VIE/PANGEO Project Manager Officer Global (M/W)

Description

The role sits in the Global PMO of a program run by the industrial and innovation department, with inter-site experts and local operations teams. The PMO coordinates and monitors the program for management and acts as the link to each sub-team's PMO.

The position is based in Marl, Germany, at SARPI Deutschland, a subsidiary of about 200 employees. The group operates on all five continents with close to 218,000 staff and focuses on water, energy and waste, including decarbonization, depollution and resource recovery.

The role is offered under the VIE/PANGEO international program.

Responsibilities

• Run the KOBE mission, which is 30 to 50% of your time: coordinate across teams and keep improvement work moving.
• Plan and facilitate cross-functional workshops on topics that touch several projects at once, making sure departments stay aligned.
• Go on site to German operations teams when work slows, offering logistical or methodological help.
• Prepare monthly steering committee meetings with sponsors, combining progress and blockers from the five projects and drafting decision options for arbitration.
• Build and maintain dashboards with a traffic-light style alert view, so management can see program health against the commissioning schedule at a glance.
• Hand ownership of communication channels to German operators so they can request expert support on their own after project completion.
• Work as technical assistant to Florian Wiedenmann and act as project representative during the critical handover to operations, which is 50 to 70% of your time.
• Serve as the single point of contact for requesting, coordinating and getting technical and logistical support from on-site operations teams.
• Organize and lead corrective work on the new incineration line until it meets the expected performance standards.
• Monitor contractual obligations closely and handle disputes with suppliers and subcontractors.
• Complete the technical documentation and coordinate the formal handover of the new incineration line to operations.

Requirements

• Recent graduate from an engineering school, eligible for VIE, with a specialization or early experience in project management or PMO work.
• Strong skills in office software, reporting tools and KPI building, including consolidating data and creating visual management views.
• Fluent English is required.
• German is described as a major asset for working with local teams.
• Clear interpersonal communication, the ability to work across several departments, bring different views together and calm frustrations.
• Concise synthesis of complex information so sponsors can decide: present the problem, the options and ask for the decision.
• Ability to plan agendas, lead meetings and bring together several PMOs from different departments.
• Autonomy on an active construction site, a networking mindset and pragmatism, including raising alerts tactfully without overstepping technical expertise.

Conditions

Based in Marl, Germany, with on-site work at an active construction site.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applications without discrimination.

Benefits

• International expertise and exposure to a global group.
• Work on innovative, sustainable projects.
• Teamwork across multiple cultures.
• Access to a worldwide professional network.