Are you an engineer with ambition now and ready for the next step? Do you want to develop yourself further in project management, engineering, communication and leadership?  At FORTNA you can make the step to project engineer! FORTNA is a Material Handling System integrator that works with the most modern techniques. You will be part of the Lifecycle Performance Services (LPS) team. A versatile role in which you are responsible for a wide range of activities.

You want to grow further in your field and take the lead in proposals and projects. Your ambition is not only to develop further in engineering. So you also have commercial ambition and in project management. Do you recognize yourself in this?

What are you going to do?

As a project engineer you are part of a team of over 18 colleagues. You are responsible for the development, calculation and realization of maintenance and modification projects. This both technically and organizationally in the sales phase and during the realization of a project at our customers.

Turnaround times of projects vary between 3 months and 1.5 years. You are responsible for 4 to 10 projects in parallel, depending on the phase, complexity and size. You can switch quickly, keep an overview and act proactively where necessary. A varied and challenging role in which you are responsible from client request to realization. 

You can switch quickly, keep an overview and act proactively where necessary. A varied and challenging role in which you are responsible from customer request to realization. 

At FORTNA we help you to take the lead in a multidisciplinary team. Your project teams consist of the best engineers, each with their own expertise. We all work on our projects with the same positive drive! We want to make FORTNA better every day and support everyone involved in the best possible way.

Your main tasks here are:

• Sales engineering of modifications and expansions

• Translating (customer) specifications into a technical functional design

• Project management of small and medium sized projects

• Identify and mitigate project risks

• Building customer relationships and solution-oriented action in case of project deviations and conflicts

• Monitoring the budget, schedule and quality of projects

• Results-oriented and monitors the total scope of delivery

Why is this the right role for you?

We are looking for a new colleague who wants to take the next step. You have good communication, organizational and technical skills and want to take more of a lead. You are a real team player with a hands-on mentality. You are ambitious and get the space to develop further. In addition, you are:

• solution-oriented and pragmatic where necessary

• driven and you persevere so that projects are executed successfully

• stress resistant and proactive

• flexible and willing to go the extra mile when necessary

• Strong in building relationships

Besides this, what do you need for the position?

You have experience in engineering. Preferably in possession of a technical Bachelor's degree or similar. This combined with broad technical knowledge and interests. What else we consider important are:

• several years of experience in mechanical engineering

• A good leader for project teams and customers, or develop this further

• distinctive in technology where you can also come along well in this area and identify risks

• Knowledge of and experience with reading technical documentation (drawings, diagrams, specifications)

• Command of the Dutch and English languages. German is an advantage.

• No problem to travel regularly for the projects (on average 15% of your time).

Are you ready for this challenge?

Are you the customer-oriented colleague who is looking for a challenging and varied position and would you like to help build a fast-growing international organization? A role that you are free to fill and where you work both in the office (at home) and on location at the customer. Do you see it as a challenge to take our team to the next level? Then we are looking for you!

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