Department Manager | HVAC

What if you could inspire and mentor a talented team, nurturing their development while ensuring that your department meets its ambitious commercial and operational goals? 

Equans in Drogenbos is looking for a Department Manager HVAC – Brussels & South.

As the Department Manager, you plan, organize, lead, coordinate and manage all offers, projects and related business activities of the department concerned, in order to reach the targeted objectives from a commercial, customer relationship, project implementation, budget, profit and resources management point of view. HSEQ aspects are also a priority (safety first!). You have the full responsibility of P&L with the support of some divisional or corporate services (HR, Purchase, Legal, etc.). You manage and coordinate these activities in the context of the Group strategy and within the set framework for your specific department.

Your main accountabilities:

• strategy:
  • you define and implement the business strategy & vision for your department in alignment with the general Group strategies
• HSEQ:
  • your ambition is to reach the highest HSEQ standards on your projects and within your department and you put an organization in place in order to do so
• synergies:
  • you stimulate cross-departmental, -divisional, -entity collaboration on offers and projects
• commercial & business development:
  • you stimulate and encourage the development of services & markets. In contact with clients, you lead the negotiations for major contracts
  • you lead the commercial activities of your department
• in cooperation with your technical teams, you are accountable for the technical solutions that you will integrate in your offers and later in the realization of the projects
• business supervision:
  • you define, follow-up and achieve the commercial, financial, servicing and development targets. You implement and supervise the agreed actions during business reviews, etc. in order to achieve the departmental strategy
• profitability optimization:
  • you maximize business performance for the short and long term
• team leadership and people management:
  • within your department, you manage a diversity of teams such as project management, tendering, engineering, sales, service and operational support. You work closely with central teams such as Finance, HR, Logistics, Procurement and Legal
  • you lead and coordinate the HR related activities within your department and ensure cohesion between your teams
  • in cooperation with the HR organization you develop a middle and long term HR-strategy taking into account the age pyramid, the competence needs of your department and the hiring possibilities

What do you need?

• master in engineering is required and electromechanical background is a nice to have
• 10 years of experience in a project driven environment (incl. specific HSEQ-aspects) is required as well as solid experience within the construction world
• experiences in EPC-projects is a plus
• contract management experience is a must and you have experience in risk management 
• experience in people management is needed (experience with more than 50 persons on own payroll should be a real added value) & proven leadership skills incl. good understanding of HR related topics
• knowledge in maintenance activities is a nice to have
• knowledge of public market (e.g.: in Belgium, France, Netherlands and Germany) is a positive point
• business acumen and clear client/commercial focus & vision is needed
• you have strong financial insights on business related topics & experience in P&L responsibility
• you have a high interest for all innovative solutions in the energy efficiency world and you take the energy transition as an opportunity to offer our customers the most optimized solution 
• you are able to work in a constructive way in a cross-departmental environment and across Equans entities
• you are result & client oriented as well as flexible, motivated, enthusiastic and stress resistant
• you have a very high level of business spirit
• good level in French/Dutch & English is required

Want to tackle tomorrow’s multi-technical challenges with us?

Then join our experts in the various innovative and exciting projects of Equans. You get the opportunity to use your technical skills as well as to discover cutting-edge technologies and help customers in the 3 major transitions of today: the energy transition, the industrial transition and the digital transition.

Joining Equans is more than that! You also get:

• a competitive salary in line with your education and experience
• interesting training and career opportunities
• group-, hospitalization insurance
• eco & meal vouchers, 13^th month, holiday pay
• concessionary travel, lease car
• smartphone with subscription, internet fee
• homeworking

We are looking forward to meeting you!

Are you interested in this position and do you have questions? Please contact our HR colleague Kim Claesen – 02 370 30 68 or [email protected]