Maintenance Technician - Troubleshooting & Maintenance in the Netherlands

Working with us means working together with others to ensure the health of animals in an international working environment with great colleagues. You will get the chance to develop and show who you are. You can also count on good employment conditions, such as:

• Competitive salary depending on your knowledge and experience.
• 3% year-end bonus and an annual bonus based on individual and company results.
• At least 35.5 vacation days.
• Travel allowance and a solid pension scheme.
• A high-quality company restaurant with fresh and healthy daily options.
• Excellent accessibility: the train station is located directly at our main entrance and there is ample parking availability.
• A contribution to your personal gym membership to support your vitality.
• A beautiful private park on the premises, ideal for a walk, a break, or a moment of relaxation.
• Mental wellbeing support via Lyra Health for you and your family members.
• Access to a separate prayer/meditation room.
• Extensive career growth opportunities thanks to the size of the site and the presence of many disciplines and global departments represented in Boxmeer.
• A workplace within an organization that is continuously growing and evolving.
• Extra compensation for early and late shifts and a fixed reward for the on-call service (in case of a call-out, the hours are compensated).

Job Description

As a technician, you will be involved from the very beginning in building, testing, and getting all new machines and installations up and running. A unique opportunity to truly leave your mark. We are looking for an enthusiastic and eager-to-learn Technician who wants to help build our new factory in Boxmeer. Do you have experience with maintenance and troubleshooting and are you ready for a new step? Then you are our new:

You will perform maintenance according to a set maintenance plan on the machines within our production lines. You will also be responsible for troubleshooting technical malfunctions on these production lines. Should you not be able to solve it yourself, you can always rely on your fellow technicians. Furthermore, you will contribute ideas on how our machines can become more reliable and better, working strictly according to procedures. Safety and hygiene are always central.

• You are resilient, have strong communication skills, are customer-oriented, and a true team player.

Clear schedule, without night shifts.

Mon to Fri:

• 3× day shift: 07:30 - 16:00
• 1× early shift: 05:45 - 14:15
• 1× late shift: 13:45 - 22:15
• No weekend shifts

On-call:

• 1× per 6 weeks a weekend on-call shift
• Available between 06:00-22:00
• You first attempt to solve the problem by telephone. If that is not successful, you come to the site.

Flexible Work Arrangements: Not Applicable

• Performing preventive maintenance according to the maintenance plan.
• Actively contributing to (maintenance) evaluations and proposing improvements.
• Independently resolving malfunctions and independently working early, late, and on-call shifts (we do not run night shifts).
• Contributing to the building of our Maintenance & Reliability team.
• Administratively handling tasks, so that we can always find what happened and what changes were performed on the machines or lines.
• Contributing to the implementation of changes and the creation of instructions.

When working with vaccines, it must be done very carefully and cleanly. It is very important to adhere to the rules. You understand how important this is and feel responsible for it. You are a team player and can collaborate well with the Operators and the Engineers. We find your willingness to learn more important than having extensive work experience already. What you don't know yet, we will teach you. You will bring:

Do you recognize yourself in much of this, but are not yet ready to officially apply? Come by to have an informal conversation with us over a cup of coffee or tea. Then send an email via the email address at the bottom of this vacancy.

Please send your question together with the vacancy number and the title of the vacancy to this email address: RecruitmentNL@MSD.com. You can only apply via the website.

Our Animal Health division is a trusted world leader in veterinary medicine, dedicated to preserving and improving the health, welfare, and performance of animals and the people who care for them. We are a global team of professionals working together to make a positive impact on animal care and the world's food supply, and we have a deep sense of responsibility to our customers, consumers, animals, society, and our planet. Through our commitment to The Science of Healthier Animals®, we offer veterinarians, farmers, pet owners, and governments one of the broadest ranges of veterinary medicines, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as an extensive offering of digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. We invest in dynamic and extensive R&D resources and a modern, global supply chain. We are active in more than 50 countries, while our products are available in approximately 150 markets.

Job Posting End Date: 12/4/2026