Project Manager, Navy

About

Echandia Marine is a leading innovator in sustainable marine battery systems, providing cutting-edge technology to enable cleaner, more efficient marine transport. Our mission is to revolutionize the maritime industry through advanced battery technology, improving efficiency and reducing environmental impact.

With a growing order book and intensive development, we are now looking for a Project Manager ready for new challenges.

The Role

We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager with a strong background in naval operations and/or the marine industry to lead complex, high-impact projects. This role demands a strategic thinker with hands-on experience managing cross-functional teams, navigating regulatory frameworks, and delivering results in dynamic environments.

As a Project Manager at Echandia, you will work closely with the operations team and act as a technical Project Manager leading customer projects from start to finish. You will play a key role in operations and collaborate with engineers, sales, purchasing, and production. You will be responsible for leading projects from signed contract and planning to delivery and commissioning of our systems. You will take full ownership of project results regarding time, cost, and scope, and monitor and report progress and risks to stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

As a Project Manager, your scope of work is broad and involves frequent dialogue with engineering, procurement, production and sales, with the aim of leading these areas throughout the entire project lifecycle. Your responsibilities include:

• Create, coordinate, and follow up on project planning, budget and resource planning.
• Lead end-to-end project execution for primarily our Navy customers.
• Ensure compliance with maritime regulations and defense standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in project delivery.
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders, key players, and customers.
• Act as the point of contact between Echandia’s internal operations department and customers.
• Set up an effective project structure, manage project-related communication channels and responsibilities.
• Escalate and handle issues, nonconformities, and change requests.
• Support engineering in understanding technical requirements and writing technical documentation.
• Communicate and clarify technical requirements and deviations internally and externally.
• Support sales during the contract phase to understand requirements, standards, and our level of compliance.

Your Profile

As a project manager, you should have the following qualifications:

• Ability to inform, motivate, and act based on a consultative approach, and influence others when choosing between different courses of action
• Strong knowledge of managing and coordinating projects
• Strong understanding of naval systems, marine engineering and/or shipbuilding
• High demands on independence, problem-solving, innovation, and planning your own work, often based on communicated guidelines and decisions
• Ability to lead planning/development within the project group
• The role requires the ability to investigate, analyze, develop, and evaluate different options before making decisions
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Merits

• MSc or BSc degree in engineering and experience in a similar position
• Proven experience as a Project Manager in navy, defense or marine industry
• Strong communication skills
• Experience with battery management systems and/or charging systems
• Experience working with classification societies like DNV, BV, or similar
• Experience working with DC systems (24–1500V)
• Experience working in Monitor ERP

Why Join Echandia Marine?

Echandia offers an exciting career in a vital field, with opportunities to grow in various directions within the company. You will work with future battery solutions and important technological development in the maritime world. You’ll have a great opportunity to contribute to sustainable and efficient maritime transport in a highly ambitious team.