Commissioning

• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and customer requirements.
• Ensure all construction installation and commissioning activities meet quality requirements and engineering standards.
• Lead punch-list management and drive successful project turnover to customers.
• Coordinate testing commissioning startup and operational acceptance activities.
• Verify completion of project documentation training requirements and turnover packages.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through lessons learned and post-project reviews.

Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Lead cross-functional project teams to achieve project objectives.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams including engineers construction managers field supervisors technicians contractors and commissioning personnel.
• Mentor and support the development of project managers site supervisors and project team members.
• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration safety and operational excellence.
• Provide performance feedback coaching and leadership development support.

Travel and Working Conditions

• Extensive domestic and international travel (up to 75-100%) based on project assignments.
• Frequent work in industrial construction port energy storage and manufacturing environments.
• Ability to work extended hours and flexible schedules during critical project phases.
• Must comply with all site safety requirements including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and work in varying indoor and outdoor environmental conditions.

Required Qualifications
Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Project Management Business or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 8 years of progressive experience in project management construction management site leadership or operational leadership within industrial infrastructure energy material handling heavy equipment or related industries including significant responsibility for safety financial performance stakeholder management and operational execution of complex site-based projects.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies risk management principles stakeholder management and project controls.
• Strong understanding of construction practices and commissioning processes.
• Proven success leading contractors and cross-functional project teams.
• Exceptional communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office project scheduling software and project management tools.

Experience

• Demonstrated experience managing Greenfield construction equipment modernization projects industrial installations port crane projects Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) or comparable capital projects.

Preferred Qualifications

Education & Experience

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
• OSHA 10 certification or equivalent safety qualification.
• Knowledge of NEC NFPA electrical infrastructure utility interconnections and commissioning processes associated with BESS projects.

Experience

• Experience within port facilities container terminals crane systems automated material handling systems renewable energy energy storage or industrial automation environments.
• Experience managing projects exceeding $10 million in value.
• International project execution experience.

Core Competencies

• Project & Site Leadership
• Safety Quality & Compliance Leadership
• Customer & Stakeholder Management
• Financial & Commercial Acumen
• Construction Installation & Commissioning Management
• Risk Management Communication & Continuous Improvement

Additional Job Details

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age gender gender identity sexual orientation race color genetic information religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant please visit the following website: Shift Schedule

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.