Job Title: Project Manager
Assignment Type: 31 st December 2025 with potential to extend further
Location: Olen, Belgium
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
Client: Leading Multinational Materials Technology Company
Kintec are currently partnered with a leading multinational materials technology company . They are currently recruiting for Project Manager to be based in Olen, Belgium.
Department Description:
You'll work on project for the Electrical-Optical Materials (EOM) department, but managed by the CSM department.
EOM: Power in space. Vision at night. Coatings thinner than human hair. The Client is a world leader in Germanium material solutions for the space, optics and electronics sectors - enabling every day cutting-edge technologies. We guarantee our customers secure access to supply, plus recycling technologies that give materials a new lease of life. To produce materials with even higher performance, and provide recycling to new markets, we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new processes. Which is where you come in.
Project Description:
You'll participate in engineering projects for our business unit EOM to modernize, adapt and expand their Germanium production facilities on the Olen site.
Primary Tasks & Responsibilities:
Within the Project Engineering department, you will set up and lead technical industrial projects, from idea to realization. These projects are carried out for production facilities, infrastructure, and R&D. We have different type of projects within different disciplines.
Some projects are in the start-up phase, some projects are already ongoing.
You are ultimately responsible for all aspects of your project:
- Responsible for defining the project scope. In consultation with the client:
o Defining specific deliverables: what is complete when the project is finished?
o Defining constraints (budget, planning).
- Responsible for assembling and leading the project team.
- Responsible for the technical design of the entire project.
- Responsible for preparing specifications / tender documents for orders, engineering firms, and contractors (both internal and external).
- Responsible for the selection of orders, engineering firms, and contractors. Also consider specific resources, e.g., designers, but also outsourcing (part) projects.
- Directing and monitoring all resources, both internal and external.
- Maintaining contact with the client throughout the project to capture and assess changes. If agreed upon, implementing them in the project (scope changes).
- Reporting to stakeholders.
Technical profile requirements:
- You are an engineer with a minimum of 5yrs professional experience and already managed industrial projects
- At least 3 years of experience leading technical industrial project
- You have a broad general knownledge of the different disciplines: Mechanics, elektricity, piping, Civil,...
- Knowledge and application of all common project management aspects.
- Academic thinking level (analytical but also helicopter view).
- Technical knowledge such as electromechanics, chemistry.
- Good reporting skills.
Non-Technical profile requirements:
- Team player, communicative at all levels (clients, colleagues, suppliers, higher management...).
- You can manage and coach a team.
- You are able to challenge your project team-members in the proposed solutions
- you ask 'the right' questions at all times
- You have broad experience and great interest in technology, engineering, and project management.
Language Proficiencies:
- Dutch: fluent
- English: Very Good
Location:
- 100% onsite at Olen
- Occasional travel abroad can be requested
Certifications:
- VCA-VOL
Contract:
- Start ASAP
- contract till EOY 2025
- extension possible, long term vision