High-Pressure Gas Pipeline

Project overview

For an ongoing infrastructure project in high-pressure gas pipeline construction, an experienced technical project manager is sought immediately. The desired candidate will assume overall responsibility for a pipeline construction project already in progress and act as a central control instance between the client, technical planners, authorities, technical service providers, and executing companies.

The project includes the new construction of an approximately 8.5-kilometer-long, buried high-pressure gas pipeline using classic open trench construction methods. A portion of the pipeline is already under construction. Further route sections are simultaneously undergoing planning, approval, and implementation processes.

Framework Conditions

Responsibilities

Overall project control regarding deadlines, costs, and quality

Assumption of overall technical and organizational responsibility

Leadership and coordination of all internal and external project participants

Management of involved planning offices, construction management, invoice verification, TÜV, general contractor, and other technical service providers

Coordination of planning, approval, and implementation processes

Management of interfaces between the client, technical planners, authorities, and executing companies

Monitoring and control of compliance with approval conditions

Responsibility for change order management

Assessment of the performance of technical planners, construction companies, and technical service providers

Representation of the project towards authorities and other stakeholders

Preparation and execution of regular reporting in steering committees

Ensuring structured project documentation

Requirements

Several years of experience in the planning, construction, and commissioning of high-pressure gas pipelines with at least PN70

Demonstrable experience in the successful execution of pipeline construction projects in the high-pressure gas network

At least three years of experience in a responsible project management role

In-depth practical experience in high-pressure gas pipeline construction

Sound knowledge of relevant technical regulations and legal requirements

Very good knowledge of the required approval procedures

Experience in construction planning and approval planning according to HOAI

Experience in tendering and awarding according to VOB

Strong technical assessment competence towards engineering offices, technical planners, construction companies, and technical service providers

Very good knowledge of project management during the construction and implementation phase

Experience in change order management as well as cost, schedule, and quality control

Experience with complex stakeholder structures and externally commissioned project services

Proficient in SAP

Very good German language skills, both written and spoken

Communicative personality with strong assertiveness

Cooperative and professional demeanor towards authorities, TÜV, engineering offices, and construction companies

Independent, structured, and responsible work ethic

Contact

For interest or questions, please contact directly:

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Please send us:

Your current CV

Your availability or earliest possible start date

Your hourly rate expectation

Two to three references or reference contacts for comparable projects

Recommendations of suitable colleagues are also welcome.

We look forward to your feedback!

Project details

Immediately, at the latest mid-November

Expected until the end of 2027

Utilization: Full-time

Hochrhein region along the Swiss border and Freiburg

Work Model: Combination of site presence, assignments in the Freiburg office, and remote work

Site Presence: At least one site visit per week

Contract Type: Freelance

Interview Dates: Friday, October 16, and Monday, October 19

Project

New construction of an approximately 8.5-kilometer-long high-pressure gas pipeline

Dimension DN250

Design pressure 70 bar

Buried pipeline using classic open trench construction methods

Several special structures and crossings within the route

Approximately 3.5 kilometers of the pipeline are currently under construction

Another approximately 4 to 5 kilometers are simultaneously in planning, approval, and implementation processes

Execution of approval procedures partly via individual permits

• Start: 2026-10
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German