Projectleider - Belgoprocess
Description
Belgoprocess is a semi-public organisation that plays a key role in the safe processing of radioactive waste and the decommissioning of nuclear installations in Belgium. It combines technological expertise, innovation and a strong sustainability focus to contribute to a safe future. The working environment puts safety, teamwork and professional growth at the centre. Projects have a direct impact on the environment and society.
The Project Leader is responsible for following up, planning and adjusting construction, maintenance and multidisciplinary projects and worksites. The role supports contractors, the leading official and/or project leader so projects are delivered to the required quality and in accordance with legal requirements. The main focus is on the construction and execution phase of both ongoing and new projects. The role coordinates execution in time and space and helps create the practical conditions for smooth delivery.
The assignment combines contractor coordination, technical follow-up, administration, document control, safety management and stakeholder communication. The Project Leader acts as a first-line worksite contact, chairs contractor meetings and helps resolve or escalate execution issues. The role also maintains construction and technical dossiers, supports permits and safety documentation, and monitors compliance with Belgoprocess safety standards. Continuous improvement is expected through incident analysis, lessons learned, improvement proposals, process development and ongoing training.
Top Reasons to Apply
High-impact nuclear projects
Hands-on project leadership
Safety-critical environment
Continuous process improvement
Sustainable societal impact
Detailed Responsibilities and Skills
Additional Responsibilities
- Report work progress and problems
- Follow technical work execution
- Engage internal technical parties
- Register technical and administrative changes
- Track milestones in technical dossiers
- Update changes in construction dossiers
- Document execution changes and deviations
- Document works with photos and reports
- Report major changes to project leadership
- Act as contractor worksite contact
- Maintain internal and external information flow
- Detect conflicts and propose solutions
- Act as first-line execution contact
- Align all involved execution parties
- Chair contractor and worksite meetings
- Escalate execution problems when needed
- Advise problems and involve decision-makers
- Enforce worksite safety regulations
- Support project prevention policy
- Compile required project safety information
- Prepare post-intervention safety dossiers
- Prepare safety and health plans
- Prepare design and execution coordination diaries
- Create hazardous-work permits
- Evaluate task risk analyses
- Hold kick-off safety meetings
- Monitor correct PPE use
- Hold kick-off and toolbox meetings
- Enforce Belgoprocess safety standards
- Monitor practical worksite conditions
- Monitor PPE behaviour and waste
- Identify improvements and apply lessons
- Prepare unusual-event and incident reports
- Prepare factual incident analyses
- Initiate improvement proposals and measures
- Improve develop and roll-out processes
- Prepare toolbox safety materials
- Track legislation and safety standards
- Maintain current professional safety knowledge
- Read relevant professional literature
- Track developments in relevant disciplines
- Attend relevant professional training
General skills
- Administration and document management at intermediate level
- Communication and coordination at intermediate level
- Problem-solving ability at intermediate level
- Strong communication with contractors and stakeholders
- Sufficient maturity to direct contractors and stakeholders
- Ownership of assigned works and responsibilities
- Ability to maintain overview across multiple works and priorities
- Process-oriented thinking and working
- Ability to improve and roll out working methods
- Interest in sustainable long-term collaboration
- Dutch at native or bilingual proficiency
Technical skills
- Contract management knowledge at intermediate level
- Project management at intermediate level
- Safety management at intermediate level
- Construction and worksite execution coordination
- Technical follow-up of execution activities
- Safety regulation and legal compliance
- Work permit and execution-condition follow-up
- Technical and construction dossier management
- Safety and health plan preparation
- Post-intervention dossier preparation
- Coordination diary preparation
- Hazardous-work permit preparation
- Task risk analysis evaluation
- Incident reporting and factual analysis
- Continuous process and work-method improvement
Tools
- CheckIn@Work access administration
- Limosa access administration