Technical Project Manager

Overview

Expleo is a global engineering, technology, and consulting service provider that partners with leading organizations to guide them through their business transformation, helping them achieve operational excellence and future-proof their businesses.

Expleo benefits from more than 50 years of experience developing complex products in automotive and aerospace, optimizing manufacturing processes, and ensuring the quality of information systems. Leveraging its deep sector knowledge and wide-ranging expertise in fields including AI engineering, digitalization, automation, cybersecurity and data science, the group’s mission is to fast-track innovation through each step of the value chain.

As a Technical Project Manager, you will lead industrial projects in a demanding chemical environment (SEVESO, ATEX, HAZOP, etc.). You will be involved throughout the entire project lifecycle, from the preliminary design phases (basic/detailed design) to the commissioning and handover of installations, coordinating studies, procurement, construction, and start-up activities.

You play a key role as an interface between technical teams, operators, subcontractors, and support functions (HSE, maintenance, production, etc.).

Responsibilities

Engineering & Design

• Lead feasibility studies, preliminary designs, and technical definition of installations (revamping, new works, compliance upgrades, etc.)

• Draft or validate technical specifications

Project Management

• Develop schedules, identify critical milestones, monitor budgets, and coordinate internal and external resources

• Track progress, manage risks, and implement corrective actions

Execution Supervision

• Oversee supplier consultations, purchasing, construction activities, and testing

• Ensure quality, timelines, and cost control throughout all phases

Safety & Compliance

• Integrate HSE requirements from the design phase

• Participate in risk analyses (HAZOP, FMEA, etc.) and ensure compliance with regulations (ICPE, ATEX, etc.)

Interface & Coordination

• Collaborate cross-functionally with production, maintenance, HSE, and quality teams

• Manage relationships with contractors and suppliers

• Communicate with internal stakeholders (steering committees, management, operations)

Documentation & Reporting

• Ensure proper project documentation (tender packages, as-built files, progress reports) and deliver expected outputs at each phase

• Provide regular reporting to management

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in process engineering, chemical, mechanical, or general engineering, with a strong interest in regulated environments
• Proven experience in managing industrial projects in the chemical sector, ideally on classified sites (SEVESO, ICPE)
• Proficiency in project management tools (Gantt charts, milestones, budgets) and technical software (MS Project, Excel, AutoCAD, etc.)
• Strong safety culture, technical rigor, and the ability to handle environments with high HSE stakes
• Strong interpersonal skills, organized, and capable of mobilizing teams
• Knowledge of ATEX / ICPE regulations
• Proficiency in HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA methodologies
• Experience in coordinating construction work (all trades, process, utilities)
• Technical English for working with international suppliers