Project Manager

Packsize International; Drachten; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Packsize International is seeking a Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary engineering projects, focusing on lifecycle management and new functionalities for our machine portfolio.

You will drive planning, ensure objectives, coordinate engineering, procurement, production, service, quality, and suppliers, and maintain high quality and performance standards across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field (preferred Mechanical/Electrical Mechatronics/Industrial Design).
• 3+ years as a Project Manager in a technical/industrial environment.
• Strong planning and organizational skills in dynamic settings.
• Ability to switch between detailed work and big-picture view.
• Strong analytical and result-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication to align stakeholders and drive decisions.
• Proficient in Dutch and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring scope, timing, priorities, and objectives are met.
• Lead lifecycle management projects for existing machines, including changes and improvements.
• Manage development projects for new machine functionalities and products.
• Create project structure, planning, and monitor progress, risks, and decisions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across Engineering, Procurement, Production, Service, Quality, and suppliers.
• Ensure clear stakeholder communication and drive necessary decisions.
• Collaborate with Operations and Service to ensure successful outcomes and optimal machine performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve project processes and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Planning

Organization

Prioritization

Analytical

Communication

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Dutch language

English language

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Mechatronics

Industrial Design

Job description

Job Description

About the role

The Project Manager is responsible for managing and delivering multidisciplinary technical projects within Engineering. The role combines Life Cycle Management of the existing machine portfolio with development projects for new functionalities and products. The Project Manager creates structure, drives progress and decision-making, and connects Engineering, Procurement, Production, Service, Quality, and external suppliers to ensure projects are delivered effectively and machines continue to meet high quality and performance standards.

What You’ll Do

• Manage technical projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring scope, timing, priorities, and project objectives are achieved.
• Lead Life Cycle Management projects for the existing machine portfolio, including engineering changes and product improvements.
• Manage development projects for new machine functionalities and products.
• Create project structure and planning, and actively monitor progress, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams involving Engineering, Procurement, Production, Service, Quality, and external suppliers.
• Ensure clear communication and alignment between stakeholders and drive decision-making when required.
• Work closely with Operations and Service to ensure project outcomes are successfully implemented and machines continue to perform optimally.
• Identify opportunities to improve project processes, ways of working, and cross-functional collaboration.

What You’ll Need

• A completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (HBO/WO level), preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Design, or a comparable technical field.
• At least 3 years of experience as a Project Manager in a technical or industrial environment.
• Strong planning, organizational, and prioritization skills in a dynamic environment.
• The ability to switch effectively between technical detail and a helicopter view.
• Strong analytical skills, a structured way of working, and a result-oriented mindset.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to align stakeholders, create commitment, and make decisions.
• Good command of both Dutch and English, written and spoken.

Nice to have

• Experience with product development and/or engineering change or Life Cycle Management projects.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary engineering teams within a machine-building or high-tech manufacturing environment.

Opportunity & Inclusion at Packsize

Packsize is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants regardless of race, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations may be made available, to ensure every candidate can perform at their best.

We are committed to fair and transparent compensation practices in line with the principles of, and regulations for, equal pay and pay transparency.