Power Generation Project Management Leader - Malaysia

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We are seeking an experienced Project Management Leader to lead the successful team of skilled Power Generation Project Managers in Malaysia. This role is responsible for managing all facets of the project execution business, leading a team of project managers, driving stakeholder alignment, and ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to customer expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a portfolio of Power Generation projects across Southeast Asia.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, risks, resources, and overall project performance.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development support to project managers and project teams.
• Collaborate with customers, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
• Drive project governance, reporting, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Ensure effective resource allocation and project prioritization across the region.
• Promote continuous improvement and best practices within project management processes.
• Monitor project outcomes and ensure alignment with business and customer requirements.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Builds effective teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
• Change Management - Applies the Cummins structured process and tool set for engaging individuals and organizations through change to achieve and sustain business results and outcomes.
• Project Management - Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a “project”). Ensures results/impact from temporary effort are fully realized as possible.
• Project Resource Management - Develops resource (expense and headcount) plans using recommended project management tools and processes to manage resources effectively.
• Project Scope Management - Manages a list of project deliverables (scope) using the recommended project management tools and processes to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully.
• Adapts to target audience - Explains complex topics (significant technical data, subject matter expertise, etc.) in such a way that the target audience (e.g. sales professionals, customers, training vendors, etc.) can understand, retain, and use the information
• Integrates Customer Perspective - Incorporates an understanding of the customers' perspective on our products and sales efforts to develop sales content that improves our ability to meet their needs and increase revenue.
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Extensive project management experience, including leadership of cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects within scope, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience managing project financials, resources, and risks.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
• Experience within the Power Generation, energy, infrastructure, or industrial sectors.
• Experience leading regional or multi-country projects.
• Knowledge of project governance, change management, and quality management principles.
• Experience managing projects within Data Centre, Mission Critical Facilities, Construction, Infrastructure, Power Generation, or Industrial environments will be highly advantageous.
• Familiarity with data centre project lifecycles, construction management practices, EPC projects, commissioning activities, and stakeholder coordination across complex project environments is preferred.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale capital projects involving multiple contractors, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders would be an added advantage

Key Skills

• Project & Program Management
• Leadership & Team Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Budget & Resource Planning
• Risk Management
• Customer Engagement
• Strategic Planning
• Continuous Improvement