Sr Project Manager

Job Description Summary

We are seeking an experienced Sr Project Manager to lead complex, multidisciplinary projects involving the design, manufacture, testing, and delivery of large rotating machines, with a particular focus on synchronous condensers.
The selected candidate will be responsible for end-to-end project execution - from engineering through manufacturing, factory testing, shipment, and site commissioning - ensuring technical, schedule, and financial objectives are met.

This role requires close collaboration with international engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing teams across multiple time zones and cultures.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full project lifecycle for large rotating equipment (design, manufacturing, testing, delivery, and commissioning).
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams (engineering, supply chain, sourcing, quality, and services) across global locations.
• Ensure on-time, on-budget, and quality-compliant project execution, managing interfaces among global factories and engineering centers. Owns the alignment of the functions to a consolidate project schedule.
• Oversee design and manufacturing reviews, ensuring adherence to customer specifications and applicable standards (IEC, NEMA, API, etc.).
• Provide transparent project updates - progress, risks, mitigations, financial status - to senior management and customers.
• Facilitate cross-cultural collaboration and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage commercial aspects of the project: forecasting, invoicing, and claims/change management. Keep close connection with customer (internal and external) through the complete project cycle.
• Support customer meetings, inspections, and factory acceptance tests (FATs).
• Foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across all project activities.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Energy Engineering (or related field).
• Solid experience in project management or engineering management of large rotating machines (generators, motors, or synchronous condensers).
• Strong understanding of electromechanical design and manufacturing processes (stators, rotors, auxiliaries, balance-of-plant).
• Proven track record of managing complex international projects with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.
• Fluency in English and Portuguese (spoken and written).
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, prioritize competing demands, and deliver to tight schedules.
• Strong communication and leadership skills - able to influence, align, and drive accountability across matrix organizations.
• Willingness to travel internationally for project and customer meetings (~10-20%).
• Experience with synchronous condenser projects or other large synchronous machines.
• Familiarity with factory operations and testing of high-power electrical machines.

• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Desirable knowledge on French;
• Working knowledge of ERP / project control systems (SAP, Primavera, etc.).
• Logistics rules like incoterm, HS Code.

• SQDC priority in that order in the behaviors;
• Lean Culture (kaizen, TT,LT,MLT) & quality solving tool;