Operations Generalist

Spiral Hydrogen; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity for early employees

Job summary

Spiral Hydrogen in Rotterdam is hiring its 9th team member to help move from lab validation to a pilot electrolyzer at the Port of Rotterdam. As Operations Generalist, you’ll design systems, processes and habits that let a small technical team move faster.

You’ll own grants, HR, marketing ops, office logistics and finance reporting, turning ambiguity into clear steps and growing into broader ownership across operations.

Qualifications

• You should take ownership of important, sometimes messy work and turn it into clear next steps.
• Ability to coordinate across grants, HR, marketing operations, and finance/admin.
• Strong attention to detail, deadlines and commitments.

Responsibilities

• Own grants, subsidies and public funding processes.
• Coordinate hiring, onboarding and HR administration.
• Manage marketing and communications operations.
• Oversee office setup, logistics, suppliers and team admin.
• Track finance processes, invoices, reporting and documentation.

Skills

Dependable

Organised

Accountable

Clear communication

Proactive

Job description

Help build the operating system of a hard-tech climate startup bringing cheaper green hydrogen to heavy industry.

We’re hiring our 9th team member at Spiral Hydrogen. We’re looking for an unusually reliable, proactive and detail-oriented person to take ownership of important operational work as we move from lab-validated technology to a pilot electrolyzer in the Port of Rotterdam.

About Spiral Hydrogen

We’re building a new type of electrolyzer to make green hydrogen cheap.

Today, many industries, including fertilizers, chemicals and refining, rely on hydrogen made from natural gas. This creates emissions, dependence on imported fuel and exposure to volatile energy prices. Many of these industries would prefer to switch to local green hydrogen, yet the cost gap remains too high.

We recently validated a technology that can significantly lower the cost of green hydrogen. Now we’re building a pilot version in Rotterdam, at the heart of one of Europe’s most important industrial regions.

The role

As our Operations Generalist, you’ll help create the systems, processes and habits that let a small technical team move faster.

You’ll work closely with the founding team and take ownership across areas such as:

grants, subsidies and public funding processes

hiring coordination, onboarding and HR administration

marketing and communications operations

office setup, logistics, suppliers and team admin

finance processes, invoices, reporting and documentation

Some of the work will be structured and repeatable. Some of it will be ambiguous, urgent or new to the company. You should enjoy turning loose problems into clear next steps, following through carefully and making sure important things do not fall through the cracks.

You will likely start broad, then grow into clearer ownership of one or more operating areas.

Who might thrive here

You may be a strong fit if people often describe you as dependable, organised and quick to take responsibility.

We’re especially interested in people who:

notice what needs doing and act without waiting for perfect instructions

are careful with details, deadlines and commitments

can take a messy task and make it structured

communicate clearly, directly and early

enjoy working across many different types of work

Previous startup-adjacent experience is useful. Experience in operations, project coordination, consulting, grants, research administration, finance/admin, HR, marketing operations or office management could all be relevant.

You do not need to have worked in hydrogen or deep tech before. We care more about evidence that you can take responsibility for important, sometimes messy work and make it run well.

Logistics

Location: On-site in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Time commitment: Full-time

Team: Small, technical, founder-led

Compensation: Competitive salary + equity for early employees

Start: As soon as possible