Project Planner

Career opportunities in Europe

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is committed to solving some of the biggest global challenges of our time by advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are able to deliver on this great promise because we have great people who everyday work and innovate collaboratively across the globe.

As an employer, we operate in 90 countries with 45,000 people committed to ensuring they thrive and are empowered to deliver their best work as part of our Diversity 360 vision.

Embrace Diversity and Innovation!

Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.

Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity 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 hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team!

We are looking for you as Project Planner / Project Controls Specialist for our team in Rotterdam in Holland for the handling, controlling and also monitoring of customer-specific large-scale projects. Do you enjoy working in teams and to enhance their performance through your competence? Are you looking for a position, where you can work with different interfaces as Sales, Supply Chain and Project execution? If so, we look forward to receiving your application.

Your responsibilities

• Definition of responsibilities and distribution of tasks within the team with regards to scheduling, taking customer specifications and Hitachi Energy policies into account
• Development, regular updates and analysis of project schedules
• Preparation of tender and project time schedules
• Collaboration and joint schedule creation and updating with project planners from other Hitachi Energy units in other European countries
• Close cooperation and coordination with internal and external stakeholders in your role as a central contact person for project planning and progress control
• Resource planning based on the time schedule
• Requesting schedule inputs and updates from internal and external project team members, suppliers, including visit to project sites etc
• Active monitoring and control of project progress taking Hitachi Energy policies and best practices into account in order to ensure that projects are completed on time and in accordance with contract
• Internal and external reporting based on the time schedules
• Initiation and implementation of sustainable process improvements
• Ensure that all projects are implemented and completed in accordance with health, safety and environmental guidelines

Your background

• Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or comparable (Bachelor / Master / Dipl.)
• Relevant professional experience in project management, project execution and especially in the area of scheduling / project controls (scheduling, resource planning, cost control)
• Extensive knowledge of the project planning and scheduling tools Primavera and MS Project
• Knowledge of MS Office including SharePoint
• Experience with SAP would be an advantage
• Knowledge in the substation area (AIS / GIS) would be an advantage
• Certification as PMI-SP or other scheduling related trainings would be an advantage
• Very good communication skills, strong customer orientation as well as structured working methods and ability to work in a team
• English and German fluent in spoken and written, Dutch would be an advantage

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Client-provided location(s): Rotterdam, Netherlands

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-179635

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-03-03T23:34:30