Plant Manager Djewels

About the Job

HyCC & P2X are developing and delivering a portfolio of hydrogen and energy transition projects. The Plant Manager Djewels will be the operational responsible person for the first project which goes into actual execution and operations phase, the Djewels Project in Delfzijl. The plant Manager Djewels is in the project execution (build) phase responsible to assess the operability and maintainability of the design and operations readiness preparation. During commissioning and start-up the role shift to being responsible to manage a safe, efficient and effective handover of the plant from the project team and EPC contractor to Djewels BV and after that period as being the accountable person for the running of the Djewels BV including  the safe, efficient and effective operations of the plant as well as bottom line end-to-end responsibility.

The plant manager will work in close cooperation with the Nobian team at the Delesto power plant since the actual operation of the Djewels facility will be done by Nobian operators.

 

Key Accountabilities

• To support development  and assure the O&M requirements in the EPC phase of the project

• To prepare the project for Start-up,  Operations and maintenance in the operational phase (O&M readiness)

• To be accountable for the Djewels BV P&L in the operations phase

Responsibilities

Project responsibilities:

• Assure implementation of  O&M requirements in design

• Prepare systems and procedures for operations readiness in commissioning, start-up and operation

• Prepare the Djewels BV set up, including requirements for subsidy reporting

 

Overall Operations and Technology responsibilities:

• Overall Accountability: run and optimize the day to day operation to deliver safe, reliable and efficient operation

• Commissioning and Start-up

• HSSE assurance

• Set-up of operational systems and processes, including day-to-day optimisation and assure compliance

• P&L of Djewels BV

 

Third parties managed:

• Local provider for HSE & field support

• OEM for adherence to performance guarantees

• Local provider for lab work

• Local site service provider

 

Overall Maintenance responsibilities, managed via the maintenance service provider:

• Accountability: Plan and optimize asset management

• Technical documentation ownership and actualization (including drawings)

• Manage engineering standards

• Improvement funnel ownership

• Responsible for electrical installations (Installatie-verantwoordelijk)

• Legal duty of care (Zorgplicht)

 

Support set-up and manage third party contracts, among others for:

• OEM for maintenance contract management

• Local maintenance and planning service provider

• Local inspections service provider

• Nobian contracts

 

People & Organization:

• Lead the team

• Ensure seamless integration across the different teams (Nobian operations, Bilfinger maintenance ect) to enable safe, reliable and efficient operation of the facility

 

Reporting:

Reporting to P2X management team (exact reporting line to be determined)

About Power2X and Djewels

Power2X is a pioneering company at the forefront of the global energy transition, developing, owning, and operating large-scale eFuels and hydrogen projects that decarbonize the toughest sectors — aviation, shipping, heavy industry, and major industrial clusters. Backed by a team with deep roots in energy, consulting, engineering, and technology, we're not just talking about the energy transition, we're building it.

In February 2026, we strengthened that mission by acquiring HyCC, a Netherlands-based green hydrogen developer, adding projects across the Netherlands and Germany to our pipeline.

One of those is Djewels: a 20 MW electrolyser project in Delfzijl, Netherlands, built to prove green hydrogen production works at real industrial scale and pave the way for a future hydrogen valley in the region. In May 2026, Djewels became the first Power2X project to reach FID, with first hydrogen output targeted for mid-2028.

Join us, and help build the projects setting new standards on the path to net zero.

Education

Master level  in preferably process or mechanical engineering or related disciplines.

Experience

• Proven experience in (petro)chemical/oil and gas process operations with more than 5 year experience

• Leadership role in operations and/or maintenance with demonstrated broad oversight of how O&M decisions/activities/requirements  interlinks with project development

• Understand maintenance and reliability engineering sufficiently to be able to manage the contract with the maintenance service provider.

• Experience in setting up and/or optimizing operational management systems with fit for purpose focus. Experience in CSU is a pre.

• Ability to work with large array of (external) stakeholders and managing contracts

 

Skills

• Leadership skills

• Ability to drive continuous improvement of the processes, policies, standards

• Self starter with Excellent interpersonal skills, influencing, persuading, entrepreneurship, result oriented, negotiation, problem solving

• Good structured and analytical skills

• Native Dutch speaker or fluent in Dutch

• Good communication and presentation skills in English both verbal and written

• Open to innovation, change and ability to work in a flexible work environment

• Able to impart knowledge and learn quickly

• Team player, contributes to project team’s ability to reach maximum performance