Project Manager – Manufacturing equipment development

Do you have a technical background and experience in project management, and do you want to lead innovative production technology development projects in close collaboration with skilled technical specialists?

Then come join us as Project Manager in Skjern!

About the job

As our new Project Manager, you will join our Technology Center in Skjern and become part of a proficient team of 20 highly skilled technical specialists and project managers working with production technology development, digitalisation, and design and development of manufacturing equipment for our supply organization.

As Project Manager, you will be leading several projects in parallel all the way from customer request (e.g. a request from one of our factories) to implementation and delivery of the advanced, specially designed and customized production equipment. In new product development projects, you will represent the Technology Center and ensure clarification of the technology and processes needed to manufacture the new products, and you will ensure efficient design for manufacturing and that we have the right production equipment when the product is introduced in production.

More specifically, you will:

• Lead, facilitate and coordinate project activities including project planning, budgeting, resource allocation and stakeholder management

• Clarify needs with the customer and turn needs into technical specifications

• Engage with senior designers and programmers to define machine sequence and mechanical and electrical construction

• In collaboration with designers and procurement, define suppliers and order components

• Direct and guide the team in our local workshop developing and building the equipment

• Facilitate transportation, installation and training on site incl. SAT

• Ensure final handover and transfer of responsibility to customer

You will be based in Skjern and be part of a global organisation, and you will report directly to Senior Manager of Technology Center Denmark, Jack Sanz. You can expect to travel approximately 15 days/year and occasionally visit our site in Østbirk.

About you

You thrive working with project management, technical solutions, and processes. As a person, you are structured and systematic and take pride in delivering on your responsibilities on time and at required quality. You are proficient in planning and know how to visualize a project plan and break it into suitable work packages. You are collaborative and a skilled communicator with the ability to get people onboard and work towards one common goal. This requires solid stakeholder management skills, and you are characterised by your ability to efficiently work and communicate across all levels of an organization and with a diverse group of stakeholders. You are a team player, and you know how to motivate your project team continuously to deliver high quality on time.

Moreover, we imagine that:

• You have a bachelor or master’s degree within a technical field, e.g. engineering or similar

• You bring some years of experience in a similar role working with project management

• Have solid technical knowledge of machinery and mechanics

• You speak and write English and Danish at a professional level

Your opportunities

You will work alongside experienced and engaged colleagues – in a setting where knowledge is shared, and responsibility is given to those who can and will. Our team is characterised by an informal tone and respect for each other both as team members and as individuals.

We are a highly value-based company where commitment, mutual respect, customer centricity and courage are among the core values and teamwork and professionalism is essential to the way we work. We will provide you with the opportunities, inspiration, and advanced tools to create a brighter, common future.

Application and contact

Read more about the VELUX Group at www.velux.com, where you can also learn more about working at our company and what to expect in our recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible! We will review candidates and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

About VELUX

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Equal Opportunity Employer

VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.