Project Manager - Industrial Automation (Pharmaceutical)

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, you will join a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help innovative companies unleash their potential by delivering R&D and engineering services across industries.

What you’ll be working on

As a Project Manager - Industrial Automation within the client's automation department, you will take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of automation projects in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment. You will lead a diverse team of approximately 30 professionals, working across Bioreactors, Utilities, and Building Management Systems, leveraging automation platforms including Siemens PLC, Emerson DeltaV, and Honeywell HC-900.

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Planning, executing, monitoring, and closing automation projects within scope, time, and budget, ensuring alignment with both client expectations and Capgemini Engineering's quality standards.
• Acting as the primary point of contact between the client's automation department, internal Capgemini Engineering teams, and third-party contractors, ensuring clear, consistent, and transparent communication across all levels.
• Proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks and issues, developing contingency plans to keep projects on track in a complex, regulated industrial environment.
• Ensuring all project activities are carried out in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines and applicable pharmaceutical industry regulations, supporting validation and qualification activities where required.
• Coordinating and motivating a cross-functional team of engineers and specialists, fostering a collaborative and high-performing project culture while managing workload distribution and resource planning.

Your profile

We are looking for a seasoned Project Manager with a strong technical background and a passion for delivering results in complex, regulated environments. You bring both the leadership skills to guide diverse teams and the technical credibility to earn the trust of engineers and specialists.

You bring:

• Professional experience in technical environments, with at least 3 years in a dedicated Project Management role, and a recognised PM certification such as PMP or equivalent.
• A solid understanding of industrial automation systems and environments, with familiarity with platforms such as Siemens PLC, Emerson DeltaV, or Honeywell HC-900 being a strong advantage.
• Experience working in a regulated industry, ideally pharmaceuticals or life sciences, with working knowledge of GMP requirements and their implications for project delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage diverse stakeholders, and communicate effectively at all levels of an organisation, from engineers to senior client management.

What we offer

• 26 vacation days, with the option to purchase additional leave days.
• Engagement in projects that directly impact industrial technology and innovation, where you can collaborate with top engineers and expand your expertise.
• Access to career development programs, certifications, and digital learning platforms to support your growth.
• Contributions to your pension, with the flexibility to make additional personal contributions.
• Work from wherever suits you best with our connectivity and home office allowance.
• A high-performance laptop and a SIM card that you may also use for personal purposes.
• FlexAbroad: Work up to 45 days per year from abroad.
• A high level of freedom and responsibility in your work.

Your work environment

With over 200 colleagues, our Manufacturing & Industrial Operations department offers significant and meaningful contributions to various organisations in The Netherlands and occasionally abroad. Our people have expertise in offering partnerships and solutions around industrial automation, smart factory, and data science.

Our projects vary tremendously, from upgrading automation systems for a vaccin production line, designing smart sensors based on IoT and cloud technology to reduce food waste, to developing predictive models to optimize warehouse logistics. Sometimes you are working as technical coordinator in large project teams of over 50 colleagues, and at other times you are working on a solution with only two or three other colleagues. This makes our work highly unpredictable in scope, project duration and commuting time. Yet also incredibly rewarding in terms of learning and growth opportunities.

To ensure the safety and integrity of our organization, a background check is part of the onboarding process.