Güdel AG
Langenthal
Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)
- 10 September 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent), English (Fluent)
- Langenthal
About the job
Güdel AG, based in Langenthal (Switzerland, Canton Bern), is an internationally active Swiss industrial company specialising in engineering and manufacturing of linear and drive components. The company builds, among other things, automatic production lines, linear guides, racks, pinions, gearboxes, linear axes, and gantry robots for the automotive industry, railways, intralogistics, metal, tyres, pharmaceuticals, as well as systems for the aerospace industry.
Senior Project Manager (m/f/d)
Your Contribution
Project Management & Customer Responsibility
- Overall responsibility for customer projects from order receipt to project completion
- Central contact person for the customer at project and management level
- Ensuring contractual implementation (scope, deadlines, costs, quality)
- Active stakeholder management in international project environments
Planning, Control and Reporting
- Creation and maintenance of project plans, milestones and budgets
- Management of deadlines, resources and costs including forecasts
- Identification, assessment and management of project risks and opportunities
- Regular project reporting to customer and internal management
Coordination of Internal and External Partners
- Leadership of the interdisciplinary project team
- Coordination of internal and external suppliers and partners worldwide
Change, Claim and Escalation Management
- Active claim and supplementary management
- Professional handling of deviations, escalations and conflicts
Your Skills and Talents
- Technical education (FH/ETH) with business management further training, preferably with project management certification (e.g. IPMA, PMI)
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience including at least:
5 years as project manager of larger international projects and
3 years of service or site experience - Sound knowledge in contract, cost and risk management
- Organisational talent with strong customer orientation
- Intercultural competence and confident appearance at management level
- Willingness to travel abroad (approx. 30%)
- Fluent in German and English