Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ABB helps industries run leaner and cleaner, enabling employees to lead, grow, and create meaningful operational impact. The Technical Project Manager will lead the execution of medium-size projects, overseeing project teams, resources, progress, financials, risks, deliverables, and contract close-out.
Responsibilities
- Leading the project team, establishing the project execution approach, and overseeing planning, monitoring and control activities for internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals
- Monitoring and controlling project progress, efficient resource utilization, and project financials
- Identifying, qualifying, quantifying, managing project risk, and ensuring all opportunities are identified and pursued
- Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out, and acknowledgment by the customer, all in accordance with the contract
Skills
- Bachelor's degree (Engineering or Business Field preferred) and a minimum of 3 years relevant experience; or alternatively, a special combination of education and experience and/or demonstrated accomplishments
- Project management experience required (PMP certification preferred)
- Strong communicator and team-oriented mind set
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
- Strong reputation for customer focus
- Demonstrated experience with ERP (SAP preferred), MS Word, MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and other office software
- Must be able to read Engineering drawings and specifications
- Experience dealing with the cultural diversity of a global business environment
- Maintain high standards for safety and housekeeping and ensure compliance with all environmental regulations
- Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US
- (Engineering or Business Field preferred)
- (PMP certification preferred)
Benefits
- Short-term incentive plan/annual bonus
- For eligible US employees: choice between two medical plan options: a PPO plan called the Copay Plan or a High Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account called the High Deductible Plan.
- For eligible US employees: choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
- For eligible US employees: vision benefit.
- For eligible US employees: company-paid life insurance (2X base pay).
- For eligible US employees: company-paid AD&D (1X base pay).
- For eligible US employees: voluntary life and AD&D, 100% employee paid up to maximums.
- For eligible US employees: short-term disability—up to 26 weeks, company paid.
- For eligible US employees: long-term disability—60% of pay, company paid, with the ability to buy up to 66 2/3% of pay.
- For eligible US employees: supplemental benefits, 100% employee paid, including accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
- For eligible US employees: paid parental leave.
- For eligible US employees: Employee Assistance Program.
- For eligible US employees: Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption.
- For eligible US employees: employee discount program.
- For eligible US employees: 401k Savings Plan with company contributions.
- For eligible US employees: Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
- ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
- Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
- There is a strong preference for candidates located in California that will work remotely.
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