Technical Coordinator (Madrid)

Almar Water Solutions; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Transport card

Flexible benefits plan

Location: Madrid, Spain

Descripción de la vacante

Almar Water Solutions seeks a Technical Coordinator in Madrid to lead cross-disciplinary engineering efforts for water treatment bids and projects. You will plan deliverables, review complex specifications, and coordinate with clients, EPC contractors, and suppliers to ensure compliant, efficient solutions.

The role requires strong planning and communication, Spanish fluency and English proficiency, plus willingness to travel internationally and support project execution from design through

Formación

• Ten years of professional experience in engineering, bid preparation, or industrial projects.
• Five years in technical coordination or multidisciplinary leadership.
• Valuable desalination, water reuse, or wastewater experience.
• Spanish full professional proficiency; English at least C1 for meetings and docs.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate technical aspects of water treatment bids and projects across disciplines.
• Plan, track, and prioritize engineering deliverables with traceability.
• Review tender docs, specs, PFDs/PIDs, and equipment lists.
• Lead interfaces between clients, EPCs, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Consolidate clarifications, risk assessments, and deviations.
• Lead multidisciplinary reviews and maintain action tracking.
• Support technical/economic evaluation of alternatives.
• Participate in EPC contract negotiations and start-up activities.
• Provide technical support during execution and commissioning.
• Assist standardization and lessons learned across projects.

Conocimientos

Multidisciplinary coordination

Translate contractual requirements

Planning & prioritization

Communication & follow-up

Risk analysis

Travel willingness

Team leadership

Educación

Engineering degree

Postgraduate in project management / water treatment

Herramientas

AutoCAD/Navisworks

BIM tools

MS Project / Primavera P6

Document management platforms

Descripción del empleo

At ALMAR WATER, we are committed to identifying, nurturing, and developing talent across our teams, while supporting the personal and professional growth of our people.

We are an international company in the water sector, currently experiencing strong growth, with a highly skilled team and an excellent working environment. We are now looking for a Technical Coordinator to join our team in Madrid.

What will the role involve?

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinate the technical aspects of water treatment bids and projects, ensuring effective integration across process, mechanical, civil, electrical, instrumentation, and control disciplines.
• Plan, track, and prioritize engineering deliverables, reviews, and milestones, ensuring full traceability of decisions, comments, and changes.
• Review tender documentation, RFPs, technical specifications, design criteria, mass balances, PFDs/P&IDs, layouts, equipment lists, and supplier documentation.
• Coordinate interfaces and battery limits between clients, EPC contractors, technology providers, suppliers, advisors, and internal teams.
• Prepare and consolidate technical clarifications, bid comparisons, compliance matrices, risk assessments, deviations, exclusions, and close-out actions.
• Lead coordination meetings and multidisciplinary reviews, preparing minutes, assigning action owners, and setting target deadlines.
• Support the technical and economic evaluation of alternatives, promoting safe, reliable, maintainable, and cost-competitive solutions.
• Support technical negotiations for EPC contracts, WTA/O&M agreements, performance guarantees, testing, commissioning, and acceptance processes.
• Provide technical support during project execution, commissioning, and start-up, helping to resolve technical issues and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to standardization, lessons learned, technology monitoring, and the continuous improvement of engineering processes.
• Carry out technical due diligence reviews of existing facilities.

What are we looking for?

Requirements:

• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and translate contractual requirements into clear, verifiable actions and deliverables.
• Knowledge of water treatment plants, reverse osmosis desalination, and/or wastewater and industrial water treatment.
• Strong ability to review technical documentation, manage interfaces, analyze risks, and solve problems in a structured manner.
• Strong planning, prioritization, communication, and follow-up skills, with a focus on deadlines, cost, quality, and performance.
• Sound technical judgment to identify inconsistencies, raise clarifications, and propose practical solutions.
• Willingness to work with international teams and travel occasionally to project sites, clients, or suppliers.

Education:

• Degree in Industrial, Environmental, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, or another relevant Engineering discipline.
• A postgraduate qualification or master’s degree in project management, water treatment, infrastructure, or a related technical field will be considered an asset.

Experience:

• Recommended minimum professional experience of 10 years in engineering, bid preparation, or the execution of industrial projects.
• At least 5 years in technical coordination or multidisciplinary leadership roles.
• Valuable experience in desalination, water reuse, treatment plants, hydraulic infrastructure, and international EPC/BOOT projects.

Languages:

• Spanish: full professional proficiency.
• English: minimum C1 level for meetings, negotiations, and technical documentation.
• Additional languages related to the company’s target geographies will be considered an asset.

Other:

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 and document review and tracking tools.
• Experience with AutoCAD/Navisworks, BIM tools, MS Project/Primavera P6, and document management platforms will be considered an asset.
• Key competencies: collaborative leadership, attention to detail, autonomy, anticipation, negotiation, results orientation, and clear communication.
• Compliance with the company’s health and safety, quality, sustainability, integrity, and confidentiality policies.

What we offer?

• Competitive compensation package, including a salary aligned with the candidate’s profile and a range of social benefits.
• Flexible benefits plan, including health insurance, childcare vouchers, and a transport card.
• Location: Madrid, Spain.