Project Manager Electrical

GEA Germany GmbH; Skanderborg; Presencial; DKK 700.000 - 1.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

GEA Germany GmbH in Skanderborg seeks an experienced electrical project manager to lead complex electrical design for projects typically 12–18 months. You will work with the project execution team and customers to tailor solutions that meet production needs.

Based at our Skanderborg office, you will drive scope, budget, and schedule from concept through commissioning and handover, coordinating with electrical engineers, panel suppliers, and service teams to ensure safety, quality, and profitable

Formación

• Hold a degree in Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineer or related discipline with substantial experience.
• Experience in electrical engineering and multidisciplinary project delivery for food, dairy, or engineered-to-order projects.
• Strong coordination of supplier, subcontractor and procurement deliverables; English at professional level.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and deliver electrical scope for projects from concept to commissioning and handover.
• Plan deliverables, milestones and resources; manage scope, budget and schedule.
• Coordinate electrical designs, equipment specs and supplier packages; ensure safety and quality compliance.
• Prepare site activities, testing, permits and handover documentation; assess change requests.

Conocimientos

Electrical engineering

Project management

Multidisciplinary delivery

English proficiency

Educación

Electrical Engineering degree

Marine Engineering

Descripción del empleo

As part of our continued growth, we are seeking an experienced electrical project manager with technical expertise to lead electrical design of complex projects, typically lasting 12 to 18 months. Joining GEA, you will gain a strong network of colleagues from different functions, including our project execution team. We value knowledge sharing and collaborate closely with our customers to ensure tailored solutions that meet their production needs. Based at our Skanderborg office, you will join our project execution organization. Alongside committed colleagues, you will work in a business driven by customers’ demand for new and better products. We value mutual respect and appreciate our differences. Internally, you will work with project managers, electrical and automation engineers, process and mechanical engineers, as well as colleagues in Commissioning, Procurement and Service. Externally, you will collaborate with customers, panel suppliers, installation companies, and commissioning subcontractors.

Responsibilities / Tasks

The Electrical Project Manager is responsible for leading and delivering electrical scope for projects from concept through commissioning and handover. The role involves managing project scope, budget, schedule, resources, and stakeholders while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and operational requirements. You will assess technical and delivery options, coordinate supplier actions and implement corrective measures to protect delivery and project profitability. Where changes affect scope, costs or milestones, you will present your recommendations to the Project Manager. More specifically, you will:

Lead and control electrical scope for projects throughout the complete project lifecycle. Plan deliverables, scope activities, milestones and resources in line with the overall project plan. Coordinate electrical designs and equipment specifications, ensuring compliance with legislation, customer requirements, internal engineering standards and project-specific safety and quality requirements. Define supplier and subcontractor packages, support technical bid evaluation and selection, and follow up on specifications, clarifications, delivery, costs and documentation. Prepare site activities, inspections, ensuring the required permits, competencies and safety measures are in place before work starts; coordinate testing and verification, including factory and site acceptance activities where applicable, and close outstanding points. Assess change requests, obtaining approval before committing to changes affecting contractual scope, price, schedule or risk. Complete the documentation and structured handover to the customer and Service, including as-built updates, certificates and test records where applicable.

Your Profile / Qualifications

You are highly organised and excel at maintaining an overview of the entire project lifecycle, identifying potential challenges early and proactively finding effective solutions. Your strong communication skills allow you to mediate between stakeholders, manage change effectively and resolve unforeseen issues as they arise. We imagine that you:

Hold a degree in Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineer or a related discipline; equivalent technical education with substantial relevant experience may also be considered. Have experience in electrical engineering and multidisciplinary project delivery for within food and dairy industries, process equipment, machinery or engineered-to-order projects, including customer-facing technical coordination and management of supplier, subcontractor and procurement deliverables, schedules, costs and risks. Have working knowledge of power distribution, motors and drives, control panels, cabling, protection concepts and associated documentation. Understand technical interfaces, applicable electrical standards and machinery/process-plant safety, alongside installation, testing, commissioning and handover practices. Speak and write English at a full professional level.

GEA is one of the largest suppliers of process technology for the food industry and a wide range of other industries. The international technology group focuses on process technology and components for sophisticated production processes in various end-user markets.