APM Terminals recruits 01 Automation Project Manager
APM Terminals
Cairo, Egypt
Automation Project Manager
Full time
EGCAI01 – Cairo – Maersk Egypt S.A.E.
Opportunity
The Automation Project Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our automation products, overseeing budget management, maintaining critical stakeholder relationships, and managing a team of deployment engineers. This role combines extensive technical expertise with a profound sense of personal ownership and includes accountability for developing and maintaining the Project Management Plan (PMP).
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Realize the deployment in support of the product value proposition and as per plan to the terminal and end customers
Oversee project planning, execution, and monitoring to ensure that objectives are met within scope, schedule, and budget.
Practice Product deployment approach and plan across one or multiple terminals, including assurance of product integrity, including securing all due approvals
Ensure due compliance, safety and other relevant regulations to be adhered to during the deployment
Maximize and continuously improve the level of consistency between product deployments across multiple terminals
Continuously ensure the deployment fulfils all site-specific needs as defined in consultation with the terminal team within the product blueprint for site deployment Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan (PMP) for automation projects, outline project scope, objectives, schedules, resource allocation, risk management, and other essential project management details.
Manage and lead a team of deployment engineers, ensuring they stay engaged, motivated, and aligned with project goals.
CRITICAL QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
Professional expertise and deep knowledge in the context of automation. Experience in port automation / modernization preferable.
Proven experience in project management, particularly in container terminal industry or related fields.
Ability to develop and maintain comprehensive Project Management Plans (PMPs)
Strong technical background with a deep understanding of automation technologies.
High English proficiency
High familiarity and proven proficiency of delivering results within project/product deployment environment
Versatile resource management and planning skills
Strong prioritization abilities and can-do mindset
Methodological know how to lead iterative design, development and testing cycles from end-to-end throughout the deployment
Ability to balance short term deliverables and long-term business objectives
Ability to solve complex problems on daily basis and in structured manner
People leadership skills for driving success of deployment teams
Strong stakeholder management & communication skills
Continuous focus to drive change management as key enabler for stakeholder buy-in and successful deployment outcomes
Travel flexibility to spend significant amount of the time on-site
Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a high degree of autonomy.
This is a global position based in one of the terminals/businesses in Middle East. The role reports directly to Head of Automation Deployment.
Additional info
Ref. R78288
At APM Terminals, we are a team of over 20,000 employees spread across more than 60 countries united by a passion to provide our expertise in port operations and container management services. By providing the expertise and port infrastructure essential to world trade, we actively support the advancement of the societies around us, enabling local economies to unlock their potential and build an even stronger global community. Working with a team of talented professionals you will get a chance to experience different cultures and make friends all over the world. You’ll find a culturally diverse, stimulating environment at any of our offices, terminals or depots. When you join APM Terminals, the world is your workplace. APM Terminals is an independent business unit within the Danish Maersk Group – a Global Fortune 500 company with about 89,000 employees and offices in 130 countries with global growth opportunities in a range of fields from shipping and energy to our offshore and manufacturing industries – Join us to achieve even your most ambitious career goals!POSTULER