Senior Industrial Project Manager

Project description

You will take the lead on complex, multidisciplinary industrial engineering projects, with full responsibility for scope, budget, planning, quality and safety. The scope includes both new installations and major modifications to existing assets in the process industry.

Primary Tasks & Responsibilities

• Own industrial engineering projects from concept and feasibility through commissioning and final handover.
• Define and manage project scope, deliverables, budget, business case, investment approval and baseline planning in MS Project.
• Coordinate all project phases, including pre-study, concept selection, basic and detailed engineering, procurement, contractor selection, construction, site execution, commissioning and handover to operations.
• Act as the single point of accountability for internal stakeholders and management.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, both internal and external, across mechanical, electrical, automation, piping, civil and EHS disciplines.
• Manage scope changes, risks, claims and deviations affecting budget or schedule.
• Report progress, decisions and issues to steering committees and senior stakeholders.

📝 Your profile

Technical profile requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Project Manager, with proven end-to-end ownership of industrial CAPEX projects.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Project Engineer in fields such as mechanical, electrical, piping or civil engineering.
• Demonstrated experience with pre-feasibility and concept studies, CAPEX budgeting and investment approval, and commissioning of industrial installations.
• Experience in the process industry is mandatory.
• Strong hands-on experience with MS Project, including ownership of project planning rather than follow-up only.
• Academic working level, with strong analytical skills and a helicopter view.

Non-Technical profile requirements

• You work autonomously and take full responsibility for your assignments.
• You bring strong leadership skills and can challenge stakeholders and contractors when needed.
• You communicate effectively across all organisational levels.
• You have natural authority in complex industrial environments.

Methodology / Certification requirements

• VCA-Vol is mandatory.
• PMP / Prince2 is a plus.

Language proficiencies

• Dutch: Native / Fluent
• English: Fluent