Required skills
Languages: English
Job description
Project overview
Freelance | Project Manager | Food Industry | Automation & Machine Building
Project details
North/East of Ghent, Belgium
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 12 Months
Hours: 40 Hours per Week (Fully On-Site, 5 Days per Week)
Negotiable
Important Location Requirement
This is a fully on-site position requiring attendance on-site 5 days per week (40 hours). Due to the nature of the role and the close collaboration required with engineering, production, and project teams, remote or hybrid working is not available.
*Open to candidates that are willing to relocate for the duration of the contract.
The Role
We are supporting a leading food manufacturing organisation in their search for an experienced Project Manager to lead automation and machine building projects across a large-scale production environment.
This is primarily a project management role (80%), requiring a strong leader who can manage stakeholders, coordinate cross-functional teams, handle vendors and external suppliers, resolve customer escalations, and drive project delivery from concept through commissioning.
Candidates must possess a strong technical background in industrial automation, specifically with Siemens PLC and Rockwell / Allen-Bradley PLC systems, alongside machine building experience.
Key Responsibilities
Required Skills & Experience
If you are interested, please apply below, today.
- Lead automation and machine building projects
- Manage and coordinate external vendors, suppliers, OEMs, and subcontractors to ensure project milestones are achieved.
- Manage project timelines, budgets, resources, and third-party deliverables.
- Support automation and controls strategies within a food manufacturing environment.
- Experience as a Project Manager delivering industrial automation or machine building projects.
- Experience managing vendors, suppliers, OEMs, and third-party contractors is essential.
- Technical knowledge of Siemens PLC platforms.
- Technical knowledge of Rockwell / Allen-Bradley PLC platforms.
- Machine building experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
- Food & Beverage industry experience.
- Fluent English is essential.
- Start: ASAP
- Duration: of the contract
- Remote: onsite
- Location: Ghent, Belgium, BE
- Languages: English
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