Department Manager Railway, Switches and Geotechnics

Project overview

As department manager, you will lead a team of approximately 18 FTE within Railway, Switches, and Geotechnics and work on a structural implementation of the management role.

Profile of the suited interim professional:

• Directing the team and making agreements on priorities, work distribution, quality, and progress
• Ensuring sufficient staffing and guiding the development of employees, including performance reviews and recruitment
• Aligning deployment and results with the domain manager, system managers, and colleagues from Engineering, Projects, Daily Operations, and Asset Development
• Representing the team in relevant meetings and guiding the consequences of "Railway for Tomorrow"
• Combining daily management with research into the future, definitive implementation of the management role
• Chairing and preparing the System Management Meeting (SMO) SW&G
• Delivering a research report, a proposal for the definitive implementation of the role, and an executable implementation and transfer plan
• WO work and thinking level
• Minimum of five years of experience in a technical management position, with responsibility for leading teams, personnel planning, and employee development
• Demonstrable experience with researching and organizing organizations, including elaborating management roles, mandates, and responsibilities
• Experience with change processes within a technical context, where diverse needs have been translated into sound and practically applicable advice

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, Flevoland, NL
• Rate: 130-130 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch