Senior Project Manager For The Chemical And Pharmaceutical Industry

Who are we?

We are an engineering group and a key player in the fields of building construction, water, energy, environment, industry, and mobility.

100% owned by our employees, we are united by a shared passion: practicing a profession that combines the art of designing with ingenuity and executing with commitment.

Our 10,000 employees, across more than 40 countries, create solutions every day for a better life, in line with our strategic goals for the planet and humanity. Our teams are on a human scale, fostering close relationships, daily exchanges, and shared experiences.

For this position, you will be joining ARTELIA Industry, made up of 850 passionate employees spread across more than 30 locations in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Morocco. Together, we design, adapt, and modernize industrial facilities to meet the challenges of tomorrow: production, economic performance, energy transition, and facility safety.

• Recognized expertise: We excel in implementing various production processes, drawing on our advanced skills in equipment, piping, mechanics, electricity, instrumentation, automation, steel structures, civil engineering, and building construction.

• A wide range of activities with both large-scale and local projects: Our teams operate in strategic sectors such as Refining and Carbon Recycling, Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Nuclear, Gas, Offshore, Aerospace, Rail, Shipbuilding and Space, Steelmaking, Mining, Microelectronics, and Defense.

To make reading easier, gender-neutral language is not used in this job posting; masculine terms refer equally to women, men, and non-binary individuals.

Your team : 

For its Basel office, ARTELIA Industry Switzerland SA is seeking a Senior Project Manager for the realization of industrial projects with experience in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

Your role : 

Reporting to the office director, you will be involved in projects for new installations or improvements to existing units. In this context, your responsibilities will include:

• Monitor projects (planning, choice and validation of technical project directions, purchases on projects under project management, financial monitoring of projects, offers, etc.)
• Be the local contact for customers
• Project and team manager
• Write technical notes, financial estimates and project schedules
• Actively participate in the design processes of projects
• Be responsible for quality and HSE policy
• Carry out business reviews
• Lead Business Development activities
• Assist the office director in developing the office's activities in the Basel area (BS, BL, AG, SO)

Your assets : 

• Engineer from HES, EPF or equivalent (preferably in the field of chemistry or pharmaceuticals)
• PMP or IPMA certification is an asset
• Strong experience in project management, Minimum 10 years' experience in engineering or EPCM project management with a project size of up to 50,000 hours, in industrial engineering in the chemical and/or pharmaceutical sector, or other process industries.
• Personal qualities: Strong management potential / Industrial culture / Ability to monitor project management with a view to ensuring technical and economic success / Negotiation skills / High level of rigor / Able to apply ISO 9001 and MASE quality procedures and ensure safety on sites or at customers' premises / Good interpersonal and technical negotiation skills with customers and suppliers.
• Open to prospecting activities
• Proficiency in common office tools (Office Suite, Project)
• Languages: Fluent German required; French and/or English level B2 required.
• Motivated to take on a versatile and evolving position

What we offer you:

• A socially responsible and inclusive company: diversity & inclusion agreements, quality social protection and health insurance coverage, and a commitment through the Artelia Foundation

• An efficient work organization

• A profit-sharing policy: incentive and profit-sharing schemes with company contributions, employee shareholding, many benefits and discounts on activities through the employee social committee, sustainable mobility package, etc.

• Career opportunities and support for your professional challenges: personalized training policy, career development paths, internal mobility

Our recruitment process:

Getting to know each other better to make the right choice — that's what we offer through the two steps of our recruitment process:

1. Phone call / Interview with a recruiter to better understand your expectations and guide your application. The goal is to introduce you to our group, present potential career paths, outline the position, and above all, get to know who you are — your aspirations, motivations, and career goals.

2. Interview with an operational manager: they will give you a more detailed overview of the role, what they expect from you, the team's working methods, and the projects you'll be involved in.

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