traceless materials

Project Director – Industrial Plant Engineering, Bioeconomy

traceless materials

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Germany

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Leading industrial plant construction projects, including building and utility infrastructure, from planning and permitting through construction to commissioning and handover to operations.
  • Ensuring that all project objectives regarding schedule, budget, cash-flow, quality, safety and sustainability are met and adequately reported.
  • Delivering projects in suitable methods like EPCM, EPC or in-house management.
  • Communication, alignment and reporting with internal and external stakeholders (executive management, specialist departments, service providers, authorities & board members).
  • Responsibility for risk management, quality assurance and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Establish a clear project structure with defined responsibilities, effective decision-making and scope management processes, and other relevant project workflows, including resource and budget planning.
  • Foster transparent communication structures and a project culture based on trust, accountability and respect.
  • Leadership of interdisciplinary teams and close collaboration with the management team.
  • Champion innovative, sustainable and circular approaches in construction and engineering, including ESG monitoring and reporting.
  • Strategic planning and scaling – not only operational execution and program management, but also forward-looking capacity planning, evaluation of new sites and shaping of our scaling strategy.

Requirements

  • University degree in mechanical engineering, process engineering, civil engineering, industrial engineering or a comparable qualification.
  • Extensive experience (5 + years) in managing complex, large-scale industrial facility projects (investment volumes > €50M).
  • Excellent communication skills towards internal and external stakeholders.
  • Proven experience in different project delivery methods (e.g. EPC, EPCM).
  • Strong technical understanding of plant construction, process engineering and production operations – ideally in bioeconomy, chemical industry or similar sectors.
  • Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time, within budget and at the required quality standards.
  • Strategic foresight and entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Familiarity with legal requirements, technical standards and permitting procedures.
  • Skilled in risk, change and claim management, and working with EPCM and turn-key work package contractors.
  • Hands-on mentality and a solution-oriented mindset.
  • Excellent decision-making skills and analytical thinking, with the ability to manage complexity and ambiguity.
  • Fluency in both German and English, written and spoken.
Benefits
  • Meaningful work with real environmental impact
  • Start-up spirit combined with industrial ambition and plenty of room to shape your role
  • Personal and professional growth in a fast-scaling company
  • An inclusive, international team with more than 18 nationalities
  • Flat hierarchies and a fair, respectful company culture
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementrisk managementquality assuranceEPCMEPCbudget planningsustainabilityESG monitoringprocess engineeringplant construction
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipstrategic planninganalytical thinkingdecision-makingcollaborationaccountabilitytrustsolution-oriented mindsetentrepreneurial mindset
Certifications
university degree in mechanical engineeringuniversity degree in process engineeringuniversity degree in civil engineeringuniversity degree in industrial engineering