Senior Project Manager BESS

Koninklijke Vopak N.V.; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary EUR 105k-130k per year

Annual bonus opportunity

Travel allowance

Hybrid working schedule

Pension scheme

Career growth

Job summary

Koninklijke Vopak N.V. seeks a seasoned Sr Project Manager for a flagship 100 MW+ Battery Energy Storage System project in the Netherlands. You will lead an integrated team across engineering, contracts, and procurement, ensuring safety, schedule, and budget are met with strong stakeholder communication.

The role requires 10+ years in energy or infrastructure CapEx, with a track record on large multi-contract projects. English fluency is essential; travel between sites and offices is expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience in energy, infrastructure, or industrial CapEx projects.
• End responsibility for construction of a EUR 100 million+ project.
• Experience with battery storage, high-voltage or grid infrastructure, or renewable energy is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the project team, including Work Package Project Managers, and foster ownership, openness, and safety.
• Own the overall project baseline: integrated schedule, budget, contingency, and forecast.
• Steer on critical path and cost at completion; decide on changes within your mandate.
• Manage interfaces between work packages and contractors to resolve gaps, overlaps and risks at project level.
• Carry end responsibility for HSE and quality, ensuring permits, grid connection, and contractual obligations are met.
• Escalate issues with the contracts manager; lead major variations and claims.
• Report to management and investors on progress, risks and key decisions.
• Deliver commissioning and handover to operations; translate lessons learned into delivery standards.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Contract negotiations

Schedule management

HSE

Energy/Infrastructure domain knowledge

English fluent

Education

Bachelor/Master in Engineering/PM

Job description

With Vopak and the BESS developer Green Energy Storage joining forces, we’re accelerating the energy transition by deploying utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across the Netherlands and internationally. In this position, you will be employed directly by Green Energy Storage B.V. (GES) and based at our BESS headquarters in Breda. To strengthen our Project Management team we are looking for a seasoned Sr Project Manager. Ready to take end responsibility for one of the Netherlands' largest BESS projects, a flagship of 100 MW or more with a budget upwards of EUR 100 million, and to lead the team that builds it? Join us to deliver lasting impact.

What will you do?

As Sr Project Manager you will carry end responsibility for one of our flagship BESS projects throughout construction, commissioning, handover, and close-out. These are the largest sites currently under construction in the Netherlands: battery systems of 100 MW+, with budgets of EUR 100m+ You lead an integrated project team that includes several Work Package Project Managers, typically three, each responsible for their own work package, alongside a construction manager, contracts manager, stakeholder manager, and project controls. You set direction, keep the work packages of the Tier-1 BESS integrator, Balance of Plant (BoP) contractor, and high-voltage specialists aligned, and are accountable for safety, schedule, budget, and quality of the project as a whole. Towards management, investors, grid operator, and authorities, you are the face of the project.

What does your day look like?

Operating closely with your project team, engineering, and contracts & procurement, your key responsibilities include:

• Lead and coach the project team, including the Work Package Project Managers, and build a culture of ownership, openness, and safe working.
• Own the overall project baseline: integrated schedule, budget, contingency, and forecast.
• Steer on critical path and cost at completion, and decide on changes within your mandate.
• Manage the interfaces between work packages and contractors, so that gaps, overlaps, and risks are resolved at project level before they cause delays on site.
• Carry end responsibility for HSE and quality on the project, and ensure compliance with permits, grid connection requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Act as the senior counterpart to our contractors and lead escalations, major variations, and claims together with the contracts manager.
• Report to and advise management and investors on progress, risks, and key decisions.
• Deliver commissioning and handover to operations, close out the project, and translate lessons learned into the project delivery standards for our next flagship projects.

Does this sound like you?

You are an experienced leader who has delivered large, complex projects before and knows what it takes. You give direction and trust to a team of senior professionals, keep the overview under pressure, and are as much at ease in the site office as in the boardroom. 10+ years of project management experience in energy, infrastructure, or industrial CapEx projects, including end responsibility for the construction of a project of EUR 100 million or more. Proven track record of leading large multidisciplinary project teams, including managing project managers, in a multi-contract or EPC environment. Strong commercial and contractual acumen, with experience in major contractor negotiations, claims, and reporting to investors. Experience with battery storage, high-voltage or grid infrastructure, or renewable energy is a strong advantage. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field. Fluent in English. Command of other languages are naturally a plus. Willingness to travel between sites, suppliers and contractors.

Why you'll love working with us

Being part of an ambitious and entrepreneurial team.

• A salary between EUR 105.000-130.000 per year, depending on your skills and experience.
• Annual bonus opportunity.
• Travel allowance / mobility arrangement.
• A hybrid working schedule with our main BESS office located directly next to Breda Central Station.
• Attractive pension scheme.
• We will continuously invest in your personal growth, and future career path.

Citizens and businesses everywhere can switch on the lights and go about their day, without ever having to wonder whether the energy is available. Vopak provides infrastructure solutions for storing the products that make it possible. But our tanks and terminals alone don’t get the job done. Our people do. That’s why we say: there is human energy inside.

Read more about us at www.careersatvopak.com