Technical Operations & Supply Chain Manager

Haemers Technologies SA; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership role

Global impact

Competitive salary

Job summary

Haemers Technologies SA seeks a Technical Operations & Supply Chain Manager to own industrial operations from design to field deployment. You will lead shop floors in Neder-over-Heembeek and Nivelles, manage the supply chain teams, and supervise project/site leaders on a global scale.

You will drive procurement, planning and logistics, ensure on-time, on-budget delivery, and shape a scalable production process as the company grows internationally. Fluency in French and English is required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering or equivalent, with strong leadership experience.
• Extensive procurement, planning and logistics expertise in a project-driven environment.
• Fluent in French and English; willingness to travel to project sites.

Responsibilities

• Oversee shopfloor manufacturing, testing and refurbishment of thermal remediation equipment.
• Lead national and international procurement, planning and logistics teams.
• Define sourcing strategy, supplier selection and performance management.
• Coordinate planning with project/engineering teams to align schedules.
• Mentor Project/Site Supervisors and develop leadership capabilities.
• Define KPIs and drive continuous-improvement initiatives across sites.

Skills

Leadership

Procurement

Planning

Logistics

Project management

ERP systems

Lean/CI

Bilingual: FR/EN

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Technical Operations & Supply Chain Manager

As Technical Operations & Supply ChainManager, you take end-to-end ownership of our industrial operations: you leadthe teams that turn our engineering designs into reliable, field-readyremediation systems — produced in our workshops (including the custom jobsiteparts for each project), planned and scheduled to match project timelines,sourced efficiently, and delivered on time to project sites worldwide. You alsohave direct managerial responsibility for our Project/Site Supervisors, thefield leaders we deploy to prepare, install, commission, operate and dismantleour systems on projects. You report directly to the COO and play a key role inscaling up our production as the company grows internationally. You will beable to count on the hands-on support of the current leader, who will graduallystep back and transfer his responsibilities to you, ensuring a smoothtransition.

Responsibilities

You are in charge of our headquarters shopfloorsin Neder-over-Heembeek & Nivelles, of the supply chain (procurement,planning and logistics teams), and of the technical profiles executing andsupervising the work both on the shopfloors and on our project sites. TheProject/Site Supervisors report directly to you. In practice, this means:

Manufacturing & workshop operations

• Organize, plan and supervise the day-to-dayactivities of the Neder-over-Heembeek and Nivelles shopfloors: fabrication,assembly, testing, maintenance and refurbishment of our thermal remediationequipment
• Ensure equipment is produced on time, on budgetand to specification for deployment on project sites in Belgium and abroad
• Review and challenge the quality of technicalwork; set quality standards and drive root-cause resolution of non-conformities
• Enforce health, safety and environmental ruleson the shopfloors and ensure regulatory compliance of equipment andinstallations

Supply chain

• Lead and structure the procurement, planning andlogistics teams
• Define the sourcing strategy: supplier selectionand negotiation, framework agreements, supplier performance and risk management
• Own the planning process: align workshopcapacity, material availability and project schedules together with the projectand engineering teams
• Organize national and international logistics —including the shipment of heavy industrial equipment to remediation sites — andkeep inventory levels under control
• Lead, coach and develop the Project/SiteSupervisors as their direct manager; recruit and onboard supervisors, setobjectives, conduct performance reviews and support their technical andleadership development
• Plan and allocate supervisors to projectsworldwide according to project schedules, technical requirements, language,experience and availability; ensure mission readiness and continuity
• Oversee the supervisors’ contribution across thefull site lifecycle — preparation and shipment, installation, commissioning,treatment follow-up, dismantling and site inventory — while holding themaccountable for safe, high-quality and efficient execution
• Work closely with Project Managers, Engineeringand HSE to define priorities, clarify roles and milestones, monitor siteprogress and resolve operational or resource issues
• Ensure consistent field reporting, client-facingprofessionalism and compliance with legal, HSE and internal procedures; turnsite feedback, incidents and lessons learned into improvements in equipment,methods and training

People & leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the technical profilesworking on the shopfloors and on our project sites (technicians, Project/SiteSupervisors and team leaders), creating a strong and coordinated technicalcommunity across workshop and field operations
• Recruit and onboard new team members, setobjectives and conduct performance reviews
• Act as the bridge between the workshop, supplychain, engineering and project teams
• Industrialize our innovative and evolvingproduct range: design-to-manufacturing handover, standardization, technicaldocumentation and process reliability
• Define and monitor KPIs on cost, quality, leadtime and safety; report on them to the executive team
• Drive continuous-improvement initiatives (leanpractices, make-or-buy analyses, capacity and investment planning)

Yourprofile

• 10 to 15 years of experience in an industrialenvironment where you had to industrialize innovative products
• Proven experience leading technical profileswithin the industry (metallurgy, construction, heavy equipment or equivalent)
• Able to review and challenge the quality oftechnical work, down to the workshop floor
• Hands-on command of procurement, planning andlogistics in a project-driven, low-volume / high-mix environment
• Comfortable with ERP systems and data-drivenmanagement (KPIs, dashboards); lean or continuous-improvement experience is astrong asset
• Master's degree in engineering, or equivalentthrough experience
• Fluent in French and English; willing to travelto our project sites

What We Offer

• A key leadership role in a growing Belgianinnovative environment company with a global impact on soil decontamination
• The opportunity to industrialize unique,patented technologies and to shape our production scale-up
• A competitive salary package in line with yourexperience
  

Remediate your soil with the leader in thermal desorption

Using Haemers Technologies for a fast, reliable, final and sustainable solution.

We provide our own sustainable and innovative systems to decontaminate a wide range of polluted soils by In-Situ (without excavation) or Ex-Situ Thermal Desorption, while recovering energy and soil contaminants.

Our environmental technologies are offered to companies active in soil remediation or in the construction sector.