Project Manager (Breda, NL)
Good to know
We provide electric charging solutions for municipalities and businesses. As a young, entrepreneurial organization, we are at the forefront of the sustainable energy transition. We are the green ‘underdog’ without a history in fossil fuels. Together we have the power to change the future. Our mission: 90,000 charging stations by the year 2030. To realize various charging locations, we are looking for an ambitious Project Manager.
The role & the challenge
As a Project Manager, you play a pivotal role in the realization of loading locations. Your goal is clear: keep ongoing projects on track so that the charging stations go into the ground and live! The focus is on charging stations in public spaces as well as at businesses, hospitals, office buildings and other places where people charge recurrently and regularly.
Responsibilities
The Operations team is the first point of contact for our customers. With an open and customer-friendly attitude, the team guides new customers through the realization process, enabling the customer to charge at one of our charging stations. The pilots and projects coming up on Opcharge require continuous internal and external coordination. Within the Operations team and with other stakeholders involved, including: municipalities, B2B customers, grid operators, energy suppliers, back-end providers and contractors. Especially the last group is important. By maintaining good contact with contractors, you personally ensure fast and effective realization of charging stations. You have succeeded in your role if you make the team and all stakeholders work together operationally as well as possible, so that the charging stations are realized on time and within budget.
Skills & experience
At Opcharge, we build good relationships and find personal contact very important. This applies to contact with external stakeholders as well as internally within the team. In addition to a good culture fit, the following is important for a good fit with the challenges in this role:
- Project management skills: gets energy from putting down a result within time and budget, using a structured and process-based approach
- You are good with systems and software solutions
- You radiate positive energy, even when something goes wrong (a smile works wonders)
- You are solution-oriented
- You are able to adapt communication when the situation calls for it. You listen, are patient, ask questions and think with them.
- You are self-reflective: the company is growing (and so are you)
- You are flexible (there is one constant, and that is change)
- English is a plus (because sometimes the applicant does not speak Dutch)
We offer
First of all, you will join an open, positive and informal team that will give you a warm welcome.
A position in a dynamic and growing company with a clear vision and enthusiastic, driven people who put the customer first.
An environment where everyone takes their own responsibility, but everyone is also always willing to think with each other and help each other.
In addition, we offer:
- The opportunity to co-develop in a growing organization
- Pleasant work environment with short lines of communication
- Good primary and secondary benefits
- Laptop and phone
- Independence to shape your position to the best of your ability
