About this position

The transition to sustainable energy and materials is one of the defining societal challenges of our time. Achieving a net zero industry requires the deployment of the key enabling technologies that we are working on: sustainable chemicals, advanced separation technology to reduce energy use, and CO₂ capture and utilization to mitigate emissions from hard-to-abate sectors. We leverage Process Intensification and Electrification with key enabling technologies to decarbonize industrial processes, enhance efficiency, and further reduce energy consumption and emissions.

At TNO, we accelerate innovation and implementation of separation-enhanced processes (e.g ), and power-2-x together with international top players from industry and academia. Our research is at the forefront of these development, supported by our state of the art Chatelier laboratories. Join us in shaping the future of net zero industry through hands-on innovation and collaboration.

What will be your role?

As a project manager of innovation projects, you lead a team of enthusiastic specialists with different backgrounds that develops solutions to challenging problems. Your ambition is to share ownership of the project with the whole team, while being a pragmatic provider of solutions to maximize the impact of the project. You use your communication skills effectively to help the team realize its deliverables within the constraints of quality, time and budget. At the same time you are responsible for coordinating the internal and external administrative processes and the (sometimes complex) legal and financial handling of the project, in collaboration with specialists in these fields. Crucial to reach customer satisfaction is aligning with a multitude of internal and external stakeholders of the projects.

Your home base within TNO Energy & Material Transition unit is the research group in Petten. A diverse and growing team with over fifteen nationalities of different ages and with a lot of expertise. Your colleagues have backgrounds in physics, chemical engineering, materials science, and project management. Each of us is encouraged to continuously expand our expertise and learn from one another, making the work both stimulating, rewarding and challenging.

What we expect from you

At TNO you are never alone. You often have different colleagues and external partners around you. This requires good collaboration and communication skills. You also understand the art of looking beyond what is already there. You dare to take new paths and thus contribute to solutions for the energy transition that did not exist yesterday or weren’t even conceivable.

You are an open-minded, enthusiastic, and creative person. You focus on achieving specific goals and do not allow setbacks to throw you off course. You are a good listener and you are able to translate the technological project plan into a SMART project schedule and align internal and external stakeholders with each other. You are able to work in multidisciplinary teams and can easily switch between different tasks within projects. You enjoy working in a diverse team and you have an affinity for managing large multi-annual research and development projects.

You’re well versed in the administrative requirements of complex mixed funding projects. You have a track record in applying, executing and finishing such projects as project manager. Furthermore, you are willing to become an expert in the TNO internal project managements systems and are by experience or training able to manage projects at the IPMA-C level.

Other knowledge and skills you bring to TNO:

What you'll get in return

Challenging and varied work with a real impact. And plenty of opportunities as, at TNO, you are in charge of shaping your career. We offer a gross monthly salary between € 4, and € 7, (based on your knowledge and experience), 8% holiday pay, a 13th month bonus of 8.33% and a flex budget (5.58% + € ). In addition, you will be given every opportunity to develop yourself.

TNO offers optional employee benefits, enabling you to tailor your benefits package to match your personal situation. You may also expect:

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