As a Senior Automation Equipment Engineer, you’ll lead the equipment engineering activities for 2 strategic automation programs at a European Distribution Center: 401 Automation and Automated Packaging.
You’ll own equipment design, delivery, installation, commissioning, and reliable operation from initial specifications through FAT, SAT, go-live, and handover to Operations. Your scope will include robots, workstations, vertical lifts, conveyors, packaging machines, weighing and verification systems, label application, invoice insertion, and routing to the existing sorter.
This is a full-time position based in Belgium, with a hybrid setup and a target of 4 days per week on site. Your presence will increase during installation, commissioning, and SAT activities.
Your missions
- Own equipment engineering for 401 Automation and Automated Packaging, from specifications and design reviews through FAT, SAT, installation, commissioning, and handover to Operations.
- Define equipment specifications, capacity, layouts, utilities, and interfaces. Review mechanical, electrical, PLC, and HMI designs with the Systems SME and OEMs.
- Agree conveyor interfaces, machine handshakes, control signals, and fault-recovery logic for robots, packaging machines, WCS connections, and the existing sorter.
- Lead machinery risk reviews with EHS and coordinate FAT, SAT, installation, commissioning, defect resolution, and acceptance activities.
- Prepare maintenance plans, critical spare-parts lists, operator training, handover documents, and equipment support plans.
- Work with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality and Validation, IT/JJT, eWM, Facilities, Procurement, OEMs, system integrators, and programme leadership to support equipment reliability and resolve recurring faults.
Your profile
- At least 8 years of experience in automation or capital equipment engineering within packaging, material handling, distribution, or manufacturing.
- Proven experience delivering equipment from specification and design review through FAT, SAT, installation, commissioning, and operational handover.
- Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge, with the ability to review PLC/HMI designs, machine handshakes, control signals, and fault-recovery logic.
- Practical knowledge of machinery safety, including risk assessments, guarding, interlocks, safe access, EN ISO 12100, EN ISO 13849, and CE marking requirements.
- Experience in a regulated, safety-critical, or quality-controlled environment, with knowledge of GxP, validation, and change-control requirements.
- Fluent in English and French, with clear communication skills across technical and operational teams. You can work on site at least 4 days per week and travel to OEM sites for FAT activities. Experience in MedTech, pharmaceutical, GMP or GxP environments, automated packaging, labelling, conveyors, sorters, AS/RS, AMR/AGV, goods-to-person systems, Siemens or Rockwell PLC/HMI platforms, CMMS, reliability engineering, FMEA, TÜV FS, CMSE, or Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
What we offer
- Joining Amaris means working in an environment where your performance supports your career progression.
- Projects with substance Our projects last 18 months on average and involve major accounts such as Orange, Sanofi, SNCF, and CMA-CGM. You’ll work on assignments where your experience has a direct impact on project delivery and product quality.
- Support from your manager and HR Each manager supports up to 18 consultants. You’ll have regular project check-ins and a direct exchange with HR every month through Express Yourself. Our teams have an average tenure of 3.3 years.
- Career progression 70% of our managers started in entry-level positions. Career development is based on skills, performance, and the opportunities you take. Functional mobility across 4 areas of expertise and international mobility across 60+ countries are actively encouraged.
- Learning and technology You’ll have access to 250+ training modules, fully funded Microsoft certifications, and 291 AI agents developed in-house. We support continuous learning throughout your career.
- Social and environmental commitments Our commitments include an SBTi carbon reduction roadmap, a target of 34.3% women in management by 2029, and social engagement through We Care Together.
- Health insurance, remote work, meal vouchers, a time savings account, and a referral bonus are also available. We’ll discuss the full benefits package during the recruitment process.
Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic.