Maintenance Technician

About the role

Puratos Lummen, a Belgian family company active in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, is looking for a maintenance technician (storingstechnieker) in its engineering/maintenance department. The role is permanent and full-time, within a technical team of five technicians and two area technicians.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out repairs and preventive maintenance on equipment and production installations to maximise OEE and efficiency.
• Monitor production lines on digital platforms and solve breakdowns proactively.
• Report ongoing technical problems, work hours, materials used and anomalies in SAP, and report daily to the technical team lead.
• Assist specialists and external contractors with technical interventions.
• Implement improvements and optimisations across a wide range of machines with the area technicians.
• Keep tools in good condition and contribute to a tidy, safe workplace.

Required profile

• Secondary or bachelor degree in a technical field (e.g. electromechanics, electrical engineering) or similar experience.
• Numerical, analytical and stress-resistant; works independently while ensuring safety and quality.
• Willingness to work in two shifts per week (6–14h and 14–22h) and to cover the call-out duty once every five weeks.
• Experience in the food sector or production environment is an advantage.

Required skills

• Good knowledge of mechanics is essential.
• Experience with electricity and pneumatics is a plus, or willingness to develop it.

What we offer

• Permanent open-ended contract.
• Competitive pay with shift premiums.
• Lunch vouchers of 10 EUR per day.
• Group, dental and hospitalisation insurance paid by Puratos.
• Year-end bonus and CAO90 bonus.
• Customised training to develop technical skills, annual team building and Christmas, Easter and Sinterklaas gifts.