Manager Execution Onshore Porthos

About Porthos
Porthos is a project designed to transport CO2 from industry in the Port of Rotterdam and store it in depleted gas fields beneath the North Sea. The CO2 transported and stored by Porthos will be captured by various companies. These companies will feed their CO2 into a pipeline running through the Rotterdam port area. The CO2 is then pressurised at a compressor station, after which it is transported via an offshore pipeline to a platform in the North Sea, approximately 20 km off the coast. From this platform, the CO2 is pumped into a depleted gas field. The depleted gas fields are located in a sealed reservoir of porous sandstone, more than 3 km beneath the North Sea. The project is expected to start up in the second half of 2027. The aim is to store approximately 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year for at least 15 years.

At Porthos, we work in multidisciplinary teams comprising experts from the parent companies EBN, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Gasunie, alongside independent professionals.

Job Description
You will play a key role in one of the Netherlands’ most strategic energy projects, where you will have a direct impact on its implementation and final delivery. You will operate in an environment that demands the highest level of execution, where complexity, pace and decision-making converge. At the same time, this role offers a unique opportunity not only to realise a technically complex system, but to actually make it operational and thereby make a tangible contribution to the energy transition.

This position is for 36–40 hours per week for a period of 1 year. The project site is located on the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam and the office is at George Hintzenweg 89 in Rotterdam, a 5-minute walk from Alexander railway and metro station. Working from home is possible to a limited extent; attendance at the project or office site for 4 days a week is required.

Duties and responsibilities
To achieve this objective, the role includes the following duties and responsibilities:

Leading the onshore implementation phase of the Porthos project, including construction activities, technical integration and progress monitoring.
Effectively managing the various contractors is a crucial part of the role, given the scale, complexity and parallel activities within the project.
Coordinating construction and commissioning activities in an environment where design (engineering) and execution run in parallel and a number of sections have already been completed (notably the pipelines).
Drawing up, monitoring and adjusting execution and commissioning schedules, including critical paths, risks and mitigations.
Managing multidisciplinary teams within and outside Porthos.
Ensuring safe execution in accordance with the defined standards for this project, including monitoring HSE performance.
Preparing and carrying out pre-commissioning and commissioning, including test procedures, system handovers and documentation.
Supporting the transition to start-up, including handover to operations and aftercare, whilst the operational department is relatively inexperienced and still being established.
Reporting to the Project Director on progress, risks, issues and decision-making requirements.
Stakeholder management with regard to internal teams, contractors, suppliers and the operational organisation.
Ensuring the timely handover of systems in accordance with quality and compliance requirements.

Profile

Extensive experience in managing large, complex industrial projects during the construction and commissioning phases, preferably in the process industry.
Experience with first-of-a-kind or technically innovative projects is a strong advantage.
Strong skills in planning, risk management and integrated project coordination.
Proven experience with the commissioning and start-up of industrial installations.
Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic environment where engineering and execution run in parallel.
Excellent communication skills and experience with reporting at executive level.
Strong and experienced in stakeholder management.
Results-oriented, decisive and able to motivate and unite teams.
Strong focus on safety, quality and compliance

Job requirements

Higher vocational education (HBO) or university (WO) level of working and thinking, preferably with a background in electrical or process engineering.
At least 10 years’ demonstrable experience as an implementation manager/lead within complex mega-projects in the process industry or a related sector.
Experience in the commissioning of industrial (onshore) plants as an engineer and manager
Demonstrable experience/knowledge of managing contractors, including the associated contract management.
Demonstrable experience of managing interfaces between infrastructure sub-projects and with external stakeholders.
Demonstrable experience of handing over a project to operations.
Knowledge of setting up and managing multidisciplinary infrastructure/industrial projects involving a large number of stakeholders
Knowledge of commissioning complex operational systems
Knowledge of preparing/managing the preparation of handover dossiers
Knowledge of standard project management and contract methodologies within industrial projects.
Knowledge and experience with CO2 standards and systems is an advantage.
Good communication skills, results-oriented, able to work under pressure.

Recruitment procedure
Porthos hires staff exclusively on a temporary basis, with the recruitment process taking place via a tendering procedure organised by the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Individuals have the opportunity to register and apply for available vacancies as self-employed contractors. An alternative approach is to go through the registration process via an accredited provider/supplier of temporary work who is already registered with the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Click here for instructions on how to register.

Applications for this vacancy must be submitted by 9 June at 9.00 am.