Maintenance Engineer Technics (all genders) in the Netherlands

As a Maintenance Engineer Technics, you are the driving force behind the maintenance strategy, reliability, and long-term performance of our installations in Leeuwarden. You look beyond daily operations and translate technical challenges into structural improvements that contribute to safety, availability, and optimal asset performance. Based on your expertise, you provide direction to Asset Care standards, maintenance concepts, and investment projects, impacting multiple production areas within the site.

In this role, you work at a tactical and strategic level and are responsible for developing, standardizing, and continuously improving our maintenance and reliability approach.
You have a site-wide scope, with your own focus area within Building, Utilities & Facilities (BUF).
Your activities include:

• Responsible for coordinating site shutdowns;
• Developing and managing maintenance strategies, inspection concepts, and preventive maintenance plans;
• Analyzing complex reliability issues and translating insights into structural and sustainable improvements;
• Monitoring and improving the availability and reliability of utility services;
• Defining and standardizing Asset Care standards for the entire location;
• Ensuring compliance with relevant technical requirements, legal obligations, inspections, and testing;
• Identifying risks regarding capacity, aging, and lifecycle of installations and translating these in a timely manner into improvement proposals and investment plans;
• Identifying opportunities for energy savings, efficiency improvements, and sustainability within Building Utilities & Facilities;
• Acting as a technical authority within your field and supporting colleagues with specialist knowledge;
• Being responsible for the maintenance and reliability workflow within CAPEX projects;
• Ensuring that new installations, modifications, and investments align with the maintenance, reliability, and lifecycle requirements of the location;
• Finally, as a Key User of the maintenance management systems, you are the first point of contact for questions and improvements regarding maintenance processes. You support colleagues, identify bottlenecks, and translate improvement wishes into practical and sustainable solutions.

• HBO/WO working and thinking level, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Technical Business Administration.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience within an industrial or utilities environment.
• Knowledge of maintenance, reliability, and asset management.
• Affinity with maintenance concepts, risk analyses, and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills and a connecting way of collaborating.
• The ability to translate technical strategy into practical and achievable solutions.
• Experience with maintenance systems (such as SAP).
• NEN 3140 Installation and/or Work Supervisor.
• Acting as the supervisor during their absence and, where necessary, providing technical direction to the team.
• Good command of the Dutch and English languages.

At FrieslandCampina, you work on strong and beloved brands used daily by millions, such as Friso, Campina, Chocomel, and Frisian Flag. As a dairy farmers' cooperative, we combine an international working environment with a clear focus on sustainability. We support your growth with training, coaching, and internal career opportunities. With confidence and autonomy, you can truly make an impact.

Employment conditions

• Salary in Hay 15 with a work week of 32 to 38 hours, 5% year-end bonus, 10% bonus, 8% holiday allowance, and a pension scheme;
• A train pass and/or €0.23 per km (max. 30 km one way); 200 hours of leave per year, with the possibility to buy or sell up to 40 extra hours;
• A laptop, phone;
• A bicycle plan and corporate fitness scheme.