Deventer, Netherlands Apply until: 22 Aug 2026We are looking for a Technical Services Manager. You will lead and develop the Technical Services function, ensuring services are aligned with the needs of R&D and ISC stakeholders. Does this sound like you?

At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.

About the job

In this role, you will drive continuous improvement initiatives, manage organizational change, and ensure the effective delivery of technical services (a.o. corrective and preventive maintenance) through strong stakeholder collaboration. You will also oversee outsourcing contracts and service level agreements, support asset and maintenance planning using SAP and related systems and provide strategic direction while maintaining a broad overview of operational and future business needs.

Location: Deventer

In your future role as Technical Services Manager, you will

Operational Support

• Define, plan, manage and coordinate TS activities to ensure safe execution and delivery within time, budget and quality and demonstrate safety leadership
• Develop, manage and realize a year plan and budget for TS activities
• Provide concepts and plans for reliable and efficient operation of the Complex Organics Plant (COP) and the Research teams
• Coordinate the collection, interpretation and editing of process related data and developments and/or the execution of risk assessments of installations/equipment and issue advice for needed changes
• Maintain all site installations and equipment reliable and up to standard regulations, by Identifying opportunities and making suggestions for improvement in technical support processes and design work, strategy of control, installations, equipment and working processes and ensure and monitor implementation.
• Keep related working processes fit for use.
• Document activities performed on processes, installations and equipment and provide insights regarding quantitative and qualitative developments by means of reports and best practices.

Functional excellence

• Master knowledge of technical discipline
• Adhere to Nouryon policies, guidelines, processes, methodologies, working methods and systems, as well as to local and European rules and regulations (e.g. Seveso)
• Participate in and execute value improving platforms/ practices (peer review, value engineering) and knowledge management.
• Stimulate sharing and Continuous Improvement in an open atmosphere.

People management

• Ensure proper staffing, lead, coach, appraise and develop TS team members in a complex and demanding research/production environment

Relation management

• Define and manage customer expectations; set up account management fit for use.

Safety

• Responsible for compliancy with all rules and regulations with regards to
• workplace safety (ARBO) and HSE (both Nouryon and legal requirements) in an appropriate and efficient manner, in order to prevent serious incidents and
• incidents in general and more specifically as defined in the Seveso directive.
• This includes the “good housekeeping" for the own workplace.

We believe you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a mechanical, process technology, chemical engineering or other applicable engineering discipline
• At least 10 years in a technical environment, as well as departmental and/or project management
• In setting up and planning asset and maintenance concepts with use of planning systems
• Language: Fluent English.

Great if you have

• Experience in setting up and planning asset and maintenance concepts using SAP systems
• Experience in developing outsourcing contracts and service level agreements (SLAs)
• Hands-on experience with SAP PM and other project management tools
• Experience working in a research environment and supporting organizational change initiatives

We believe you are...

• A strong people leader with proven management capabilities and demonstrated safety leadership
• An effective communicator with excellent interpersonal, influencing, problem-solving and project management skills
• A results-oriented professional with a continuous improvement mindset and strong change management capabilities
• Someone with broad knowledge of technical services, including strategy and policy development
• Able to maintain a helicopter view while providing vision, direction and strategic guidance to the organization.

We offer you

At Nouryon, we provide a great job and friendly coworkers, plus benefits in addition to salary. We offer unilateral perks, such as:

• A permanent contract
• A competitive gross annual salary
• 35 vacation days
• An excellent pension scheme.
• An end-of-year/ variable bonus
• Great opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Have we got your interest?

This is a permanent position, on a full-time basis in Deventer.

Manager Technical Services directly reports to the location manager Nouryon Deventer and is member of the Site Leadership Team (SLT) and SLT-HSE.We have already identified the preferred candidate for the role.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

Contact

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or your application or need assistance, please contact: patrycja.szczawinska@nouryon.com.

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Vacancy data

Closing date 22 Aug 2026 Vacancy number N0014514

Organization

Continent Europe Country Netherlands Site Deventer

Job characteristics

Job area Engineering (all roles) Hierarchy level Professional/Experienced/Specialist Full time/part time Fulltime Contract type Permanent