Cummins is a global power leader committed to powering a more prosperous world. Our culture is driven by innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning—where talented professionals thrive while delivering impactful solutions across power generation, data centers, and mission-critical infrastructure.
We are seeking expressions of interest from experienced project managers. This is a Onsite with Flexibility work model role and is based at our office, located in Malaysia – Johor or KL.
The Project Manager – Power Generation is responsible for end-to-end delivery of power generation projects, ensuring safety, quality, cost, and schedule objectives are met. This role is critical in delivering data centre projects, requiring strong on-site leadership to manage complex construction environments and coordinate across customers, contractors, vendors, suppliers, and internal teams in real time.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead power generation and data center projects from contract award to commissioning and handover
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource plans
- Ensure strict adherence to HSE, quality, and regulatory compliance, while maintaining practical execution on site
- Manage project risks, issues, and change control (VOs), with proactive, solution-oriented decision making
- Oversee cost control, P&L responsibility, cash flow, and forecasting
- Coordinate internal teams (engineering, supply chain, service) and external stakeholders
- Act as the on-site focal point, driving daily coordination between customer, consultants, contractors, vendors, and suppliers
- Act as primary customer interface, ensuring strong client engagement and satisfaction
- Manage subcontractors, vendors, and site execution activities
- Actively resolve site issues, conflicts, and design/construction gaps to maintain progress and schedule
- Track progress, prepare reports, and communicate status to stakeholders
- Drive standardization, lessons learned, and continuous improvement
- Mentor and guide project engineers and site teams
Key Competencies
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management
- High commercial and financial acumen
- Ability to manage complexity and conflicts
- Customer-focused, resilient, and results-driven
- Excellent communication and decision-making skills
- Strong on-site leadership presence with ability to manage dynamic construction environments
- Practical problem-solver who can make timely decisions and drive resolution across multiple parties
- Highly effective at coordinating across customers, vendors, suppliers, contractors, and internal teams
- Adaptable and action-oriented, with focus on delivery rather than process-heavy governance
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline
- 8–15 years of experience managing power generation or large EPC projects
- Proven experience in data centre, mission-critical, or fast-track construction projects is strongly preferred
- Strong exposure to gensets, balance of plant, commissioning, and site execution
- Demonstrated experience managing site-based construction activities and multi-stakeholder environments
- Proven experience managing cost, schedule, risk, and P&L
- Experience working with cross-functional and multicultural teams
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2) is an advantage
- Proficient in project tools (MS Project, ERP, reporting dashboards)
- Willingness to be hands-on and present on site to drive project outcomes
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline
- 8-15 years of experience managing power generation or large EPC projects
- Proven experience in data center, mission-critical, or fast-track construction projects
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2)
Cummins Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cummins and has not been reviewed or approved by Cummins.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company contribution/match and both defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans are offered, alongside profit sharing and an employee stock purchase plan. This mix supports long-term savings and financial security.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (HSA, HSA Plus, PPO) with dental, vision, life and long-term disability coverage are provided, along with telehealth, mental-health support, and wellness tools. In-network protections and HSA/HSA Plus structures are described to help manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave, family medical leave, and adoption assistance are offered. Reduced or flexible hours and unpaid extended leave options further support caregiving needs.
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