Project Engineer Plastics Technology

• A salary between €4,300 and €5,500 gross per month, depending on knowledge and experience
• 27 vacation days and 13 ADV days
• Annual profit sharing
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Working in day shifts (08:00 - 16:30)
• Pension scheme and travel allowance in accordance with the Metalektro collective labor agreement
• Collective benefits, such as discounts on insurance and other products
• Fun staff activities and the annual VDL party
• Working within a stable international family business with an informal culture and short lines

What will you do?

As a Project Engineer, you will guide new plastic products from the initial customer request to successful series production. You are the link between the customer, suppliers, and colleagues from R&D, production, and sales, among others. In doing so, you ensure that projects run smoothly in terms of quality, planning, technology, and costs.

You contribute ideas regarding the best technical solution, keep an eye on manufacturability and cost price, and ensure that ideas can ultimately be successfully produced. You are involved in the entire process: from the initial customer request and calculation to trial production and transfer to series production. In this role, you work closely with customers, suppliers, and colleagues from various disciplines to arrive at a technically strong and cost-efficient solution. Your activities include:

• Guiding new product introductions from request to series production
• Preparing product and process calculations and monitoring budgets
• Coordinating with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
• Developing and optimizing products, processes, and production equipment
• Creating and editing 3D product drawings
• Organizing trial productions and guiding release processes, including PPAP processes
• Identifying opportunities for improvement in the areas of quality, manufacturability, and efficiency

You are technically proficient, work in a structured manner, and get energy from guiding projects. You switch easily between different stakeholders and know how to translate technical issues into practical solutions. Additionally, you are strong in making calculations and feel at home in a technical production environment. You also recognize yourself in the following:

Do you want to guide technical projects in an environment where development, production, and innovation come together? Then we would love to meet you!

At VDL Groep, we believe in personal contact with our candidates. Therefore, we handle the recruitment and selection for this vacancy ourselves and only make use of selected recruitment partners with whom agreements have been made. Do we receive an unsolicited CV via this vacancy anyway? Then we will treat this as a direct application from the candidate. This does not create any mediation or placement agreement. Thank you for your understanding and interest in VDL Groep.