Technical Department Employee / Technical Employee / Maintenance Technician

Mission of the Role
In this position, you will be responsible for preparing and executing innovative, preventive, and corrective actions, implementing improvements, and assisting with maintenance work in the fields of mechanics, electrical engineering, electronics, and automation. As a result, machines and installations will remain in good and improved condition.
To achieve this, you will undertake, among others, the following activities at your location:

Work Execution

• Independently perform modification, construction, preventive, and repair work on electrical and electronic installations.
• Locate and troubleshoot breakdowns, including complex faults.
• Commission, decommission, test, and measure installations and devices.
• Administratively record actions in Ultimo, including work orders, time and material accounting, and updating maintenance schedules.
• Direct the work of external parties and supervise the safe, qualitative, and quantitative execution of their work.
  Training and Coaching
• Transfer technical knowledge to mechanics, production team leaders, and production workers to improve machine inspection and prevent breakdowns.
• Adjust and reconfigure equipment in cooperation with staff.
  Improvements and Technical Development
• Identify areas requiring improvement and present proposals for maintenance, optimization, and investments.
• Participate in projects aimed at improving efficiency, plant availability, and cost reduction.
• Ensure proper maintenance of installations, materials, and tools.
  Regulatory Compliance and Sustainability
• Comply with all company regulations, safety, and quality standards (occupational health and safety, HACCP, BRC, IFS) both by internal employees, hired technicians, and external entities.
• Identify potential disruptions to work progress, budget overruns, and deviations from standards.
• Contribute to a sustainable and socially responsible way of working, paying attention to people, the environment, society, and the company.
  Social Skills and Communication
• Communicate clearly and in a service-oriented manner with colleagues, production staff, and external entities.
• Issue instructions and guidance, share knowledge, and exchange experiences.
• Discuss tasks, planning, and priorities.
• Set up, operate, and test equipment; take measurements using various measuring instruments.
• Read and understand technical drawings, diagrams, and technical documentation.
• Communicative knowledge of English enabling communication with suppliers and foreign contacts.
• Possess working and thinking skills, know the standards and norms for technical service, and have the ability to divide duties and stand-by shifts in a rotation system.
  Contribution in the Form of Results
• Periodic inspections and maintenance are carried out at established frequencies and according to defined quality requirements.
• Repair work is performed in compliance with applicable safety and food safety regulations and standards.
• All activities are always recorded in Ultimo.
  Your Competencies
• Ability to collaborate and teamwork: You communicate clearly and professionally, actively collaborate in a team, and support colleagues in smoothly achieving common goals.
• Stress resilience: You can handle pressure and changing circumstances. You are not discouraged by time pressure or setbacks, maintaining control and taking consistent action.
• Accuracy and safety awareness: You perform tasks carefully with few to no errors, always keeping safe task execution in mind.
• Service-oriented: You think from the internal customer's perspective. You understand how colleagues view the production process and spot where improvements can be made.

Gevraagd

Your Role
As a Maintenance Technician, together with the team, you play an important role. You keep the installations in excellent condition through your maintenance and resolve breakdowns — independently or with the help of suppliers. Thanks to your work, production colleagues can work without interruptions.
Thanks to your technical experience in a production environment, you quickly get onboarded and grow towards becoming an independent technician. You work independently, but you are not alone: you collaborate with team leaders and operate within a technical team (3 employees). You submit improvement ideas and see their implementation in practice. In this way, you delve into the root causes of breakdowns, really get to know the installations, and have space to develop and upgrade your qualifications.
A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Technician

• 07:03 You arrive at the plant in Zeewolde, greet your colleagues, and first make yourself a coffee to start the day fully focused.
• 07:18 You make your first round along the lines, check if everything is running smoothly, and ask colleagues if there are any issues.
• 08:11 During the morning start, you set priorities together for the day so you can logically plan your time.
• 08:47 You tackle an installation breakdown: looking for the cause and resolving it. Can't manage on your own? Supplier technicians will help you over the phone so you can keep moving forward.
• 10:07 During a shared coffee break, you catch up on what's going on with the team and take a moment to rest.
• 12:06 After a morning full of inspections and hands-on work with tools, you take a lunch break and regain strength for the second half of the day.
• 14:09 A minor breakdown appears on Line 2. You quickly locate it, turn it off if necessary, test and measure, and then efficiently return the line to operation.
• 15:13 Next, you prepare tomorrow's preventive maintenance so that everything runs smoothly later.
• 15:41 You calmly end the day with a good feeling: all machines are running flawlessly. See you tomorrow.

Aanbod

Keep installations in excellent condition and grow towards becoming an independent fitter — in a close-knit technical team.

• Location: Flevoland, Netherlands. 40 minutes from Amsterdam Central.
• Working Hours: 38 hours per week
• Schedule: No night/Sunday shifts
• Salary: €3,750 - €4,200 gross

About the Employer
On behalf of our client — an organic vegetable grower in the Flevoland polder — we are looking for a Maintenance Technician. Together with partners, the grower cultivates and processes items such as cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, celery, and lettuce, with attention to sustainability and a short supply chain.

What We Offer

• Direct employment with the employer
• Salary of €3,750 - €4,200 for 38 hours per week
• On-call allowance (17 days or 12%) added to salary
• 8.25% holiday allowance in addition to salary
• 25 days of paid leave per year (at 38 hours per week)
• Training opportunities to continuously develop technical knowledge
• Healthy balance: no night shifts, free Sundays (starting October, Saturdays off as well)
• Good pension (industry pension scheme)
• Travel cost reimbursement according to the Open Teelten collective labor agreement
• Bicycle scheme to favorably finance a bicycle

Additional information regarding the job vacancy "Technical Department Employee / Service Technician":

• Salary: From €2,500 to €3,000 net. The exact amount will depend on arrangements regarding accommodation costs and whether the employee needs a car (people with their own car are preferred).
• Accommodation: Accommodation is available at a cost of €225.
• Housing Allowance: The company pays an additional €300-400 for own accommodation.
• Language Requirements: Knowledge of English at a level enabling communication is required. The employee will also be required to participate in Dutch language lessons.
  Own car is not required