PWNT is wholly owned by Nijhuis Saur Industries (NSI). Through its inception as a daughter of PWN it valorized the utilities’ 100 years of experience to develop innovative technologies. Now as a subsidiary of NSI, it is in an improved position to bring those technologies to utilities worldwide. Our extensive R&D programmes have led to the development of efficient and sustainable solutions in water treatment based on suspended ion exchange, ceramic membrane applications and advanced oxidation, applications that can be used for a wide variety of water sources.

All our solutions offer lower life cycle costs, greater efficiency and much lower environmental impact. We work closely with our clients to create optimal results and strongly believe in partnering with highly recognized universities and globally respected companies. PWNT is located in the Netherlands.

Your purpose

As a Senior Project Manager, you ensure that multiple projects or complex, strategically important projects within the organization are successfully executed. Your focus is on aligning projects with business objectives, leading large teams, and mentoring project managers in their development.

Additionally, you make high-level decisions, oversee resource allocation, and identify risks to mitigate them in a timely manner. Through effective stakeholder management and strategic planning, you ensure that projects are delivered not only within scope, budget, and timeline but also contribute to the growth and efficiency of the organization.

The project cycle for a project manager at PWNT is from the bidding/tendering stage until the final closure of the project. The most intensive part is the engineering and design stages. Construction phase is relatively small compared to the engineering stage.

What will you be doing? We have listed it for you: 

• Customer focus & Stakeholder Communication: Ensure customer or client requirements are effectively captured, communicated, and prioritized throughout the project lifecycle, and promote a customer-centric culture within project teams, ensuring customer satisfaction remains a key measure of project success. Serve as the primary liaison for executive stakeholders, providing high-level updates, strategic insights, and ensuring alignment with business needs.
• Team management & project Planning: Lead and mentor project managers and large cross-functional teams, ensuring consistency and high performance across all projects. Oversee the strategic planning of multiple projects or large-scale initiatives, defining goals and aligning them with business objectives.
• Budget and Resource Management: Manage project portfolios, approve budgets, oversee resource allocation, and ensure cost-effective project delivery.
• Risk and Change Management: Lead the identification and mitigation of enterprise-level risks, handling major change requests and ensuring minimal impact on project objectives.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that all project deliverables meet or exceed quality standards and align with organizational goals.
• Issue Resolution: Address escalated issues across multiple projects, providing solutions to critical blockers and complex challenges.
• Process Improvement: Drive continuous process improvement across the project management function, establishing best practices and optimizing project delivery processes.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration or engineering.
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in project management, preferably in (drink) water treatment.
• Solid understanding of engineering and project planning. Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Hands-on mindset and excellent communication skills in English.
• Preferable NEC 3 or NEC 4 experience, or willing to learn. Being a certified PMI member is a plus.
• Traveling to job sited for project-specific tasks or visiting suppliers is also part of the role.

Working for us means

• A great international working environment with many challenges and opportunities.
• Salary is between € 60.000,- en € 90.000,- euro per year (40h workweek), depending on your professional experience.
• Flexible work hours & days, start your day between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m.
• Office presence required at least three days per week.
• Directly employed with a contract with no probationary period
• A ‘buddy’ who will show you around in our organization.
• 25 days of holiday for full-time employment and the option to purchase additional holiday days.
• Good commuting scheme.
• A pension with ABP of which approximately 70% of the premium is paid by PWNT.
• An active staff association.
• Secondary benefits, such as Benefits@work.
• Above all, you will be part of a pleasant and challenging working environment with committed colleagues and room for initiatives and development.

Are you a recruiter?

Please do not call or email us unless we have contacted you first. We believe that we can find our new colleagues ourselves, therefore agency support is not desired. Profiles and resumes sent unsolicited by agencies, even if sent directly to the supervisor, will be treated as direct applications from the candidate themselves. Thank you for your understanding!

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