Project Manager, Procurement ​/ Purchasing, Operations Management

Company Description Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Job Description We are looking for an experienced and motivated Project Manager to support Veolia Water Technologies’ Technology & Product organization. In this role, the successful candidate will lead the execution of water and wastewater technology projects from engineering and procurement through construction, commissioning, and start-up. The ideal candidate brings a strong technical project management background, excellent customer and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced project environment.

This role is well suited to a self-motivated, organized, and commercially aware professional who can manage scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, and customer expectations. The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering, procurement, construction, project controls, Sales, Finance, Legal, suppliers, and customers to deliver safe, high-quality projects on time and within budget.

Key Characteristics Lead multidisciplinary teams through complex engineering, construction, and technology projects.

Communicate effectively with customers, suppliers, subcontractors, internal teams, and leadership.

Build strong working relationships and promote accountability across project teams.

Manage multiple priorities, work streams, schedules, and project deliverables.

Apply sound judgment to resolve technical, commercial, schedule, and resource-related challenges.

Balance customer needs with project scope, profitability, contractual obligations, and company objectives.

Understand the design, construction, commissioning, and operational aspects of water treatment technologies.

Promote collaboration, continuous improvement, and disciplined project execution.

Make timely, responsible decisions that support project success and protect Veolia’s reputation.

Duties & Responsibilities Lead project execution from contract handoff through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up, and closeout.

Define and manage project scope, schedule, budget, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements.

Communicate project goals, responsibilities, priorities, and dependencies to the project team.

Coordinate engineering, procurement, project controls, construction, vendors, subcontractors, and start-up activities.

Serve as a primary point of contact for the customer regarding process, scope, equipment, schedule, and project status.

Maintain strong relationships with customers, engineers, suppliers, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.

Monitor project performance, including cost versus budget, schedule, percentage complete, risks, opportunities, and forecasted costs.

Prepare monthly project reports and communicate status, issues, and required actions to management.

Identify, document, evaluate, and manage scope changes and change orders.

Support negotiations with suppliers and customers through Procurement and Sales.

Review and interpret internal and external contracts, including scope, payment terms, schedule, changes, and risk.

Prepare internal costing, tax, legal, insurance, and risk assessment documentation and obtain required approvals.

Escalate issues that may affect project cost, schedule, scope, quality, customer satisfaction, or profitability.

Support commissioning, start-up, customer handover, project closeout, and lessons-learned activities.

Ensure project documentation, decisions, risks, and deliverables are organized and accessible.

Share best practices and contribute to the continuous improvement of project execution processes.

Qualifications Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Strong project planning, organization, and execution skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to prepare clear project reports, proposals, correspondence, presentations, and business…