Industrial Project Lead – Valve Solutions

Flowserve; Zoetermeer; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Flowserve, via Red Point Alloys, seeks a proactive Project Manager to lead end-to-end projects from handover to successful delivery. You will coordinate Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, QA/QC, and assembly to translate customer requirements into a controlled project plan, ensuring on-time, compliant outcomes.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, meticulous documentation, and strong communication to maintain milestones and customer satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in project or program management within an industrial, engineered-to-order, manufacturing, or rotating-equipment environment.
• Strong estimating, scheduling, budgeting, risk-management, and change-management capabilities.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret technical customer specifications and translate them into practical project actions.
• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings and workshops.
• Lean, Green Belt, or Black Belt training is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own overall project execution, performance, safety, and customer satisfaction across assigned projects.
• Review customer orders, Valve Data Sheets, and technical specifications to ensure a complete and clean order before work begins.
• Lead internal project kick-off meetings and ensure an effective handover from Sales to the operational organization.
• Create, manage, and communicate project plans, milestones, schedules, budgets, risks, and status updates.
• Coordinate the activities of cross-functional project team members and matrix-reporting stakeholders.
• Work with Engineering to confirm lead times, clarify technical requirements, identify critical components early, and support make-or-buy decisions.
• Monitor progress against plan, identify bottlenecks and potential escalations, and lead timely corrective action.
• Apply change-management processes to control changes in scope, cost, schedule, and customer requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate customer order reviews, expediting visits, inspections, and technical discussions as required.
• Ensure project documentation—including drawings, procedures, certificates, and test documentation is submitted, reviewed, approved, and controlled on time.
• Partner with QA/QC and Assembly to review test procedures and ensure compliance with applicable standards, legal requirements, and customer specifications.
• Maintain regular, transparent communication with customers regarding milestones, delivery performance, potential risks, and escalation topics.
• Manage spending expectations and support continuous improvement through effective risk, change, and performance management.

Skills

Project management

Industrial environment

Estimating

Scheduling

Budgeting

Risk management

Change management

Communication

Team leadership

Lean training

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Flowserve, via Red Point Alloys, seeks a proactive Project Manager to lead end-to-end projects from handover to successful delivery. You will coordinate Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, QA/QC, and assembly to translate customer requirements into a controlled project plan, ensuring on-time, compliant outcomes.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, meticulous documentation, and strong communication to maintain milestones and customer satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.