Project Manager Design Engineering

Job Summary

Are you a dynamic leader with the ability to drive customer-focused engineering projects to success

Were looking for a Project Manager to manage a key customer-specific design engineering program ensuring seamless execution across scope schedule quality and this highly visible role youll serve as the primary interface between the customer internal stakeholders and a multidisciplinary engineering team ensuring alignment progress and results.

Your leadership will be essential in ensuring on-time delivery uncompromised quality and team wellbeing while balancing customer priorities with operational excellence. This is an opportunity to challenge the status quo and bring disruptive thinking to the way projects are run in the aerospace sector.

What youll do

Lead and operationally manage a Design Engineering team ensuring effective execution of customer-specific projects.
Act as the primary customer interface building strong relationships and aligning project scope requirements and expectations.
Develop and maintain project plans schedules and deliverables ensuring progress is tracked and communicated transparently.
Drive stakeholder management engaging internal cross-functional teams to meet program commitments.
Monitor and report performance against key milestones proactively managing risks and issues.
Foster a culture of team wellbeing collaboration and accountability empowering engineers to deliver their best work.
Champion continuous improvement in project execution efficiency and delivery practices.
Champion a positive inclusive culture aligned with GKNs Great Place to Work values.

What youll bring

Bachelors degree in Engineering Project Management Business or related field.
10 years of complex project management and cross-functional leadership experience ideally within complex engineering or aerospace environments
Project Management certification (e.g. PMP PRINCE2 IPMA).
Multiple years of aerospace experience is a strong advantage.
Strong skills in stakeholder management team leadership and prioritization.
Ability to balance customer demands with operational constraints ensuring delivery excellence.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative leadership style.
Experience leading engineering design projects in aerospace or other high-technology industries.
Strong problem-solving abilities with a proactive and disruptive mindset to challenge the status quo.
Demonstrated ability to deliver on-time and on-quality while maintaining team engagement and wellbeing.

What well offer

We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry. We will support and promote your professional and personal development.

Furthermore we will offer you:

The role is in Grade O according to the CLA Metalektro and of which salary is dependant on your experience and qualifications.
8% holiday allowance
42 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (29 holidays and 13 ADV days)
An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance
A pleasant and informal working environment in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.

Next to a competitive package we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities.

Who we are

Fokker Elmo part of GKN Aerospace is a leading player in the design manufacturing and support for the Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for Aerospace and Defense programs. To make the wiring harnesses we have everything in-house from start to finish. From complete engineering to our final product the ready-to-use wiring harnesses we do this for well-known aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus Collins Aerospace and Lockheed-Martin. We produce these wiring harnesses worldwide at several Papendrecht we have approximately 1200 employees. This is what Fokker Elmo is all about: quality and therefore airworthiness.

How to apply

Please apply online by sending us your cv and Cover Letter. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact Glenn Duggert Talent Acquisition via