Senior PM Engineering

Senior PM Engineering & Property Services - Life Sciences (Flanders) We are looking for a Senior Project Manager Engineering & Property Services to join our Life Sciences team in Belgium. At Engineering & Property Services (E&PS) you take care of all buildings in Belgium providing services from Real Estate, Engineering & Strategic Project Delivery to Facilities Management. The Project Manager is accountable for the performance of assigned projects on the site, leading projects through the standard Project management standards FPX (Flawless Project Execution) and IDEA (ideation, definition, execution and assessment phases). The major activities of the project manager are driving innovation to ensure safety and appropriate quality, translate the need of the internal clients in a technical solution, using learning adoption internally and externally, coordinate and align a team of internal and external project members, ensure that the standards and agency regulations like FDA are followed. Responsibilities Successfully handle multiple investment projects ranging from 500k€ to 10MM€ simultaneously Define and plan new projects in close collaboration with the business to deliver strategic solutions aligned with the company strategy. Act as Project Lead on Projects from concept to post implementation stage in accordance with our standard IDEA process, together with A/E firms or directly with contractors. Lead project performance ensuring that cost, schedule, and cash‑flow targets are met. Organize your project team and align with the interested parties. Translate the project definition into a design ensuring that elements of environment, health, safety, quality and life cycle are covered while maintaining the focus on constructability. Lead Capital Appropriation Requests (CAR) preparation, socialization, and submission, enabling fast and smooth approval in alignment to corporate funding procedures. Ensure alignment to policies, procedures, statutory and regulatory requirements and customer specifications. Develop the project execution plan, including relevant execution strategies for design, construction, procurement, risks etc. and adjust as needed during the project lifecycle. Define the communication plan and advise sponsor, user and other partners on a regular basis by creating, maintaining and communicating reports on project status (scope, budget, planning, risks and mitigations and overall performance against baseline targets). Lead a Construction Safety culture, acting as Construction Safety Champion, partnering with EHS ensuring that standards are implemented and portfolio safety metrics are met. Lead Project Close Out activities including operational handover, documentation archiving, financial project closure and value delivered, collation of benchmarking and lessons learned opportunities. Qualifications Minimum of 10 years of Project Management experience. Prior experience with capital projects in the industry. Understands business needs and can translate these to engineering concepts. Basic process understanding and interest in systems like (clean) utilities, clean‑rooms, HVAC, E&I, environmental treatment systems, … Good listening and problem‑solving skills when handling potential conflicts within regions when implementing global standards and guidelines. Understanding sophisticated technical/regulatory issues impacting products. Ability to develop and maintain collaborative partnerships at all levels within the organization, internally (FM/GET/RE) and with Business partners (Finance/ E&D/ Operations). Knowledge of Project Controls in cost and schedule development, financial assessments and managing of budget and schedule. Manufacturing experience in FDA or other regulated environments from design through startup is an advantage. Experience on contracting and negotiation. Master degree in Engineering or equivalent through experience. Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent preferred. Proficient in MS 365 and MS Project. Language Requirements Fluency in English and Dutch languages. Travel Requirements This position will require up to 10% domestic travel. Benefits A permanent contract. A salary package in line with your experience and extra benefits (company car, meal vouchers, recovery days, insurances). The possibility to join a great team and be part of the success story of an international group. #J-18808-Ljbffr