Project Engineering Manager · Utrecht

Location:

Region: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands

Role:

  • Industry: Engineering
  • Job Type: Permanent
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Salary: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 28/02/2026
Job Reference: 0812202514

Project Engineering Manager · Utrecht

g2 Recruitment have an incredibly exciting opportunity within the MANUFACTURING industry.

Our client is looking for a Permanent Project Engineering Manager (Plant Manager) to work on delivering packaged equipment projects from engineering to delivery to the customer. Their clients typically include large-scale food producers, within the FMCG sector.

Your main responsibilities will be to manage the Project, Work preparation, Purchasing, Warehousing, Production and assembly, Planning and Project management teams.

The company is a hugely successful manufacturing company which operates globally in regions such as Europe, Australia, US and China.

You will be working from their Dutch entity, based in central Netherlands, Utrecht.

Any candidates who have worked in the manufacturing sector, particularly metal, steel, food production lines, materials handling would be interesting for the client.

Salary: €100,000-€130,000 per annum (8%, holidays, pension etc)

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands

Start: December, January, February or March 2026

Dutch speaking is absolutely essential for this position – (Any candidates without B1+ language skills will not be considered for this opportunity.)

Essential requirements:

  • Bachelor's and/or Masters technical engineering educational background- preferably in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineer (or another related field)
  • 10+ years' experience in the manufacturing, machinery, industrial or food/FMCG industry
  • Experience managing a team of up to 15-20 (Four direct reports)
  • Ability to manage projects from engineering to delivery to customer
  • Understanding of ERP type systems, ideally lean manufacturing methodology
  • Managing Project, Work preparation, Purchasing, Warehousing, Production and assembly, Planning and Project Management teams
  • Dutch speaking

The client is very interested in finding a candidate before Christmas, so any candidates with an immediate start or flexibility to interview immediately would be ideal.

However, the client will also wait for candidates with a notice period of 1 to 3 months.

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

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Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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