Does managing multiple highly complex projects at one time make you feel alive? Does a successful technical integration get your blood flowing? Do you have a technical background and an eye for detail? Do you communicate just as easily with an important client as with your colleague? Great news - we are looking for you for our new role: Technical Project Manager
You are a technical project manager who holds a special place in your heart for sustainability and who is looking for a new challenge.
At least 1-2 years of relevant experience
Technical background, minimal HBO
Skills in at least two of these industries:
(energy) system integration
smart grids
(renewable) energy (storage)
control & automation
software engineering
ICT systems
Proven ability to solve problems creatively
You are familiar with various protocols, such as Modbus, OPC, IEC104, REST
Excellent analytical skills–you can see the difference between the main message and the noise surrounding it
Strong social skills, whether your conversation partner is your colleague, a customer, or a partner company
You can tackle multiple complex projects at the same time
You speak and write fluent English (the working language in the office is English)
WO thinking level (technical direction)
Competent in at least one programming language
You speak and write fluent Dutch (our customers are mainly located in The Netherlands)
As our new Tech Project Manager:
You guide projects from start to finish: you step in after signing of the contract, guide the development, and celebrate the successful delivery.
Communicate with various stakeholders about the progress of projects. Internally, these include: the business developers, finance manager, the product team, support team and the management team. Externally, you communicate with our customers, partners, and suppliers.
You track project costs to ensure we stay within budget
You develop and maintain a detailed project schedule, including milestones and update times
Measure the results of the onboarding of projects and identify possible improvements in process and product.
As Tech Project Manager you will also get involved with Project Engineering related functions:
Help clients use our products, if necessary.
Support our clients to monitor their assets and our software solutions.
Manage the onboarding process of assets. During that process, assets, like batteries, solar plants, wind farms, e-boilers, power meters, and SCADA systems are integrated with our software platforms.
Will use your technical expertise to integrate new assets and protocols with our software solutions.
Travel, if necessary, to our client locations (within the Netherlands)
Spectral is a smart energy systems and platforms integrator driven by purpose. Presently, the grid's capacity for renewable energy is limited (10-20%) because of the fluctuating supply from renewable sources, to maintain stability. A successful clean energy transition hinges on innovative approaches to energy management and new business models. Spectral develops technological solutions for energy storage, demand flexibility, and local renewable energy to maximize their potential and build better smart grids.
As Spectralites, we are dedicated to accelerating the world's transition to a sustainable energy future. Achieving such a large-scale system change will require a monumental effort from everyone, and it will undoubtedly present significant hurdles. Rapid electrification across sectors and renewable energy expansion are creating grid congestion and complex balancing challenges. Our team is addressing the fascinating but difficult issue of energy inefficiency in modern structures, even with improved standards, focusing on poor climate system management and insufficient data transparency. By developing and deploying advanced technology platforms, we're driving faster change in real estate and energy, resulting in well-connected, more sustainable, and high-value assets.