Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

A. Project Planning & Execution

• Take

complete ownership of assigned digital transformation and MES projects.

• Conduct

project kick-off meetings with internal and customer teams.

• Understand

project scope, technical requirements, deliverables and contractual commitments.

• Prepare

detailed project execution plans and project schedules.

• Define

project milestones, activities, dependencies and resource requirements.

• Establish

project governance and review mechanisms.

• Track

project progress against approved baseline schedules.

• Ensure

timely completion of milestones and deliverables.

• Identify

project delays and implement recovery plans.

• Coordinate

multiple projects simultaneously wherever required.

B. Customer Management

• Act

as the primary project-level contact for customers.

• Conduct

regular project review meetings with customer stakeholders.

• Understand

customer expectations and resolve project-related concerns.

• Prepare

and present project status reports.

• Manage

customer communication related to scope, schedule, risks, issues and dependencies.

• Maintain

strong customer relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

• Escalate

critical customer issues to management at the appropriate time.

• Ensure

customer acceptance and successful project closure.

C. Technical Coordination

• Coordinate

with software development teams for application development.

• Coordinate

with automation teams for PLC, SCADA and machine integration.

• Coordinate

with database and infrastructure teams.

• Coordinate

ERP/SAP integration activities.

• Review

functional and technical specifications.

• Participate

in solution architecture discussions.

• Ensure

technical deliverables meet project requirements.

• Support

technical teams in resolving critical implementation issues.

• Ensure

integration between software, hardware, machines and enterprise systems.

The Project Manager is not expected to be the primary developer or automation engineer, but should possess sufficient technical knowledge to understand, coordinate and challenge technical decisions effectively.

D. Scope & Change Management

• Establish

and maintain the approved project scope.

• Identify

scope deviations during execution.

• Evaluate

change requests from customers.

• Coordinate

technical and commercial impact assessment.

• Maintain

Change Request / Change Order documentation.

• Ensure

additional work is not executed without proper approval.

• Communicate

scope, schedule and cost impacts to stakeholders.

• Support

the sales/commercial team in preparing change-order proposals.

E. Resource Management

• Prepare

project resource plans.

• Allocate

resources based on project priorities.

• Coordinate

software developers, BA, QA, automation engineers, technical writers and commissioning engineers.

• Monitor

resource utilization.

• Identify

resource constraints and resolve conflicts.

• Plan

onsite/offsite resource requirements.

• Ensure

adequate technical resources are available during critical project phases.

F. Risk & Issue Management

• Identify

project risks during planning and execution.

• Maintain

a Project Risk Register.

• Define

mitigation and contingency plans.

• Monitor

technical, commercial, schedule and resource risks.

• Maintain

an Issue Log and ensure timely closure.

• Escalate

critical risks and issues to management.

• Conduct

root-cause analysis for major project problems.

• Implement

preventive actions to avoid recurrence.

G. Project Documentation

Ensure timely preparation and maintenance of:

• Project

Charter

• Project

Plan

• Requirement

Specification

• Functional

Requirement Specification (FRS)

• Technical

Specification

• Project

Schedule

• Resource

Plan

• Risk

Register

• Issue

Register

• Change

Request Register

• Meeting

Minutes

• Weekly/Monthly

Project Reports

• Test

Plans

• FAT/SAT

Documentation

• UAT

Documentation

• Training

Documents

• Deployment

Plan

• Go-Live

Plan

• Project

Closure Report

• As-built

Documentation

H. Testing, Commissioning & Go-Live

• Plan

and coordinate system testing activities.

• Coordinate

SIT, FAT, UAT and SAT activities.

• Ensure

defects are tracked and closed.

• Coordinate

customer validation and acceptance.

• Prepare

deployment and go-live plans.

• Manage

production implementation.

• Coordinate

stabilization/support activities after go-live.

• Ensure

final project handover to support/operations teams.

I. Commercial & Financial Responsibility

• Monitor

project cost against approved budget.

• Track

project profitability and resource utilization.

• Monitor

billing milestones and deliverables.

• Coordinate

with finance/commercial teams for milestone billing.

• Identify

potential cost overruns.

• Support

management in project financial reviews.

• Ensure

project execution remains commercially viable.

Requirements

The candidate should have good working knowledge of:

Software / IT

• Web-based applications

• Python/.NET/Java or similar application environments

• SQL/NoSQL databases

• API and system integration

• REST APIs

• Authentication and user management

• Application deployment

• Server and network fundamentals

Industrial Automation

• PLC concepts

• SCADA systems

• OPC UA / OPC DA

• Industrial communication protocols

• Machine data acquisition

• Sensors and industrial devices

• Industrial Ethernet

• Edge/data collection systems

Manufacturing Systems

• MES architecture

• OEE

• Traceability

• Production monitoring

• Quality systems

• Maintenance systems

• Warehouse systems

• ERP integration

• SAP integration

• Manufacturing workflows