Project Manager

We are looking for a Project Manager for an opportunity at our client in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

Akkodis has proudly supported the Aerospace & Defence industry in the Netherlands for decades. Our partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) has been one of the many success stories allowing our people to expand their career horizons. Akkodis experts are contributing to some of the most important technical advances in Aerospace and Defence which impact the way we live our lives today, through specialised engineering expertise and other required skillsets. This could be your future. Become part of our successful team!

You will be responsible for all programmatic aspects of one or multiple projects throughout their complete project lifecycle.

General tasks to be performed:

• Preparation of Project Management/Development Plans.
• Creating and maintaining project planning for new and currently running projects.
• Assigning and monitoring task progress via regular team meetings, etc.
• Controlling and monitoring project costs.
• Management of sub-contractors (as required).
• Direct interfacing to customers for all programmatic aspects.
• Co-ordinating activities within the project teams and reporting status to higher management.
• Participating in customer reviews.
• Providing input to procurement and production processes.
• Identification of potential roadblocks within the projects and escalating as required.
• Maintaining of project risk registers.
• Providing inputs for proposals/bids as required.

To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background / experience is required:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Aeronautics or Electrical Engineering combined with 3+ years of relevant experience as Projectmanager in an Engineering organisation focussed on Electronics or Embedded Software.
• Experience in management of subcontractors.
• Experience in system development projects and the co-ordination of multi-disciplinary development teams.
• Good organisational and communication (written and verbal) skills, for which fluency in English is required.
• Experience in formal ESA documentation requirements and workflow according to ECSS would be an advantage.

Please send your CV to as soon as possible