Solutions & Operations Manager - Belgium (F/M/X)

As a leading innovative electric vehicle charging company, Driveco’s mission is to bring electric mobility within everyone’s reach. We strive to deliver the most seamless user experience, establish the most reliable network, and utilize renewable energy resources in the pursuit of a greener, more sustainable society.

Driveco is a network of 10 000 charging points in operation or under construction, and the largest network of charging points open to the public in France, known for its market-leading reliability. Since its inception, Driveco’s charging points have enabled the charging of 125 million kilometers driven in electric vehicles, equivalent to 3 000 times around the Earth. With more than 24 000 tons of CO2 avoided, Driveco has supplied more than 22 million kWh of electricity since its establishment. For more information visit www.driveco.com and LinkedIn (DRIVECO)

Your missions

If you share our ambition and feel ready to deliver our strong commitments, join the belgium team - you will be directly reporting to Victor, the country manager.

Responsibilities

This role reports to the market’s Country Manager.

Solution Engineering

• Project Management: Manage a pipeline of technical and commercial projects through technical audits, scoping and costing activities.
• Standards & Procedures: Be the subject-matter expect on technical and operational standards and procedures in your market.
• Product Development: Contribute to R&D efforts to optimize product-market fit in collaboration with central product teams.
• Sales Engineering: Support Business Development teams with technical and project costing expertise for deal-structuring and negotiations.

Deployment Operations

• Rollout Planning: Manage a pipeline of charging station deployments and ensure the timely delivery of projects while meeting quality and safety standards.
• Permits & Approvals: Work with public agencies to ensure that projects comply with local regulations and that permits are obtained on time.
• Network Management: Engage with grid operators to ensure timely sites connections.

Maintenance Operations

• Repairs & Maintenance Operations: Manage a pipeline of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance operations to ensure network availability and reliability.

Vendor Management

• Operational Management: Manage the day-to-day communications and priorities for a set of vendors with the aim of optimizing audit, deployment and maintenance operations.
• Training & Enablement: Train and support vendors on product and Standard Operating Procedures on an ongoing basis.

Preferred Experience

DRIVECO is committed to equal opportunities and celebrates diversity by ensuring an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all minorities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and are attentive to the specific needs of people with disabilities or requiring particular accommodations.

Even if you feel you do not have 100% of the required skills, do not hesitate to apply so we can discuss it together. ‍

Hard Skills

• Bachelor in Engineering
• 7+ years of working experience in a technical role (Telecommunications, Construction, Energy & Utilities, Electrical etc.)
• Proven experience in project management, vendor management and technical compliance.
• A good understanding of local regulatory compliance and technical norms and standards is preferable
• Ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders and workstreams in an efficient manner
• Fluency in the market language is mandatory. Proficiency in English is required; French is definitely an asset
• Knowledge of the in-country EV and charging infrastructure markets and their environmental and regulatory constraints is a plus

Soft Skills

• Problem Solving: Identify and apply effective solutions.
• Business Prioritization: Prioritize actions based on their added value.
• Adaptability: Welcome change with agility and openness.
• Communication: Exchange clearly and collaborate effectively.
• Influence: Unite around your impact & expertise.

Driveco’s Perks

Group perks – for all

• A vibrant Quality of Work Life program: awareness workshops, yoga classes, partnership with Moka Care (mental health specialist), delivery of short-circuit fruits.
• Training offered to improve skills: technical, management, foreign languages.
• Social and environmental commitments.
• Events promoting integration: seminars, themed afterworks, Christmas party, etc.
• Remote policy: up to 2 days per week.

Country perks – for instance France

• A partnership with corporate nurseries.
• 25 days of paid leave + 10 days of extra time off.
• Health insurance (Mutuelle) Alan covered at 60% by Driveco.
• Meal vouchers: €10/voucher, 60% covered by Driveco.
• A profit-sharing plan (up to 5% of your salary) with an extra contribution of up to €4,000 net per year.
• Holiday bonus of 3% of the base salary (paid in June).
• SYNTEC Collective Agreement (Convention Collective SYNTEC)
• SEC benefits (CSE): Leeto platform, Skilleos, Gymlib, etc.

Recruitment Process

A discovery exchange with Daniel, one of our Talent Acquisition Manager (30 min by video)

A first video / on-site exchange with Victor, Country Manager

Online tests on the TestGorilla platform

*Optional – team fit (coffee at the office with future colleagues)

A final interview with Julien, our HRD (30 min by video) + 1 ref check (done by TA)