Senior Project Manager – MEA Zone Service Organization
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About the Role
Schneider Electric seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead modernization projects and manage maintenance contracts for electrical distribution and automation equipment in the MEA region.
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Responsibilities
- Manage end to end modernization/retrofit projects for electrical distribution, automation, and industrial equipment
- Control scope, schedule, cost, risks, and quality using company project processes
- Coordinate engineering, procurement, logistics, site installation, commissioning, and handover
- Lead annual maintenance planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and work order management
- Deliver preventive and corrective maintenance including emergency interventions
- Monitor SLAs, KPIs (uptime, MTTR, MTBF), and ensure service level compliance
- Drive contract renewals and upselling opportunities (modernization, spares, lifecycle services)
- Act as long term partner to customer across modernization and maintenance scopes
Requirements
- Engineering degree preferred (Electrical, Industrial, Automation)
- 5–10 years experience in project management and/or service operations
- Proven track record in modernization and maintenance contract management
- Fluent in English; travel required
- Strong commitment to HSE and regulatory compliance
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Your Mission
- Lead and deliver modernization (retrofit, upgrade, replacement) projects while managing recurring preventive and corrective maintenance contracts.
- Ensure full lifecycle service performance—including execution excellence, customer satisfaction, financial management, and long term service growth.
Modernization Projects
- Manage end to end modernization/retrofit projects for electrical distribution, automation, and industrial equipment.
- Control scope, schedule, cost, risks, and quality using company project processes.
- Coordinate engineering, procurement, logistics, site installation, commissioning, and handover.
- Ensure compliance with customer specifications, HSE standards, and regulations.
- Lead subcontractors and field service teams; apply change & claim management.
- Deliver project plans, engineering documentation, mobilization plans, HSE files, and final commissioning reports.
Recurring Maintenance Programs
- Lead annual maintenance planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and work order management.
- Deliver preventive and corrective maintenance including emergency interventions.
- Monitor SLAs, KPIs (uptime, MTTR, MTBF), and ensure service level compliance.
- Maintain asset history, CMMS updates, and digital service documentation.
- Conduct regular service reviews and prepare monthly/quarterly performance reports.
- Ensure spare parts availability and continuous improvement to reduce downtime.
- Drive contract renewals and upselling opportunities (modernization, spares, lifecycle services).
Combined Lifecycle Responsibilities
- Act as long term partner to customer across modernization and maintenance scopes.
- Manage communication, escalation, and customer relationships at all levels.
- Ensure profitability of both project and maintenance portfolios.
- Support sales and cross functional teams to identify service and modernization opportunities.
Requirements
- Engineering degree preferred (Electrical, Industrial, Automation).
- 5–10 years experience in project management and/or service operations.
- Proven track record in modernization and maintenance contract management.
- Fluent in English; travel required.
- Strong commitment to HSE and regulatory compliance.
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