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On-site in Dronten·Full-time·Added over 2 years ago (last checked 22 Oct)
Our summary
- Work mode
- On-site, Dronten
- Contract
- Full-time
- Languages
- Dutch



Skills
This job advert was originally written in Dutch.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- You have a completed MBO education in technology (e.g., mechanical engineering, automotive technology, or mechatronics)
- Experience working on vehicles or machines, preferably in a service or maintenance role
- You are customer-oriented, quality-conscious, and can work independently
- You live near Dronten and speak good Dutch
- You have a B driving license (BE is a plus)
Nice to have
- Knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, and electrical engineering is a strong plus
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
- Working in an innovative environment with a lot of dynamism
- Room for your own initiative
- 40 days off with full-time employment, for a good work-life balance
- A salary appropriate to your work experience and professional knowledge
- Pension and a travel allowance for commuting in accordance with the Metaal & Techniek collective labor agreement
- Many opportunities for personal development and training
- Collaboration with a professional and friendly team
- Annual profit sharing, because we celebrate successes together
- Collective benefits, such as discounts on insurance, electronics, fashion, and day trips
- Fun company outings and events, including the annual VDL party and a trip to the Winter Efteling
The role
What will you do?
As an Aftersales Service Technician, you ensure that our vehicles remain in top condition. You work on customer-specific aftersales queries: troubleshooting faults, performing repairs, and implementing modifications. Not standard work, but custom solutions where your technical insight and solution-oriented approach make the difference. Your activities in short are:
What you'll do
- Performing maintenance and repairs on vehicles and side-loader systems
- Detecting and resolving mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical faults
- Implementing customer-specific modifications and adjustments
- Testing and checking systems after repair or update
- Thinking along regarding improvements and solutions for complex issues
What do you bring?
You are an experienced technician with technical insight and a completed MBO education in mechanical engineering, automotive technology, or mechatronics. You have knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, and electrical engineering, can resolve faults independently, and carry out repairs and customer-specific modifications. You are customer-oriented, quality-conscious, and love working on vehicles and systems. You can identify with the points below:
A look behind the scenes at
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Interested?
At VDL Translift, you work on vehicles that are deployed worldwide—and you do so together with colleagues who are proud of what they do. Do you want to be a part of that? Apply now and discover how much fun technology can be!
How we recruit
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.
About VDL Groep
- Industry
- Manufacturing
In their own words
About the company & team
At VDL Translift in Dronten, about 70 colleagues work together on the future of waste collection. We develop and build vehicles with advanced side-loader systems for above-ground and underground containers. From engineering to assembly, from sales to aftersales: everything happens under one roof. And we do this with pride. Our people are true professionals—committed, expert, and always willing to help each other. The atmosphere is informal and open, and we work with diverse technologies such as hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanics, and electronics. Here, you learn something new every day. In addition to challenging work and great colleagues, we also offer you:
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