An established international food ingredients manufacturer specialising in the production and development of high-quality ingredients for the food industry, operating within a modern industrial production environment, the company uses a wide range of processing, production and packaging machinery to supply customers across the food manufacturing sector.

The Opportunity

The company is looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join its technical team in the Antwerp region.

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing industrial production equipment, carrying out both preventive and corrective maintenance to ensure machinery operates efficiently and production downtime is minimised.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on industrial production machinery.

• Diagnose and resolve mechanical breakdowns and technical faults.

• Maintain and repair bearings, shafts, chains, drives and other mechanical components.

• Carry out lubrication, adjustments, repairs and component replacements.

• Identify recurring faults and recommend improvements to equipment reliability.

• Support technical improvement and automation projects.

• Work closely with production operators to minimise downtime.

• Supervise external technicians and contractors when required.

• Record maintenance interventions and completed work.

• Follow safety, hygiene and food manufacturing standards.

Requirements

• Technical qualification in Mechanics, Electromechanics or equivalent experience.

• Strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding skills.

• Experience working with industrial production machinery.

• Basic electrical knowledge.

• Understanding of mechanical drives, bearings, chains and shafts.

• Ability to work independently and solve technical problems.

• Good Dutch language skills.

• Forklift certification is advantageous

Benefits

• €10 meal vouchers per working day.

• €250 annual eco-cheques.

• Hospitalisation and outpatient insurance.

• Bicycle leasing opportunities.

• Technical training and development.

• Stable working environment within an international manufacturing organisation.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Emily Dacey