CAPEX Project Manager - Process Industry (Freelance possible)

📋 Tasks and responsibilities

You will lead complex, multidisciplinary industrial CAPEX projects in production, infrastructure and R&D environments, covering the full lifecycle from concept and feasibility through commissioning and handover. The scope includes both new installations and major modifications to existing process-industry assets.

• Take end-to-end ownership of industrial engineering projects from concept and feasibility to commissioning and operational handover.
• Define and manage project scope, deliverables, budget, business case, investment approval and baseline planning in MS Project.
• Coordinate all project phases: pre-study, concept selection, basic and detailed engineering, procurement, contractor selection, construction, site execution, commissioning and handover.
• Act as the single point of accountability for stakeholders and management.
• Lead multidisciplinary internal and external teams across mechanical, electrical, automation, piping, civil and EHS.
• Manage scope changes, risks, claims and deviations affecting budget or schedule.
• Report progress, issues and decisions to steering committees and senior stakeholders.
• Ensure quality and safety standards are maintained throughout execution.

📝 Your profile

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Project Manager with proven A-Z ownership of industrial CAPEX projects.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Project Engineer in disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, piping or civil.
• Demonstrated experience with pre-feasibility and concept studies.
• Demonstrated experience with CAPEX budgeting and investment approval.
• Demonstrated experience with commissioning industrial installations.
• Mandatory experience in the process industry.
• Strong hands-on experience with MS Project, including ownership of project planning.
• Academic working level with strong analytical skills and helicopter view.
• You work autonomously, take full ownership and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all organisational levels.
• You have the authority to challenge stakeholders and contractors in complex industrial environments.
• VCA-Vol is mandatory; PMP or Prince2 is a plus.
• Fluent Dutch and English are required.
• On-site presence in Olen is required.

💼 Offer

You will be part of a growing Belgian SME where initiative and personal development are encouraged. We will provide you with an enjoyable work environment with fun colleagues. We will work out a career plan with you, with attention and a budget for extra education/certification. You can count on an attractive salary, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, including a company car.
(Freelance is also possible)