Project Manager, System Delivery Projects
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Port Solutions Project Management Office (PMO) is looking for Project Manager to take ownership of assigned delivery projects for our PMO System Delivery Project Team for Automated Stacking Cranes (ASC) and Automated Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes (ARMG), in order to further strengthen our overall project management capacity.
As a Project Manager, you will lead projects within defined budget, scope, and schedule, ensuring Profit and Loss responsibility and high customer satisfaction aligned with the Konecranes Framework. The Project Manager acts as primary interface to customer and internal stakeholders during project execution.
In this role you will manage the core project team and address the targets and commitments to the subprojects (engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, shipping, and site works). You ensure that the whole project in executed strictly in accordance with corporate values, process handbook processes and contract specific formalities, and engage, coach and supervise the project team members to ensure their performance and individual development.
Your key responsibilities:
Manage and maintain customer relationship and communication within the project
Prepare / Monitor project budget and constantly keep the result forecast updated.
Monitor project performance against the project plan with special attention to customer, risks, time, cost and quality.
Evaluate and authorize changes that significantly impact the scope, budget, or timeline of a project.
Know the latest profitability estimate of the project and manage project risks actively.
Solve and settle the project issues, disagreements and disputes arising from the customer or subprojects.
Provide regular project schedule update to management using project tools and communicate significant changes with customers, sales and internal team.
What You should bring?
To succeed in this role, you should understand supply agreement content and can interpret it for the project team and ensure adherence to the requirements and timelines to achieve customer satisfaction.
Project Management Experience: Proven experience with full delivery accountability for global customer projects involving large-scale, technically complex equipment and automation systems. Relevant certifications such as PMP (Project Management Professional) is an advantage.
Technical knowledge: Understanding and interest of large size equipment manufacturing industry, and equipment design principles and automation systems. Previous experience of automation system delivery projects in an advantage.
Customer-Centric Approach: Ability to understand external customers' needs and customer facing project ownership, adapt to different industries, and continuously learn to facilitate informed decision-making.
Leadership and Team Building: Proficiency in team management, including building and leading a cross-functional project team. Effective management of relationships, both internal and external stakeholders, including customers, suppliers and subcontractors.
Language Proficiency: Fluent in English (spoken and written), as it will be the primary language for communication. Finnish, German, French or Spanish skills will be an advantage.
Why join us?
The role of a Project Manager is unique and provides several opportunities for internal growth within the company. Many members of our management team and business line and business function heads have previously worked in a similar position. Your career development will depend on your wishes and work results.
What your future PMO team colleagues value most is the project environment, a great product (which we are truly proud of), and the opportunity to work on a global level. You will have freedom of decision and work in a pleasant and understandable work environment with clear responsibilities.
Want to learn more about the role of a project manager, check out the career story of one of our directors who has previously worked in a similar role and shared his experience: Project Management Jobs | Konecranes
We offer our employees a flexible work environment tailored to their life situation as well as performance-based incentives, comprehensive occupational healthcare and insurance, and the opportunity to take part in the employee stock ownership program.
Work location is Uusimaa (Hyvinkää), Finland where we normally come minimum 2 days per week unless agreed otherwise.
Travel time: Travel needs depend on project requirements and customer locations, but typically range from a few days to about one week per month
Interested?
If you feel curious to know more, please submit your application via Apply -link below by 23d of September 2026. We appreciate early applications, as we will start interviewing on the go, and the position is filled when the suitable candidate is found. So, don't hesitate to send in your CV!
Have a questions? Please contact Daria Zhuravleva, Global Talent Acquisition specialist via daria.zhuravleva (at) konecranes.com
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