Job Information

Date Opened 08/20/2026

Job Type Permanent

Industry Technology

Work Experience 8-10 years

City Chennai

State/Province Tamil Nadu

Country India

Zip/Postal Code 600096

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Execution

Take complete ownership of assigned digital transformation and MES projects.

Conduct project kick-off meetings with internal and customer teams.

Understand project scope, technical requirements, deliverables and contractual commitments.

Prepare detailed project execution plans and project schedules.

Define project milestones, activities, dependencies and resource requirements.

Establish project governance and review mechanisms.

Track project progress against approved baseline schedules.

Ensure timely completion of milestones and deliverables.

Identify project delays and implement recovery plans.

Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously wherever required.

Customer Management

Act as the primary project-level contact for customers.

Conduct regular project review meetings with customer stakeholders.

Understand customer expectations and resolve project-related concerns.

Prepare and present project status reports.

Manage customer communication related to scope, schedule, risks, issues and dependencies.

Maintain robust customer relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

Escalate critical customer issues to management at the appropriate time.

Ensure customer acceptance and successful project closure.

Technical Coordination

Coordinate with software development teams for application development.

Coordinate with automation teams for PLC, SCADA and machine integration.

Coordinate with database and infrastructure teams.

Coordinate ERP/SAP integration activities.

Review functional and technical specifications.

Participate in solution architecture discussions.

Ensure technical deliverables meet project requirements.

Support technical teams in resolving critical implementation issues.

Ensure integration between software, hardware, machines and enterprise systems.





The Project Manager is not expected to be the primary developer or automation engineer, but should possess sufficient technical knowledge to understand, coordinate and challenge technical decisions effectively.

Scope & Change Management

Establish and maintain the approved project scope.

Identify scope deviations during execution.

Evaluate change requests from customers.

Coordinate technical and commercial impact assessment.

Maintain Change Request / Change Order documentation.

Ensure additional work is not executed without proper approval.

Communicate scope, schedule and cost impacts to stakeholders.

Support the sales/commercial team in preparing change-order proposals.

Resource Management

Prepare project resource plans.

Allocate resources based on project priorities.

Coordinate software developers, BA, QA, automation engineers, technical writers and commissioning engineers.

Monitor resource utilization.

Identify resource constraints and resolve conflicts.

Plan onsite/offsite resource requirements.

Ensure adequate technical resources are available during critical project phases.

Risk & Issue Management

Identify project risks during planning and execution.

Maintain a Project Risk Register.

Define mitigation and contingency plans.

Monitor technical, commercial, schedule and resource risks.

Maintain an Issue Log and ensure timely closure.

Escalate critical risks and issues to management.

Conduct root-cause analysis for major project problems.

Implement preventive actions to avoid recurrence.

Project Documentation

Ensure Timely Preparation And Maintenance Of

Project Charter

Project Plan

Requirement Specification

Functional Requirement Specification (FRS)

Technical Specification

Project Schedule

Resource Plan

Risk Register





Issue Register

Change Request Register

Meeting Minutes

Weekly/Monthly Project Reports

Test Plans

FAT/SAT Documentation

UAT Documentation

Training Documents

Deployment Plan

Go-Live Plan

Project Closure Report

As-built Documentation

Testing, Commissioning & Go-Live

Plan and coordinate system testing activities.

Coordinate SIT, FAT, UAT and SAT activities.

Ensure defects are tracked and closed.

Coordinate customer validation and acceptance.

Prepare deployment and go-live plans.

Manage production implementation.

Coordinate stabilization/support activities after go-live.

Ensure final project handover to support/operations teams.

Commercial & Financial Responsibility

Monitor project cost against approved budget.

Track project profitability and resource utilization.

Monitor billing milestones and deliverables.

Coordinate with finance/commercial teams for milestone billing.

Identify potential cost overruns.

Support management in project financial reviews.

Ensure project execution remains commercially viable.

Requirements

The candidate should have good working knowledge of:

Software / IT

Web-based applications

Python/.NET/Java or similar application environments

SQL/NoSQL databases

API and system integration

REST APIs

Authentication and user management

Application deployment

Server and network fundamentals

Industrial Automation

PLC concepts

SCADA systems

OPC UA / OPC DA

Industrial communication protocols

Machine data acquisition

Sensors and industrial devices

Industrial Ethernet

Edge/data collection systems

Manufacturing Systems

MES architecture

OEE

Traceability

Production monitoring

Quality systems

Maintenance systems

Warehouse systems

ERP integration

SAP integration

Manufacturing workflows

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