Industrial Project Manager

Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Manage projects end-to-end: planning, WBS, schedule, budget, risks and reporting.

• Manage scope in Fixed Price and T&M projects, including Change Requests and their estimation.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams of architects, developers, automation engineers and data scientists.

• Plan project activities around production schedules, shutdowns, testing on live production lines, FAT/SAT, commissioning and hypercare.

• Ensure project documentation and client approvals are completed.

• Coordinate the transition to support and maintenance (SLA, S&M).

Client & Business Development

• Build relationships with clients at project, plant and regional/group levels.

• Conduct regular project reviews, clearly communicating progress, risks and dependencies.

• Identify opportunities for further cooperation, such as rollouts, scope extensions, support and new use cases.

• Cooperate with Sales and Presales on follow-up proposals, scope and estimations.

• Ensure delivered projects can become client references.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Project Manager in IT/OT manufacturing projects (MES, SCADA, IIoT, ERP-production integration, automation or similar).

• Experience delivering projects in live manufacturing environments, preferably across multiple plants or internationally.

• Good understanding of manufacturing processes: production orders, recipes, OEE, maintenance, quality and genealogy.

• Basic understanding of PLC/SCADA, OPC UA/MQTT, MES, ERP/SAP and data platforms.

• Experience with Fixed Price projects and Change Requests.

• Ability to handle difficult client discussions regarding scope, deadlines and costs while maintaining a good relationship.

• Proven experience in developing and expanding client cooperation.

• Very good English.

• Willingness to travel to client production sites in Europe, up to 50%.

Nice to have

• Experience with Ignition, ThingWorx, Kepware, Proficy or other MES/IIoT platforms.

• Experience with ML/predictive maintenance projects in manufacturing.

• PMP, PRINCE2 or IPMA certification.

• Experience working on the client side in the manufacturing industry.

What we offer?

• Flexible employment options (employment contract, contract of mandate or B2B) and flexible working hours.

• Opportunity to work on interesting and challenging projects using modern technologies.

• Opportunities to develop your skills and gain new experience.

• Real impact on delivered projects and the development of the organization.

• Competitive remuneration.

• Stable employment.

• A friendly and supportive work environment.