OPERATIONS PLANNER & COST CONTROLLER (OPC)

For our international client, REEL GmbH, we are exclusively looking for an ‘OPERATIONS PLANNER & COST CONTROLLER (OPC)’ for its Imeca Offshore Cranes business line, based in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands (5 minutes from Schiphol Airport)

We are looking for a hands-on Planning & Cost Controller to take ownership of planning and cost control across the project portfolio. This role goes beyond updating schedules and tracking budgets, our client needs someone who can navigate a complex organization, get the information they need without being spoon fed, and provide reliable, transparent reporting that helps drive decision making.
You will report directly to the Senior Project Manager and play a key role in tightening their processes, flagging risks early, and bringing structure to an environment that’s still evolving toward industry standards.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

Planning & Scheduling
• Develop, maintain, and update project schedules across multiple disciplines (engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning).
• Align short-, mid-, and long-term plans and track progress against baseline.
• Identify slippages early, assess impact, and propose recovery plans.

Cost Control
• Monitor budgets, commitments, actuals, and forecasts.
• Analyze variances, flag issues, and support cost reviews with clear insights.
• Work closely with procurement, finance, and project leads to ensure consistency.

Cross-Functional Coordination
• Interface with various departments to gather the data needed on weekly basis.
• Ensure that inputs are timely, accurate, and complete.
• Challenge inconsistencies and escalate where necessary.

What we are looking for is …
• Strong experience in planning and cost control within industrial project driven environments. (Offshore experience is a plus).
• Proficiency with planning tools (MS Project is our tool) and cost tracking in Excel or ERP systems
• Able to work in an environment that’s not yet “textbook” and help move it in that direction.
• Solution-oriented mindset.

Why This Role Matters?
This isn’t a just update the spreadsheet job. It’s central to how our client keeps projects under control and improves how they operate. He/She will be trusted with real responsibility and expected to be part of the Project Management Team.

Offer

Working at REEL means choosing to work and develop yourself in a dynamic and internationally operating company in an ever-changing industry. You will join a team-oriented and energetic department, with committed professional colleagues.

Our client offers personal growth and development opportunities but also a:

• Competitive salary
• 8% holiday allowance
• 4% end of year bonus
• Pension-system
• 27 days holidays plus 13 ADV days per year (total 40 days per year to relax)
• Reimbursement of travel expenses
• Metalelektro collective agreement (CAO)

Company

“Tailor-Made Lifting and Laying Solutions for Offshore Applications”

With more than 20 years of experience in the offshore industry, REEL-Imeca has considerably expanded since its creation in 1989 and keeps growing steadily. Since its integration into the REEL Group in January 2011, IMECA has increased its engineering, production and financial capacities worldwide, hence reinforcing its reputation as a key player in the offshore industry. At IMECA they enable their clients to construct the infrastructure for offshore energy production and perform efficient offshore transshipment. The Company provides lifting, handling and integrated systems & services for large-scale engineering structures in the offshore energy and offshore bulk handling markets.

For more information about the company, look at:https://www.imeca-reel.com/produits/offshore-cranes/ + https://www.reelinternational.com/en/industries/offshore-2-4/

Do you have questions or if you would like to find out more about this vacancy?

Reach out and/or apply, and who knows when you will be on board of this great Company!

INFORMATION & APPLICATION

This vacancy is exclusively advertised by Business Associates Network (BAN) recruitment. For more information about the vacancy, please contact Peter van den Ban (consultant at BAN recruitment) via REEL@banrecruitment.com or by calling +31 (0)6 22 30 24 77.

Applications (in English) must specifically meet the requirements, including a curriculum vitae.

NOTE: Only candidates who are eligible to work, and already live, in The Netherlands will be considered for this role!!!