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At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), Inclusion drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as data centers, hydrogen and e-mobility.<\/p>\n

Join Our Team!<\/p>\n

Hitachi Energy is looking for a Senior Project Planner to join our Project Controls team within the Nordic Operating Unit of our Grid Integration business. The position is based in Vaasa, Finland or V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, Sweden, with hybrid working possibilities.<\/p>\n

As a Senior Project Planner, you will play a critical role throughout the entire lifecycle of our most complex electrical substation projects, from tendering to project handover in the field of planning and scheduling. Your expertise and proactive approach will ensure consistency and alignment of scope, time, cost, and progress, ultimately contributing to the success and satisfaction of our customers.<\/p>\n

In this role, you will be in the driving seat, ensuring projects have robust, dynamic, and well-structured schedules that meet contractual objectives and provide clear roadmaps for the execution phase.<\/p>\n

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust, dynamic project schedules that align with contractual commitments and provide a clear framework for successful project execution.<\/p>\n

You will work closely with various stakeholders making sure the project schedules are used for work coordination, predictable forecasting, proactive schedule risk management, cost management, resource management, and of course, team alignment. You will also conduct schedule and resource analysis and prepare schedule progress reporting materials both for external and internal purposes.<\/p>\n

At Hitachi Energy, we know that great results are achieved together. As a Senior Project Planner, you will collaborate closely with Project Managers, Project Controllers, Lead Engineers, Project SCMs, Logistic Specialists, Site and Commissioning Managers and with our Customers. You will also become part of a highly experienced and supportive community of Project Planners. Together, we share knowledge, solve challenges, and support one another in delivering excellence in every project.<\/p>\n

**How you’ll make an impact**<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Take a leading role in planning and scheduling activities in complex projects and support project teams with schedule governance, analysis and decision making<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated project schedules in close collaboration with project teams<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Support predictable schedule forecasting by aligning time, cost, resources and progress<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Identify schedule deviations, risks, and opportunities early, and communicate them clearly to project stakeholders<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Prepare schedule reports and analyses, including S-curves, critical path analyses, resource histograms and On-Time-Delivery (OTD) milestones<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Actively communicate schedule information to stakeholders to keep everyone informed<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Support and prepare What-if schedule scenarios, delay mitigation plans and Extension of Time (EoT) claims together with the project team<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Promote planning and scheduling best practices across the organization, act as a role model and support less experienced planners<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Drive the use and continuous improvement of planning and scheduling methodologies and tools<\/p>\n

**Your background**<\/p>\n

\u00b7 M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Electrical engineering or another relevant field<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Proven experience in planning and scheduling complex projects<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to engage, motivate, and inspire stakeholders across the project organization<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and good knowledge of schedule management theory<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The ability to prepare and maintain high quality, dynamic project schedules together with the project team<\/p>\n

\u00b7 A proactive and self-driven mindset, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability<\/p>\n

\u00b7 A structured and goal-oriented approach to your work, with a focus on delivering results<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Project Management Certificate (PMP\u00ae and\/or PMI-SP\u00ae) is considered an advantage<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of Finnish and\/or Swedish is considered a plus
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Employment relationship:<\/span>Employment <\/span><\/div>\n
Wage:<\/span>Other <\/span><\/div>\n
Number of positions:<\/span>1<\/span><\/div>\n
Notes for applying:<\/span>Interested in joining our team and taking on exciting challenges in the fast-growing energy sector? If yes, apply for the position by September 13, 2026. Please note that we will initiate interviews as candidates apply and the position will be filled and closed as soon as a suitable candidate is found.<\/span><\/div>\n
Source: Job Market Finland\/Ty\u00f6markkinatori<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_company_tagline":"","_company_website":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[],"job-categories":[1524],"job-types":[1100],"job_listing_tag":[1169],"class_list":["post-3840823","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","hentry","job_listing_type-contract","job_listing_tag-research-development-rd","job_listing_company-hitachi-energy-finland-oy","job_source-tyomarkkinatori","worktime-full-time","job-type-contract"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSenior Project Planner - Laura.fi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), Inclusion drives our culture of innovation and collaboration.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/laura.fi\/en\/avoimet-tyopaikat\/hitachi-energy-finland-oy\/senior-project-planner\/3840823\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senior Project Planner - 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