Electrical Manager

NES Fircroft; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft seeks a Discipline Manager to lead engineering operations for major capital projects in the Netherlands. You will coordinate with EPCm/EPC contractors, clients, and site teams to ensure design integrity, safety, and timely delivery.

A Bachelor in engineering and extensive leadership in large projects are required. Your role includes driving standards, managing stakeholders across multinational teams, and supporting procurement and commissioning activities as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Proven leadership in large capital/EPCM projects.
• Strong contractor and stakeholder management skills.
• Advocates a strong safety culture and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Directing and overseeing discipline-specific engineering operations across the project lifecycle.
• Acting as primary technical authority for the discipline and interfacing with EPCm/EPC contractors, client site reps and home-office teams.
• Monitor contractor performance, clarify scope, quality, budget and deliverables, escalate risks promptly.
• Provide expert technical advice and prompt solutions for complex engineering challenges and approve key design decisions.
• Ensure design input from operations, maintenance, and site representatives; conduct site inspections as needed.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder management

Engineering discipline expertise

Safety & HSE compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Owner’s Team Purpose

The best project systems establish strong owner’s teams that focus on excellent project definition to drive the best project outcomes. The owner’s team remains independent from the EPCm/EPC contractors to ensure the owner’s interests are always the priority, providing the right amount of oversight and assurance without duplicating work. As a critical leader within the technical team, the Discipline Manager acts as the primary technical authority for their respective engineering discipline, reporting to the project's Engineering Manager.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Responsible for:

• Directing and overseeing all discipline-specific engineering operations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Acting as the primary point of contact to ensure seamless communication and alignment among the EPCM Contractor, Client Site Representatives and Home-Office discipline teams.
• Monitoring and driving EPCM contractor performance, ensuring clarity on scope, quality, budget, and deliverables while proactively escalating identified risks.
• Delivering expert technical advice and prompt, effective solutions for complex discipline-specific engineering challenges.
• Approving and executing key decisions regarding design and drawings in compliance with established authorization procedures.
• Ensuring the discipline’s design is developed with sufficient input from operations, maintenance, and other site representatives.
• Conducting site inspections and performing data collection/verification alongside the EPCM contractor as needed.
• Supporting procurement activities and engaging in alignment discussions between site management and the project team.

Experience & Competencies

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline with proven leadership experience inlarge capital/EPCM projects, ideally from the owner/customer perspective (including commissioning of new assets).
• Deep expertise in discipline-specific engineering, corporate Operational Excellence Standards, HSE Guidelines, and process design reviews.
• Strong contractor and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of holding EPCm/EPC contractors accountable and communicating effectively across diverse, multinational teams.
• Decisive, big-picture problem solver who adapts to changing constraints, resolves technical issues promptly with site stakeholders, and champions a strong safety culture at all times.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.