Deputy Project Manager

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems as well as related services. With digitalization, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.

Mobility Management, Turnkey Projects & Electrification, Mainline Transport, Urban Transport and Customer Services. They have the know-how to make road traffic flow more smoothly and quickly, make trains more environmentally friendly and efficient, make train schedules and freight shipments more reliable. We work with our customers to develop optimal solutions to help overcome their challenges.

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our International Project Execution team as a Deputy Project Manager (Claim and QS focused).

In this role, you will play a crucial part in the management and execution of our railway projects, supporting the Project Manager(s) in all their functions with a special focus on claims and quantity surveying related issues.

Area of Responsibilities:

- Contract management incl. claim management
- Project organization and management
- Stakeholder management
- Project controlling and project reporting
- Opportunity and risk management
- Acquisition and order negotiation
- Communication and knowledge management

Main Tasks:
Contract management incl. claim management:

- Identify, drive, defend and reduce claims in good time
- Fulfill the contract and close the project in accordance with contractual and in-house regulations
- Negotiate with subcontractors / partners on the basis of defined requirements and enter into compensation agreements according to the customer contract
- Define and agree the strategy to enforce / reduce / defend claims with stakeholders
- Involve the project team in the process of identifying changes and claims
- Evaluate contracts for claim relevance, ensure that they are checked by legal experts
- Implement the strategy to enforce / reduce claims

Project organization and management:

- Help ensure that all plan elements (e.g. system structure, WBS, etc.) are taken into account in the sales / project initiation phase
- Help prepare and maintain the Siemens project management plan
- Help manage the project within the defined financial targets (budget, target costing, target profit)
- Help optimize project profitability and ensuring business success
- Implement procedures to resolve questions and problems (identification, analysis, measures and monitoring) with all relevant internal and external partners
- Help ensure that all procurement activities comply with the applicable processes and regulations
- Monitor the performance of subcontractors / partners, escalate issues in good time (e.g. quality defects or problems in cooperation) and initiate appropriate measures in good time in the event of any non-conformities
- Support the Project Manager to prepare for project review meetings and organize the milestone prerequisites
- Help document all work results in line with the applicable standards

Stakeholder management:

- Ensure efficient communication with all stakeholders
- Negotiate with stakeholders on requests for changes and incorporate them into contracts
- Elaborate and implement strategies to strengthen customer relations and market position
- Actively collect information on the customer and customer requirements / goals
- Involve the customer in decision-making and provide information to customers on a regular basis

Project controlling and reporting:

- Continuously monitor project status and plan identify any non-conformities in good time and initiate specific counter measures where applicable
- Review project schedules and progress reports to identify potential risks or deviations.
- Identify and help minimize non-compliance costs
- Notify customers, management and the project team at an early stage in the event of any non-conformities

Opportunity and risk management:

- Identify and assess all risk factors using the available risk assessment tools throughout the project
- Elaborate suitable strategies for minimizing (eliminating, reducing) risks
- Ensure that all risks are identified and monitored (including Compliance)
- Identify opportunities for further business with the partner(s)
- Work together with line experts to exploit opportunities
- Communicate with internal contacts across organizational borders on opportunities for further improvements
- Identify / create additional opportunities from ongoing projects
- Ensure that risks are monitored in all project phases
- Identify, assess and implement all opportunities to improve results throughout the project
- Assess risks