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Yokogawa award winner for Best Asset Monitoring Technology and Best Digital Twin Technology at the HP Awards is a leading provider of industrial automation test and measurement information systems and industrial services in several industries.

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition (bio)technology artificial intelligence industrial cybersecurity etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About the Team
Our 18000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission to co-innovate tomorrow. We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our return we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect value creation collaboration integrity and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

Job Purposes

Accountable for one or more medium to large projects that are medium to high complexity with a small- to large-sized team. Focuses on the creation of the project vision and planning documents and manages the implementation reporting and performance of the overall project with the expectation of delivering on time within budget and to scope.

Support sales activities working with the sales team to develop proposals scope of work and project estimates. Implements processes skills and other mechanisms to improve policies and procedures develop project management documents templates coach and support other project managers deliver project management training.

Responsibilities

• Project Planning - Manage the production of project plans ensuring that all activities are identified are appropriately organized and resourced to deliver project objectives and comply with the organizations project management policies.
• Project Scope Management - Plan and lead the delivery of a range of information gathering analysis and stakeholder consultation activities and specify negotiate and agree on project deliverables.
• Stakeholder Management - Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.
• Requirements Management - Plan and coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis of those requirements for completion and alignment; document and manage requirements throughout the life of the project; and coordinate the verification of the end deliverable. Generally done at the project level.
• Project Risk and Issue Management - Identify and evaluate risks issues dependencies and constraints associated with the project escalating matters where appropriate. Where necessary develop agree on and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.
• Project Reporting and Review - Draft project review reports and presentations including key information commentary and recommendations to support the review process and enable stakeholders to evaluate progress and agree on change.
• Project Team Management - Lead a small- to large-sized project team; communicate the project vision and the necessary outcomes along with guidance to achieve these outcomes; coordinate team actions on project activities; coordinate the flow of additional team members on and off the team as needed; and identify areas of improvement to build the capability of the team through training coaching and mentoring.
• Continuous Improvement - Review existing operations in own area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure continuous improvements are delivered.
• Project Resource Management - Manage the deployment of project resources proactively managing project costs providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation - Develop short- or medium-term work schedules in order to achieve planned commitments. Approve overtime or use additional resources as needed.
• Document Preparation - Organize and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for special reports.
• Project Closeout and Handover -Provide appropriate documentation and training to enable successful transition to business as usual. Identify and record lessons learned to inform future project activity.
• Project Quality Assurance -Conduct quality assurance reviews within the project facilitate the delivery of quality assurance reviews by independent third parties and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified so that senior stakeholders have confidence that the project can deliver according to time budget and quality.
• Personal Capability Building - Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology external regulation and industry best practices through ongoing education attending conferences and reading specialist media.

Position Requirements

Behavioral Competencies:

• Manages Complexity - Makes sense of complex high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example consistently looks at complex issues from many angles; obtains a rich and deep understanding; swiftly cuts to the core issue; skillfully separates root causes from symptoms.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieves results even under tough circumstances. For example devotes considerable effort to surpassing goals and achieving the best possible results; goes above and beyond to achieve excellence. Drives ahead with great focus when faced with obstacles and setbacks; maintains productivity and a positive attitude.
• Customer Focus - Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. For example digs deeply into customer feedback and drives the innovations that can enable the organization to better meet customers future needs. Frequently adjusts approach to ensure customer needs are met and to improve service. Ability to advise to consult and to make recommendations on projects to Clients. Communicate directly with customers about complex technical issues different project situations.
• Develops Talent - Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organizations goals. For example shares own experience and expertise with others if asked. Provides constructive feedback and other support for other peoples development.
• Situational Adaptability - Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. For example takes steps to adapt to changing needs conditions priorities or opportunities. Understands the cues that suggest a change in approach is needed; adopts new behaviors accordingly.
• Cultivates Innovation - Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. For example constantly looks for new ideas and innovative ways of doing things; makes the effort to get involved in new areas. Offers original ideas and promising new solutions. Develops project management best practices.

Skills:

• Prioritizing - Works at an advanced level to prioritize components of a project program or portfolio work in context with risks activities stakeholders etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Project Management - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while guiding and training others on managing projects and/or programs within desired cost time and quality parameters using a range of methodologies from waterfall to agile and hybrids in between.
• Project Communications Management - Works with full competence to ensure timely and appropriate planning collection creation distribution storage retrieval management control archiving and disposition of project information. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Verbal Communication -Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas requesting actions and formulating plans or policies. Verbal communication skills in other languages is a plus.
• Negotiation - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to negotiate independently while providing guidance and training to others on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.
• Project Change Management - Uses comprehensive knowledge and/or skills to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on identifying managing and controlling project-related changes.
• Project Quality Management - Works at an advanced level to manage the work that determines the quality policies procedures and responsibilities so the work satisfies the needs for which it was undertaken. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Project Resource Planning and Control - Works at an advanced level to identify acquire and manage the resources (physical and human) for the project. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Project Risk and Issue Management - Uses comprehensive knowledge and/or skills to act independently with guiding and training others on identifying assessing prioritizing and managing project-related risks.
• Requirements Traceability and Management - Works at an advanced level to manage the documentation archiving traceability changes and approvals of requirements throughout the project life cycle. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Verify Requirements - Works at an advanced level to create the rules for requirements and design quality perform verification activities and maintain quality control. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Data Collection and Analysis - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
• Policy and procedures - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing monitoring interpreting and understanding policies and procedures while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.
• Project Cost and Budget Management - Works at an advanced level to estimate and manage the effort and finances to complete the work within budget. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Project Estimating - Works at an advanced level to estimate each of the components of project program or portfolio work including costs activity durations resource needs risks stakeholders etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Project Integration Management -Works at an advanced level to identify define unify and coordinate the various processes and activities to integrate the project management activities. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Project Schedule Management - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on sequencing and scheduling tasks into a project plan.
• Project Scope Management - Works at an advanced level to identify verify and manage changes to the scope of the project or program utilizing the most appropriate approach. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Project Testing - Works at an advanced level to design create and administer the test scripts associated with the delivery of the project ensuring that the requirements are being met from a functional design and user experience perspective. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Requirements Elicitation and Facilitation - Works at an advanced level to lead facilitated sessions for requirements elicitation focus groups and user acceptance testing. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Validate Requirements - Works at an advanced level to identify assumptions in order to manage risk assess the success with measurable evaluation criteria and evaluate alignment of requirements with solution scope to support value delivery. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Workflow Management - Works at an advanced level to orient work in a workflow to plan organize and execute the steps it takes to achieve a goal to achieve higher efficiencies. Typically works independently and provides guidance.

General Education

• Bachelors Degree or Equivalent Level (Engineering or Computer Science)
• Active Project management certification required (PMP or equivalent).
• Fluency in both Spanish and English
• Portuguese language fluency is a plus

General Experience:

• Experienced practitioner able to work unsupervised (3 to 5 years in similar roles)
• Experience with Industrial Operations or Engineering technology solutions in one or more industries. Oil and Gas (Upstream Midstream Downstream) Electric Power Generation Transmission and Distribution or Renewables.
• Experience managing cloud projects (Infrastructure SaaS Daas) is a plus

Others:

Given the nature of this role the postholder will have a willingness to travel as and when required up to 30% travel domestically and/or internationally may be required.

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse equitable and inclusive will actively recruit develop and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience knowledge thinking styles perspective cultural background and socioeconomic will not discriminate based on race skin color age sex gender identity and expression sexual orientation religion belief political opinion nationality ethnicity place of origin disability family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong contribute succeed and demonstrate their full potential.

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