Strategic Project Manager Civil Area Development – Naaldwijk Area/Hybrid Working

Project overview

Organization

You work for a municipal organization in South Holland, within a complex area development program.

Strategic Project Manager Civil Area Development

You work within a municipal program organization in South Holland on a complex area development. As a strategic project manager, you will be the client for civil engineering sub-projects towards the municipal engineering firm. You will formulate sub-assignments, substantiate the finances, and ensure feasibility and continuity. You will manage civil engineering design and execution processes and monitor money, organization, time, information, quality, and risks.

You are primarily responsible for the design and construction of the surrounding, external infrastructure. For the internal infrastructure, including preparing sites for construction and housing, you will coordinate structurally with the area development project manager, who is primarily responsible for the layout plan. You will advise the program director and report directly on progress, risks, and points of attention. You will maintain contact with regional governments, the province, water board, and utility companies.

Responsibilities and Results

execution;

Job Requirements

Note: These are hard requirements for the client

Wishes

Competencies

Submission

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Application

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• Reason: For a comprehensive municipal area development program, temporary management is needed for civil engineering sub-projects and the coherence between internal and external infrastructure.
• Intention: To ensure civil engineering design and execution processes are feasible, financially substantiated, and managed, with coherent decision-making and execution.
• Personality x Skill: You are a strong, politically sensitive project manager with municipal experience in complex area development. You combine strategic insight with practical management, financial control, and stakeholder management.
• Advising the program director on civil engineering issues;
• Managing and connecting civil engineering design and execution processes;
• Fulfilling the client role towards the municipal engineering firm;
• Formulating and financially substantiating sub-assignments and ensuring feasibility and continuity;
• Reporting monthly on progress, risks, and points of attention according to GROTIK;
• Contributing to quarterly reports with the planning economist and financial advisor;
• Preparing civil engineering texts for administrative progress reports;
• Overseeing orderly procurement and contract awarding; external contract awarding lies with the internal engineering firm;
• Timely delivery of information for administrative decision-making;
• Coordinating with the area development project manager on internal infrastructure, planning, design, finances, and
• Maintaining necessary contacts with regional parties, province, water board, and utility companies.
• The position is for 24 hours per week;
• Without government experience, it is unfortunately pointless to apply;
• Available from December 1, 2026, for 12 months, an average of 24 hours per week, with an option for 2 x 12 months extension;
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in the past 10 years as a project manager in civil engineering for municipal governments in complex area developments;
• Completed civil engineering education at a minimum HBO bachelor's level;
• The contractor must substantiate in the offer how the execution meets the condition that no (fictitious) employment relationship arises.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a project manager in civil engineering with negotiations in complex area developments with multiple stakeholders;
• Experience as an administrative client towards other organizational units within a municipality;
• Work experience in the past 3 years with the GROTIK method;
• Minimum 2 reference projects on a separate CV page with explicit mention of internal and/or external infrastructure; more than 2 projects and projects with both types of infrastructure weigh heavier;
• Minimum 6 years of experience in the past 10 years with civil engineering within complex area developments of at least € 50 million; more than 8 years of experience weighs heavier.
• Political sensitivity;
• Analytical and strategic insight;
• Hands-on mentality;
• Result-oriented;
• Communication skills;
• Strong personality;
• Switching between strategy and operations.
• CV tailored to the assignment, prepared in Dutch, Word format, max. 5 A4 pages;
• Provide a short motivation for this assignment (max. 1 A4 page);
• 2 references with contact details (In case of an intake interview, these may be consulted by the client);
• Indication of hourly rate.
• You will receive an acknowledgment of receipt within 24 hours and always a reasoned feedback within 3 days after the closing date/assessment.
• If you have questions in the meantime, you can contact the contact person for more information, e.g., about who the end client is and about the assignment agreement. We can also transparently advise you on pricing.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Omgeving Naaldwijk/Hybride Werken, NL
• Languages: Dutch