Job description
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Do you have a technical background and experience managing industrial maintenance, service contracts, and customer relationships?
Ready to take ownership of service operations across Southern Europe?
At HoSt Group, we're looking for a Technical Service Project Manager to join our team in our new office in Rennes and coordinate service activities across France, Spain, and Italy.
You'll combine technical knowledge with project coordination, commercial responsibility, and customer relationship management to ensure the reliability and performance of our renewable energy installations.
About the role
As a Technical Service Project Manager, you'll be responsible for coordinating and managing maintenance and service activities for our biogas and CO₂ recovery installations across Southern Europe.
You'll work closely with customers, service engineers, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure installations operate safely, efficiently, and in accordance with service agreements.
This is a role for someone who understands industrial maintenance, enjoys solving technical challenges, and is comfortable managing both the operational and commercial aspects of technical service.
You'll oversee preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance, monitor costs and performance, coordinate external resources, and identify opportunities to improve reliability and customer satisfaction.
Why join us?
- Work on renewable energy installations across France, Spain, and Italy.
- Take responsibility for your service projects, from customer relationships and technical coordination to commercial performance.
- Help improve the reliability and efficiency of installations that contribute to a more sustainable energy future.
- Join our growing team in Rennes, with the opportunity to shape and improve service operations across Southern Europe.
- Enjoy a high level of autonomy, short communication lines, and the support of an experienced international team.
Your responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, and monitor preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities across multiple installations.
- Supervise maintenance and service activities, ensuring compliance with quality, HSE, and safety standards, and identify and report unsafe situations.
- Act as a key point of contact for customers, ensuring effective communication, service quality, and long-term relationships.
- Prepare quotations, service agreements, and cost calculations for maintenance contracts and refurbishment projects.
- Identify opportunities for additional service activities, improvements, and contract extensions.
- Select and coordinate external technical resources, suppliers, and subcontractors.
- Monitor budgets, project progress, invoicing, and maintenance reports, providing regular updates.
- Identify opportunities to optimize maintenance processes, improve installation reliability, and reduce downtime.
Vereisten
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's level of working and thinking, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field;
- At least 2 years of experience in technical service coordination, industrial maintenance, maintenance contract management, or a similar technical project management role;
- A good understanding of industrial maintenance processes and technical installations, ideally within renewable energy, biogas, process engineering, or a similar industrial environment;
- The ability to coordinate technical teams, suppliers, and subcontractors while managing customer expectations;
- Commercial awareness, including experience or affinity with quotations, cost calculations, and service contracts;
- Strong safety awareness, problem-solving abilities, and communication skills;
- Professional proficiency in French and English; Spanish or Italian is an advantage;
- Good knowledge of MS Office and familiarity with maintenance management systems;
- A proactive, hands-on approach and the ability to work independently in an international environment.
What we offer
- A competitive salary aligned with your experience and background;
- Company car;
- Full-time position (40 hours per week);
- Hybrid working options with flexibility to work remotely;
- The opportunity to work for a market leader in sustainable energy with a strong focus on innovation (winner of the 2024 Oryx and Gazelle awards);
- An international, family-owned company where your ideas are valued and successes are shared;
- A collaborative team of both junior and senior professionals;
- A high level of autonomy, ownership, and responsibility in your role;
- Strong opportunities for technical and professional development.
Interested in joining us?
Ready to combine technical expertise, service management, and international responsibility in the renewable energy sector?
Click the Apply button below and take the next step in your career!
Want to know more?
Feel free to contact:
Michael Ghezzi - Director
+33 6 11 14 07 27
Natalia Wisniewska - Corporate Recruiter
+31 6 21 30 02 81
Pay & benefits
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About this role
About Bright Renewables
Company overview
Bright Renewables, part of HoSt Group
Enschede, Netherlands
51-200 employees (LinkedIn size band)
What they do
Bright Renewables is a technology company specialising in renewable-gas production and carbon capture systems, focusing on biogas processing, carbon dioxide recovery, and conversion of renewable gases into fuels and industrial products rather than solar, wind, or battery technologies (source: bright-renewables.com). Their core technologies include membrane-based biogas upgrading, carbon-dioxide liquefaction, bio-LNG and bio-CNG production, and post-combustion carbon capture using amine and vacuum-swing-adsorption methods (source: bright-renewables.com). Bright Renewables offers integrated services covering system design, manufacturing, installation, operation, and maintenance, serving a diverse customer base including project developers, breweries, water authorities, industrial companies, and renewable-gas operators (source: bright-renewables.com). A notable innovation is their involvement in the TANDEM project to develop renewable e-methanol production technology, collaborating with HyGear and the University of Twente to create a demonstration system producing 500 tonnes of AA-grade e-methanol annually using biogenic CO₂ and electrolytic hydrogen powered by Dutch solar and wind energy (source: bright-renewables.com).
Projects & track record
Bright Renewables has delivered over 225 renewable-gas and carbon-capture projects worldwide, including notable installations for clients such as Royal Grolsch Brewery, Aquafin, Gasum, BIOO, and Naturgy (source: bright-renewables.com). At the Royal Grolsch Brewery in Enschede, Bright financed, built, operates, and maintains a membrane-based biogas upgrading plant connected to the brewery’s wastewater treatment, producing over 1 million Nm³ of biomethane annually—enough to supply approximately 700 Dutch households (source: bright-renewables.com). In Waalwijk, the company supplied a PurePac Grand upgrading system for Wabico, processing 2,200 Nm³ of biogas per hour and producing 1,450 Nm³ of biomethane per hour with methane recovery exceeding 99.5%, serving the equivalent of 8,500 Dutch households; this plant’s CO₂-liquefaction technology was upgraded in early 2024 (source: bright-renewables.com). The Charlton Park Estate project in the UK uses a PurePac Medium system to convert organic waste and manure into biomethane, producing 570 Nm³ per hour with over 99.5% purity and methane recovery, supplying gas for more than 3,800 UK homes and avoiding 5,400 metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually (source: bright-renewables.com). Other projects include biogas upgrading and CO₂ liquefaction in Heek, Germany, and the Netherlands’ first CO₂-liquefaction installation at the Houtrust wastewater-treatment plant in The Hague, demonstrating expansion into municipal wastewater infrastructure (source: bright-renewables.com).
Recent developments
In May 2024, Bright Renewables announced its participation in the TANDEM e-methanol consortium, a major strategic initiative combining its renewable-gas and CO₂ expertise with HyGear’s electrolysis technology and University of Twente research to develop a 500-tonne-per-year AA-grade e-methanol demonstration plant at HyGear’s Arnhem site, supported by nearly €4 million in subsidies against an €8 million investment (source: bright-renewables.com). Early 2024 also saw the completion of a CO₂-liquefaction upgrade at the Wabico facility in Waalwijk, enhancing the existing biomethane operation with CO₂ liquefaction using CO₂ as the refrigerant (source: bright-renewables.com). Bright continues to expand its food-grade bio-CO₂ production capabilities, renewable-gas-as-a-service offerings, and integrated biomethane projects, exemplified by the Grolsch installation which combines financing, construction, operation, maintenance, and biomethane sales in a comprehensive service model (source: bright-renewables.com).
Working there
Bright Renewables’ workforce is primarily engaged in engineering and project delivery, encompassing roles in process, mechanical, and electrical engineering, automation and controls, gas treatment, refrigeration, liquefaction, carbon capture, commissioning, operations, maintenance, project management, sales, and customer service (source: bright-renewables.com). Research and development is integral to the company, with in-house development of methanol-reactor technology and proprietary membrane upgrading and carbon capture systems, supporting activities from applied research and pilot demonstrations to industrial plant design and commercial project execution (source: bright-renewables.com). The company’s headquarters in Enschede serves as the main employment base, with collaboration nearby at the University of Twente, while projects require international travel and coordination across Europe and the Americas (source: linkedin.com). The culture is practical and project-oriented, exposing technical staff to the full project lifecycle from design and fabrication through commissioning, operations, maintenance, and commercial performance (source: bright-renewables.com).
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