Job Title:
Senior Project Manager
Assignment Type:
31st December 2026 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 Senior Project Manager to be based in Olen, Belgium.
The Client is a global player in material technology. A stable international group and at the same time a top Belgian company with four locations in our country. We develop technologies and produce materials for high-performance solar cells used in satellites, rechargeable batteries, LED applications, catalysts… Through recycling, we recover valuable metals from, among other things, laptops and mobile phones.
Scope of the Project
You'll be assigned to a project that fits your skills and the need of the Client.
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:
* Defining specific deliverables: what is complete when the project is finished?
* 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
* Minimum 10 years' experience as project manager managing industrial projects (End-to-end responsibility of the project)
* Minimum 7 years' experience as (Project) Engineer (Mechanical, electrical, piping, civil, ..)
* Technical knowledge of other disciplines such as electromechanics, chemistry is a plus
* Experience in the process industry is mandatory
* Knowledge and application of all common project management aspects.
* Academic thinking level (analytical but also helicopter view).
* Strong administrative reporting skills.
Non-Technical Profile Requirements
* You take initiative As Project Manager you are the leader managing your stakeholders, teams, contractors, …
* Team player, communicative at all levels (clients, colleagues, suppliers, higher management…). You can manage and coach a team.
* You have broad experience and great interest in technology, engineering, and project management.
Language Proficiencies
* Dutch: Native/Fluent
* English: Fluent
Certifications
* VCA-Vol
Location
* Olen, Belgium
* On-site presence is required, exceptional work from home is possible after approval of the hiring manager
* International travel for approximately 5 days/month is required