Project Management Specialist

About the role

ABB's Electrification Service business in Egypt is looking for a Project Management Specialist who coordinates assigned parts of a project and supports its execution through work packages. The role defines and applies basic project planning techniques on ongoing projects and drives their updating. It is an onsite position reporting to the Local Division Manager, Electrification Service.

Key responsibilities

• Lead small-to-medium, low-complexity projects end to end, from handover and planning to customer acceptance and closure, within agreed scope, schedule and budget.
• Own the project schedule and baselines: build the work breakdown structure, track progress, apply critical path analysis and recover delays proactively.
• Monitor project finances, including invoicing, costs and cash flow, and ensure payment milestones are met before shipment.
• Act as the main contact for customers and internal teams: manage expectations, run kick-off and progress meetings, issue meeting minutes and escalate issues on time.

Required profile

• Engineering degree with project management experience on small to medium delivery projects; PMP or equivalent certification is an advantage.
• 1 to 3 years of work experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with clear reporting, meeting minutes, customer correspondence and project review presentations.
• An ownership mindset: proactive, resilient under pressure, committed to HSE, contract compliance and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable communicating in English.

Required skills

• Practical planning skills: MS Project, work breakdown structure, activity sequencing and critical path analysis, with the ability to compare planned and actual performance.