RoviSys Netherlands is looking for a Project Manager (PM) for our growing Automation team. PMs must have the ability to manage projects from start to finish, while leading a team of engineers at a high level. Experience with project financials, reporting, invoicing, procurement, drafting change orders, and coordination with customers.
Primary employment location can be Groningen or Utrecht, Netherlands, Berlin or Frankfurt Germany, or Dublin, Ireland or London, UK.
ResponsibilitiesTravel to Customer sites
- This position may include up to 30-50% travel. All travel from location of employment is paid by RoviSys, taxes may apply depending on country and country of employment.
Team Leadership
- Provide guidance, leadership, and mentorship to less experienced team members.
- Provide technical support to RoviSys engineering and commissioning teams.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers and trade partners.
- Support the prioritization and assignment of tasks across internal teams and trades.
- Lead customer and project coordination meetings.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and trade partners.
Documentation and Engineering Oversight
- Enforce quality plans for projects and monitors projects for quality throughout the project lifecycle.
- Responsible for final technical approval of engineering solutions and designs for projects.
- Provide technical guidance to project team when required
- Enforce use of engineering standards.
- Participate and contribute to QMS.
Commissioning Methodology
- Understanding of customer demonstrations and acceptance testing
- Understanding of point-to-point loop checks, functional tests, and status of the site Cx plan for all systems
- Participate in field related design modification meetings
Project Management Task
- Accountable for project margin and takes steps to increase the financial health of the project.
- Establish schedule for projects and carefully monitor project for completion.
- Review and monitor potential sources of risk and strategies for mitigation.
- Presents Project Schedule, Scope, and Resource Plan to divisional Director/Group Manager.
- Serve as the primary commercial contact for customers
- Determine causes of deviations from the project plan or schedule and the recommended corrective actions.
- Understanding of Risk Analyses and Mitigation Plan
- Participate in divisional staffing and is adept at securing and sharing resources.
- Manage large projects and/or multiple concurrent projects.
- Regularly communicate directly with account manager, group manager, division director on project and/or account status.
- Demonstrate the ability to balance project finances, customer satisfaction, and team development.
- Demonstrate excellent communications, planning, organization, leadership, and motivation skills.
- Contributes to the development of tools that facilitate project management.
Project Financials and Contracts management
- Responsible for accurately forecasting resources for their projects.
- Responsible for project financials including but not limited to: Project Financial Reporting, Cost projections/cash flow reporting, Monthly job Invoicing, Quantify and draft change orders.
- Capable of negotiating Terms & Conditions with customers.
Employees' Growth
- Provide feedback to Group Managers to assist with employee appraisals.
- Create positive work environment to promote the development of newer engineers.
Required Qualifications:
- Professional level English (C1, C2, or native)
- At least 3 years of project leadership experience – project management or technical lead
- Experience organizing, scheduling, and leading meetings with internal teams and customers
- Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
- Microsoft Project, Primaveral or similar
- Understanding of HVAC systems in large building automation systems.
- Understanding sequence of operations and P&IDs for HVAC and plant utilities.
- Understanding instrumentation and control valves for HVAC systems.
- Building automation and/or industrial controls experience (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA, Inductive Automation)
- Onsite commissioning experience
Preferred qualifications
- 2nd European language: German, Dutch, Spanish, French, or Italian (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, or native)
- Project management professional (PMP) certification
- 5+ years of managing preferably large and complex
- Programable Logic Controller (PLC) based automation systems (>€10m)
- Mechanical cooling and heating systems (>20MW)
- Electrical systems (>20MW)
- 5+ years of experience in the construction of critical environments:
- Hyper-scale data centers
- Pharmaceutical production facilities
- Oil and gas processing facilities
- Chemical production facilities
- Or similar facilities
Skills Required
- Professional level English proficiency at C1, C2, or native level
- At least 3 years of project leadership experience in project management or technical leadership
- Experience organizing, scheduling, and leading meetings with internal teams and customers
- Microsoft Office proficiency, including Word and Excel
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera, or similar software
- Understanding of HVAC systems in large building automation systems
- Understanding of sequences of operation and P&IDs for HVAC and plant utilities
- Understanding of instrumentation and control valves for HVAC systems
- Building automation or industrial controls experience with Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider, AVEVA, or Inductive Automation
- Onsite commissioning experience
- Second European language: German, Dutch, Spanish, French, or Italian
- Project Management Professional certification
- 5+ years of experience managing preferably large and complex projects
- Experience with PLC-based automation systems exceeding €10 million
- Experience with mechanical cooling and heating systems exceeding 20 MW
- Experience with electrical systems exceeding 20 MW
- 5+ years of experience constructing critical environments such as hyperscale data centers, pharmaceutical production facilities, oil and gas processing facilities, chemical production facilities, or similar sites
What We Do
We founded RoviSys as an independent control system integrator because we felt systems owners wanted those freedoms, to be enabled, not restrained. Since its founding in 1989 as one of the first control systems integrators in North America, RoviSys has evolved to become a leading independent provider of comprehensive process automation solutions and services. With the resources, experience and skills to solve and support practically any process automation and integration challenge, the company’s more than 900 engineers, developers and project managers make RoviSys an excellent choice for companies of all sizes looking for real solutions. When RoviSys was founded, we recognized that companies investing in the most proprietary of systems wanted something more than proprietary systems vendors offer -- the freedom to choose the best available technologies and solutions with alternatives for support and upgrades. In short, they wanted open systems. RoviSys was founded in 1989 to fulfill those wants. The RoviSys commitment is simple: provide clients with world class information integration and process controls using the best available components and platforms, regardless of who makes them. In short, give clients choices. RoviSys has the resources and skills to solve and support practically any process automation, manufacturing information or integration challenge. This breadth of resources and depth of experience makes RoviSys an excellent choice for companies looking for advanced and proven solutions. Offices are located near Cleveland, OH, Raleigh, NC, Boston, MA, Kalamazoo, MI, Houston, TX, Thousand Oaks, CA, Atlanta GA, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, & RoviSys Nederland.








