Project Manager

Project Management

Belgium, Halle

August 26 2026

Full time

Permanent

Job benefits

Competitive salary and bonus scheme

Continuous personnel development (e-learnings & projects)

Free day to volunteer

About the position

Are you a Project Manager with a technical background and a passion for successfully delivering complex international projects? At GEA in Halle, Belgium, you’ll have the opportunity to oversee challenging projects in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries from start to finish. You’ll work closely with customers, sales, and multidisciplinary project teams, and play a key role in ensuring quality, schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction. In this international environment, you’ll be given a great deal of responsibility, room for initiative, and plenty of opportunities for professional growth.

Your responsibilities and tasks

As Project Manager you define and manage phase gate approach during complete project and are appointed as Project Manager after Sales handover.

Your Responsibilities:

• Initiate the project with the customer and internally.
• Manage the project team via regular project team meetings.
• Have a clear overview of project schedule and milestones.
• Control and report project costs and costs to come.
• Collect and report project risks and work out mitigation plans to minimize project risks.
• Report project status on a regular basis to the management and project steering committee.
• Invite the customer for project review meetings and project acceptance tests.
• Support commissioning engineers during start up.

Your profile and qualifications

• You hold a master’s degree in Electro, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or as Bio Engineer or equivalent by experience.
• You should have solid experience as project manager in pharmaceutical, food or chemical industry.
• You have experience as Project Manager in an international customer - supplier relationship.
• In the relationship with your customers, you create trust and respect.
• You have the ability to steer and motivate a team of engineers: people management skills, analytical skills to manage complex projects.
• You are a respected partner for pharmaceutical companies.
• You have good communication skills and strive to optimize collaboration between different departments.
• You are continuously looking for improvements in day-by-day project management process.
• You are fluent (R/W/S) in English and Dutch.
• You have good knowledge of MS Office applications, especially Word and Excel.
• You are prepared to travel (in total less than 8 weeks a year, for periods of maximum 2 weeks).

Our offer:

• A competitive salary package including company car, meal vouchers, group insurance, health insurance, etc.
• 20 vacation days + 12 ADV days (40 hours working week)
• An international work environment.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• GEA will invest in your personal development and support internal as well as external training programs for your further development. Possibility to grow and develop into other roles at GEA.
• Ability to work in an environment where innovation and change is part of the everyday culture.

What happens once you have applied?

You will receive an e-mail when your application has been processed.

One of our Talent Acquisition Partners will assess whether the application meets the qualifications of the position. If your application has been successfully reviewed, you will be invited for an initial interview, either virtually or in person. We usually make a decision after the second/third interview. Do not hesitate to contact our team at any stage of your application.

About GEA

GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.

Why join GEA

GEA is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will therefore receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, world view, national origin, genetics, disability, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected characteristic required by applicable law. Applicants with disabilities are welcome and will be given special consideration if they are equally qualified.