Project Manager

Gea Group; Halle; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Company car

Meal vouchers

Group insurance

Health insurance

International work environment

Flexible working hours

Training & development

Descripción de la vacante

GEA Group in Halle, Belgium, seeks a Project Manager with a technical background to oversee complex international projects in pharma and chemical industries. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule, and budget, and ensure customer satisfaction from start to finish.

You will collaborate with customers, sales, and multidisciplinary teams, travel up to 8 weeks/year, and contribute to continuous process improvements in a dynamic international environment.

Formación

• Master’s degree in Electro, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or Bio Engineer or equivalent by experience.
• Experience as project manager in pharmaceutical, food or chemical industry.
• Experience in international customer–supplier relationships.
• Fluency in English and Dutch (written and spoken).
• Strong people management and analytical skills.

Responsabilidades

• Define and manage phase gate approach during complete project and be appointed as Project Manager after Sales handover.
• Initiate the project with the customer and internally, and manage the project team through regular meetings.
• Maintain a clear overview of project schedule and milestones; control and report costs.
• Collect and report project risks and develop mitigation plans to minimize risks.
• Report project status to management and steering committee; invite customer for reviews and acceptance tests.
• Support commissioning engineers during start-up.

Conocimientos

People management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Educación

Master’s degree in Electro/Mechanical/Chemical Engineering

Bio Engineer or equivalent by experience

Herramientas

MS Word

MS Excel

Descripción del empleo

Are you a Project Manager with a technical background and a passion for successfully delivering complex international projects? At GEA in Halle, Belgium, you’ll have the opportunity to oversee challenging projects in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries from start to finish. You’ll work closely with customers, sales, and multidisciplinary project teams, and play a key role in ensuring quality, schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction. In this international environment, you’ll be given a great deal of responsibility, room for initiative, and plenty of opportunities for professional growth.

Responsibilities / Tasks

As Project Manager you define and manage phase gate approach during complete project and are appointed as Project Manager after Sales handover.

Your Responsibilities:

• Initiate the project with the customer and internally.
• Manage the project team via regular project team meetings.
• Have a clear overview of project schedule and milestones.
• Control and report project costs and costs to come.
• Collect and report project risks and work out mitigation plans to minimize project risks.
• Report project status on a regular basis to the management and project steering committee.
• Invite the customer for project review meetings and project acceptance tests.
• Support commissioning engineers during start up.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• You hold a master’s degree in Electro, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or as Bio Engineer or equivalent by experience.
• You should have solid experience as project manager in pharmaceutical, food or chemical industry.
• You have experience as Project Manager in an international customer - supplier relationship.
• In the relationship with your customers, you create trust and respect.
• You have the ability to steer and motivate a team of engineers: people management skills, analytical skills to manage complex projects.
• You are a respected partner for pharmaceutical companies.
• You have good communication skills and strive to optimize collaboration between different departments.
• You are continuously looking for improvements in day-by-day project management process.
• You are fluent (R/W/S) in English and Dutch.
• You have good knowledge of MS Office applications, especially Word and Excel.
• You are prepared to travel (in total less than 8 weeks a year, for periods of maximum 2 weeks).

Our offer:

• A competitive salary package including company car, meal vouchers, group insurance, health insurance, etc.
• 20 vacation days + 12 ADV days (40 hours working week)
• An international work environment.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• GEA will invest in your personal development and support internal as well as external training programs for your further development. Possibility to grow and develop into other roles at GEA.
• Ability to work in an environment where innovation and change is part of the everyday culture.