Senior Maintenance Engineer Machining

Company description

Proferro is part of Picanol Group, a business unit of Tessenderlo Group (Euronext: TESB).

As Senior Maintenance Engineer, you will have technical responsibility for various work-center groups in our machinery fleet. This means that you will:  

• Proactively and preventively manage the relevant machinery so as to avoid any downtime and/or quality problems;
• Be actively present on the work floor as a coach for the technicians and/or foremen;
• Prepare, implement, and follow up on preventive and curative maintenance;
• Closely monitor maintenance costs and budget, including setting up the structure and bill of materials (BOM) for each machine and ordering or stocking the necessary spare parts;
• Communicate with the machine manufacturers and suppliers.

You will also function as a project manager for machinery fleet investment projects. This will entail: 

• Starting with a thorough, preliminary investigation, performed together with Production;
• Contacting the most promising (external) partners and/or suppliers;
• Preparing comprehensive cost estimates and budgets;
• Supervising implementation, in detail, from start to finish.

You will work with a contemporary, varied machinery fleet and report to the Operations Manager.

Profile

• You should have a technical background with qualifications in Electromechanics/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience;
• Knowledge of CNC, PLC, drives, hydraulics, and pneumatics would be considered a plus;
• You should have a broad range of skills, including operational, financial and management skills;
• You should feel comfortable in a production environment, really enjoy working in a team, and value being the driving force behind numerous projects;
• You should be able to willingly shoulder responsibility and enjoy supporting your technicians and/or staff by imparting your own experience;
• Fluency in Dutch and English is important and knowledge of German would be considered a plus.

Offer

You will be joining an international organization that is at the top of its field. You get the freedom to take your job to the highest level.
And what else?

• Compensation according to experience;
• Meal vouchers of EUR 8;
• Flexible working hours (work-life balance is not an empty concept for us);
• Eight possible home working days per month;
• 29 vacation days;
• Interesting cafeteria plan with the possibility of a leased car, leased bicycle, ...;
• Group and hospitalization insurance;
• Mental and physical health are a main priority, as evidenced by our Picanol Group Strava Club and the many colleagues at the Mondi Run, the 100 km of Ypres, or the Kemmelbergtrail, ... but we don't turn down a French fry or an afterwork drink on Friday either;

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