Project Manager (m/w/d) im Bereich Anlagen- und Prozessautomatisierung

About Us

Primetals Technologies Limited, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries company headquartered in London (UK), employs 7,000 people worldwide and approximately 450 employees in Germany at Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH at its locations in Erlangen (headquarters), Willstätt, Saarbrücken, and Oberhausen. As a leading partner for engineering, plant construction, and lifecycle services in the metals industry, we rely on innovative and practical solutions to optimally support our customers and increase their competitiveness. The technical and economic know-how of our employees is the key success factor for our company in ensuring sustainability and future orientation along the entire value chain of iron and steel production, as well as for state-of-the-art rolling mill solutions for non-ferrous metals.

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals who enjoy working independently. Become part of our global team now and support us at our Saarbrücken location as a

Project Manager (m/f/d) for Plant and Process Automation

As a Project Manager (m/f/d), you will take responsibility for our projects – from planning to successful implementation. You will combine organizational skills with technical expertise, lead engineering tasks independently, and coordinate construction sites and commissioning. In doing so, you will ensure that complex plants function efficiently and reliably and act as a central interface between customers, interdisciplinary teams, and partners.

What to look forward to

Project Management:

• Planning, execution, and control of projects primarily in the steel industry
• Coordination of interdisciplinary teams, partly comprising employees from different locations
• Close collaboration with our other locations to coordinate and integrate project teams

Involvement in Projects:

• Undertaking engineering tasks (e.g., detailed planning, technical clarifications, programming)
• Taking responsibility for site management, including coordination of assembly and third-party companies
• Accompanying and carrying out on-site commissioning
• Creating technical documentation
• Conducting training for operating personnel on safe and efficient plant operation

What you bring with you

• Completed degree in automation technology, electrical engineering, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in project management, ideally in the automation industry
• In-depth knowledge of automation systems (switchgear, drive technology, control and monitoring systems)
• Experience in engineering processes as well as site coordination and commissioning
• Familiarity with industrial plants, organizational structures, and a practical, solution-oriented approach – ideally in the steel industry
• Knowledge and certification in common project management methods
• Willingness to travel for site and commissioning assignments, driver's license class B
• Your very good German and English skills, combined with a sense of risk and responsibility, initiative, organizational skills, and communication skills, complete your profile.

We offer

• Above-average contractual conditions due to our collective bargaining agreement, flexible working time arrangements with the possibility of time off in lieu and home office for good work-life balance, as well as a pleasant and collegial working environment
• BENEFITS AT HEART: Company bicycle leasing, subsidy for the Deutschlandticket, tax-free childcare allowance, and much more

How to contact us

Please send your application (cover letter, CV, employment references, relevant qualification certificates) via our career portal to Ms. Jessica Lennert.

In cases of equal qualification, Primetals Technologies gives preferential consideration to severely disabled applicants (m/f/d) and persons of equal status.

Further information is available on the internet at www.primetals.com.

For readability reasons alone, we refrain from gender-specific differentiation in our texts. All genders are always meant.