Program Manager Bridge Renovations – SB Cluster

Project overview

You are strong strategically and analytically and achieve results with decisiveness and conviction. As a natural authority, you remain steadfast towards the end result. You are decisive, results-oriented, and risk-aware, while also being connecting, organizationally sensitive, and communicative.

You report clearly, see opportunities for improvement, and adapt your leadership style to the situation. You stimulate and motivate others and focus on team development. You bring structure and calm and approach challenges from the perspective of opportunities and solutions. You speak the language of various stakeholders, seek collaboration, and know how to create support at different levels.

What do you bring?

In Rotterdam, bridges and locks, also known as civil structures, are important hubs for road and water traffic. Commissioned by Stedelijk Beheer (Urban Management), the Open|Dicht (Open|Closed) program aims to carry out major maintenance on 55 movable bridges and locks over a ten-year period. This often involves renovation work, and for a few bridges, even complete replacement.

What is the assignment about?

The goal is that after these ten years, the condition of the civil structures will be in such order that maintenance will be more predictable in the future. If done well, this also reduces the chance of disruptions. By smartly renovating bridges and locks, we are building a safe and accessible city that is always in motion, now and in the future.

The program is planned and executed with good preparation to minimize the impact on daily life and business activities. This is done by collaborating and looking for solutions, for everyone who lives, works, does business in, or visits Rotterdam.

A program team centrally manages the execution of the Open|Dicht program. Within this, project teams are formed that will work on one or more bridge renovations. Such a project team consists of a project manager, contract manager, and often a technical manager. The program team supports the project teams in the areas of planning, risk, and environmental management. The top specialists from the Rotterdam Engineering Bureau ensure that there is no lack of technical knowledge.

Where will you work?

Stedelijk Beheer professionally manages the assets in the public space. The basis is safety and availability, and ensuring that the public space continues to function well in the future. Colleagues maintain the public space every day to preserve the assets for as long as possible.

At the same time, Stedelijk Beheer seizes the moments of major maintenance, renovations, and replacements to gradually transform the public space into a future-proof environment.

• A completed WO (university) education in mechanical engineering and/or civil engineering.
• At least fifteen years of work experience with technical, infrastructural programs and/or projects with a scope of more than 50 million, on the client and/or contractor side.
• Work experience with asset management, acceptance for management, and the transfer of projects to management and operation. This includes system integration, verification and validation, and commissioning of complex technical systems. This will be verified during the verification interview.
• At least five years of work experience with contract management, tenders, framework agreements, and managing market parties.
• At least five years of experience as a program manager and/or project manager within a political-administrative and/or corporate environment. Describe two examples in your CV.
• At least two years of experience as a program manager and/or project manager in the field of movable bridges and/or locks. Describe two examples in your CV.
• Experience with machine safety, CE conformity, and safety evidence within infrastructure. Describe two examples in your CV.
• At least three years of experience with change and organizational development, where you have ensured that the result of a program or project is incorporated into the existing organization. Describe two projects in your CV.
• You have a completed WO (university) education in mechanical engineering and/or civil engineering.
• You have at least fifteen years of work experience in technical, infrastructural programs and/or projects, larger than 50 million, and executed on the client and/or contractor side.
• You have work experience with asset management, acceptance for management, and organizing the transfer of projects to management and operation (including system integration, verification and validation, and commissioning of complex technical systems). This will be verified during the verification interview.
• You have at least five years of work experience with contract management, tenders, framework agreements, and managing market parties.
• You have at least five years of work experience as a program manager and/or project manager within a political-administrative and/or corporate environment. Mention two examples that demonstrate this.
• You have at least two years of work experience as a program manager and/or project manager in the field of movable bridges and/or locks. Mention two examples that demonstrate this.
• You have work experience with machine safety, CE conformity, and safety evidence within infrastructure. Mention two examples that demonstrate this.
• You have at least 3 years of work experience with change and organizational development, where you have ensured that the result of the program/project is secured within the current organization. Mention 2 projects that demonstrate this.

Project details

• Start: Zo snel mogelijk
• Duration: Verlenging: Onbekend
• Location: Rotterdam, NL
• Rate: 117-117 EUR/h
• Languages: Dutch