Senior Project Manager – MOHP Operations

About ABB

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ABB Motion High Power (MOHP) Division offers a comprehensive product portfolio of large AC motors and generators. From general purpose to highly customized designs, synchronous motors provide high efficiency, reliability and availability across all major industries and applications, including some in the toughest and most demanding environments. The division also has a long track record of designing and building generators for wide range of industries, including power generation, marine, oil and gas, mining, and data centers.

About the Role

This Position reports to: Production Engineering Manager

Are you a seasoned project manager with a passion for driving industrial investment projects from concept to completion? We're looking for a skilled and motivated Senior Project Manager to join our MOHP Operations team in Västerås. In this role, you'll lead strategically important Manufacturing investment projects that support our continued growth, operational excellence, and long-term competitiveness. You'll take full ownership of project execution – from Gate 0 Project kick-off to Gate 6 Project close-out, ensuring optimized solutions are reaching Manufacturing unit in smooth handover while securing compliance with internal standards, timelines, and budget. Your leadership will be key in driving results, sharing best practices, and lifting the project execution capability within the organization.

Responsibilities

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead and deliver complex industrial investment projects, ensuring quality, budget, and time targets are met
• Manage project resources and risks in an effective, transparent and professional manner
• Drive continuous improvement by sharing knowledge, mentoring others, and optimizing project execution processes
• Represent the project in internal and external forums, including inspection/verification activities at supplier, stakeholder meetings, and formal project close-out

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or other relevant post-secondary education, combined with a proven ability to deliver results in technical project environments
• Strong passion for and deep engagement in investment and industrialization projects, particularly within high-precision manufacturing environments
• At least 5 years of solid experience in project management and industrial investments – ideally including advanced machining processes such as turning, milling, drilling, and grinding
• Extensive knowledge of project planning (e.g. MS Project, WBS Scheduler), cost follow-up and budgeting (e.g. SAP), as well as RFQ processes, supplier negotiations, stakeholder communication, and risk management
• Excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English, written and spoken
• Driver's license

To succeed in this role, you bring solid experience from industrial project management, including machinery investments and infrastructure-related installations (e.g. electricity, ventilation, construction). You enjoy working close to operations, and you're confident in navigating both technical and commercial aspects of large-scale projects.

What's in It for You

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

We Care

At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

We Grow

We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.

Contact Information

Hiring Manager:

Andreas Wallner, +4670-639 89 47

Union Representatives:

• Unionen: Katja Saari, +4673-077 05 02
• Ledarna: Mats Wahlund, +4676-769 80 05
• Sveriges ingenjörer: Håkan Sjöberg, +4670-396 00 02

Talent Partner:

Joacim Jonasson, +4672-461 26 77

How to Apply

We look forward to reading your application in PDF format. Last day to apply is 25 February.

Please note that to be eligible for employment at ABB Sweden, you will need to pass our pre-employment screening steps. This includes a reference check, a drug test, and could also include an extended background check.

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