Mission
The Project Director will lead the integrated execution of the NRG PALLAS Programma on behalf of NRG PALLAS. This includes responsibility for project integration across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, contractor governance, schedule ownership, risk management, and operational readiness. Therefor this project requires a decisive execution leader capable of driving delivery in a multi-contractor, nuclear-regulated environment with high public visibility and strategic importance.
This role will help shape a new generation of nuclear infrastructure in Europe and contributing directly to:
- security of medical isotope supply for global healthcare;
- Dutch and European strategic nuclear capability;
- safe and reliable commissioning of a first-of-a-kind national infrastructure project;
- the long-term strengthening of the Energy & Health Campus in Petten.
Key Responsibilities
Integrated Project Leadership:
- leading the transition from development-phase governance toward execution-phase delivery discipline;
- establish and drive one integrated project execution model across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover;
- create a strong execution culture focused on ownership, transparency, escalation, and delivery;
- act as single-point accountability for integrated project performance.
Schedule, Cost & Delivery Control:
- establish NRG PALLAS ownership of the Integrated Project Schedule (IPS), including critical path and float management;
- drive data-based project steering and transparent reporting;
- ensure commissioning-driven execution planning and system-based completion logic.
Contractor & Commercial Leadership:
- lead the strategic integrated relationship with major international contractors and engineering partners;
- create strong commercial discipline and performance accountability across contractors;
- align incentives, delivery objectives, and governance structures;
- balance collaboration with contractual sharpness and execution control.
Nuclear & Regulatory Delivery:
- ensure execution readiness aligns with nuclear quality, traceability, licensing, and commissioning requirements;
- maintain strong interfaces with regulators, independent reviewers, and nuclear assurance functions;
- is a role model and safeguards nuclear safety culture throughout execution and commissioning;
- ensures compliance with all relevant policies, rules and regulations and licenses at the Project level.
Governance & Positioning:
- represents the NRG PALLAS project within ExCo discussions and decision-making;
- ensures transparent reporting on project performance, risks, and delivery outlook;
- aligns project execution with overarching corporate strategy and governance frameworks.
Organizational Leadership:
- build and lead a high-performing project management team;
- strengthen “intelligent customer” capability within the NRG PALLAS organization;
- drive integration between project delivery and future operations;
- support organizational simplification, role clarity, and site-based collaboration in Petten.
Stakeholder Management:
- maintain trusted relationships with government stakeholders, contractors, executive committee, supervisory board and regulators;
- provide transparent, fact-based communication under pressure.
