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IPM Manager Project Control

Hybrid in Zwolle·Added 28 days ago (last checked 9 Nov)

Vitens

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Our summary

Work mode
Hybrid, Zwolle
Languages
Dutch

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • HBO/WO degree in Business Administration (e.g., Public Administration or similar)

  • Leadership experience and organizational skills

  • Analytical insight and judgment

  • Flexibility and organizational sensitivity

  • Experience with planning, risk management, and cost estimation via the IPM model

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

How we take care of you
As Manager Project Control, you strengthen our team for 32-40 hours per week. For this, you can count on the following employment conditions, among others (based on 40 hours per week):

up to €7,353 gross per month. In addition, you will receive a Flexible Benefits Budget (FAB) of 16.51% on top of your salary. This budget includes, among other things, your holiday allowance and year-end bonus (scale 12 in accordance with CAO 2026)

o Possibility to work from home
o 31.5 vacation days
o €1,000 development budget
o Pension scheme and vitality program

The role

Job title: IPM Manager Project Control
Recruiter: Daniëlle Bijsterbosch
Vacancy ID: 4240

Manager Project Control (IPM)| Design & Construction
For our Design & Construction department, we are looking for an experienced and connecting Manager Project Control Integrated Project Management (IPM). Vitens is investing heavily in the replacement and expansion of production sites and pipeline networks in the coming years. The Design & Construction department realizes this growing project portfolio and has been reorganized for this purpose. This has resulted in a new XL projects sub-department, focused on the largest and most complex projects carried out according to the IPM model. No two days are the same and you contribute to something important: extracting, purifying, and delivering 1 billion liters of top-quality drinking water every single day.

What you'll do

The IPM Manager Project Control is responsible for providing reliable control and accountability information regarding Money, Risks, Organization, Time, Information, and Quality (GROTIK). You ensure that the project team can always make the right decisions and you support and advise the project manager and the IPM team in the control of complex projects.

What you will be working on
You provide timely and reliable information on all GROTIK aspects and coordinate the processes surrounding project control. You lead the project control team and safeguard the quality of documents, schedules, risks, and financial files. Additionally, you support the project manager in the process during scope changes, internal audits, and decision-making within the project.

What you will be working on

What you will be working on
The Design & Construction (D&C) department realizes the project tasks arising from the Investment Program (IP). Due to the growth of the IP and the increasing size and complexity of projects, we face significant challenges in the coming years.

To manage these challenges effectively, the D&C department has been reorganized. Our projects are becoming increasingly large and complex and have a high risk profile, both financially and in terms of the environment. From this reorganization, a separate team for XL projects has emerged. This team of experts works according to the Integrated Project Management (IPM) Model and realizes projects in collaboration with market parties. With this new sub-department, we can manage large projects more effectively, develop new roles within Vitens, and further strengthen the IPM model. We attach great value to ensuring that the knowledge, experience, and insights gained can also be shared and potentially applied further within the organization.

responsibilities

  • You lead the project control team (risk, planning, quality, financial, document management) and ensure that everyone is involved at the right time according to the Vitens Project Approach (VPA)

  • You collect and analyze integrated information on GROTIK aspects for the project manager and other IPM function and role holders

  • You signal deviations from project plans and make proposals to prevent them

  • You ensure a well-organized document management system and quality system according to VPA

  • You manage current schedules, probabilistic schedules, cost estimates, risk, and capacity files

  • You establish the baseline, monitor scope changes, and drive the risk management process

  • You coordinate internal audits and reviews and are the first point of contact regarding compliance with project frameworks

  • You provide input for control and accountability reports, cost estimates, and capacity plans

Products you are responsible for:

  • Input for control and accountability reports

  • Current risk, planning, and financial files

  • Input for cost estimates and capacity plans

  • Collecting information for scope changes, additional or reduced work

  • Organization of processes within the project and in accordance with VPA

  • Document management system and quality system

  • Investigating and coordinating internal audits and compliance within project frameworks and Vitens standards

About the team

Vitens has various XL projects. You can think of projects such as Fikkerdries, Noardburgum, and Luxwoude.

What you bring

What do you bring?
We are primarily curious about who you are and what you can do. You are a persuasive and analytical manager who knows how to motivate people and influence situations to achieve the best result together. You carefully weigh pros and cons, take financial and organizational consequences into account, and know how to set priorities within the project control team. You communicate clearly, make realistic proposals, and actively seek the right approach to create support. Furthermore, we count on:

How we take care of you

And there is more. Do you want an overview of all our employment conditions? Go to www.werkenbijvitens.nl/arbeidsvoorwaarden.

Our future, your future

Want to help make our drinking water supply future-proof? Then we would love to receive your application.

Questions about the procedure? Look here at the application procedure within Vitens or ask your questions to our recruiter Daniëlle Bijsterbosch via DANIELLE.BIJSTERBOSCH@VITENS.NL.

Want to know more about the content of the position? Email team manager Greta van Beek via GRETA.VANBEEK@VITENS.NL.

Together, every drop sustainable

As the largest drinking water company, our goal is to make every drop sustainable by 2030. Curious how we want to realize this? Then take a look at About Vitens | Vitens.

Vitens is important for the basic services in our society. Therefore, we always request a screening before we hire someone. Part of this screening is providing a Certificate of Conduct (VOG).

Recruitment agencies are not appreciated in response to this vacancy.

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Industry
Water Utilities

In their own words

About the company & team

About the team
As Manager Project Control, you strengthen the Project Control team and directly lead 3 to 4 employees. This team consists of a Risk Management advisor, Planning Management advisor, Financial Management advisor, and a PMO professional. You are responsible for the quality and integrity of all these aspects.

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