Reliability Engineer

What's Cooking Group; Belgique; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

What’s Cooking Group in Belgium seeks a seasoned Maintenance and Reliability engineer to monitor asset performance, develop maintenance concepts and implement improvements in our Belgian plants. You will manage spare parts, support budgets, and lead projects, collaborating with technicians and production teams.

Proactive, analytical, and fluent in English and French are essential. Dutch is a plus. Join a growing, food-focused group delivering sustainable, tasty meals to a wide audience.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or at least 3 years of equivalent experience.
• Experience in reliability, maintenance and continuous improvement of equipment.
• Experience with ERP systems and AutoCAD.
• Knowledge of quality systems in the food industry.
• Knowledge of electricity and automation.
• Experience managing optimization projects for maintenance.
• English and French communication; Dutch is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor asset performance and costs; identify root causes with technicians to implement improvements.
• Support Maintenance Manager with budget planning to enhance installation performance.
• Develop and implement maintenance concepts in IT CMMS.
• Define spare parts list and sourcing strategy; assess criticality and delivery lead times.
• Support investment projects and outsourcing; ensure maintenance goals are met.
• Serve as technical contact for modifications; assess impact and monitor implementation.
• Stay updated on best practices in continuous improvement.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Maintenance planning

Continuous improvement

Analytical mindset

English fluency

French language

Education

Engineering degree or 3+ years experience

Tools

ERP systems

AutoCAD

Job description

We always have a place at the table for new talent, so won’t you join us? Our name, What’s Cooking?, is followed by a question mark because we are always curious and open to new ideas. So yes, we are also curious to learn more about you.

Are you just as open-minded and enterprising as we are? In that case, we look forward to getting to know you/meeting you.

• You monitor the performance and costs of assets/installations and analyse the root causes of deviations together with technicians and production colleagues to identify and implement improvements. You also support the Maintenance Manager in preparing the budget and planning activities, with the aim of continuously improving the performance of the installations.
• You develop and improve maintenance concepts and implement them in the IT maintenance management system, ensuring an effective maintenance programme that meets the site's required performance and cost levels.
• You establish the list of required spare parts based on the maintenance concept. You then determine the appropriate sourcing strategy, assess the criticality of spare parts for the operation of assets/installations, and define the expected delivery lead times.
• You provide support for investment projects, the outsourcing strategy, and the identification and acquisition of the skills required to carry out maintenance activities, ensuring that the maintenance concept and related objectives can be successfully implemented.
• You are the technical point of contact for modifications and configuration changes to installations. You assess the impact of modifications, support the decision-making process, and monitor the execution of modifications and related implementation actions to ensure that changes are carried out in a controlled manner.
• You continuously keep up to date with developments in the field of continuous improvement, ensuring that your work is always based on current knowledge and best practices.
  

Who Are You?

• You hold an engineering degree or have at least 3 years of equivalent experience, preferably within the food industry, with experience in reliability, maintenance and continuous improvement of equipment and installations.
• You have experience with ERP systems and AutoCAD.
• You have a strong knowledge of commonly used quality systems within the food industry.
• You have knowledge of electricity and automation.
• You have successfully managed projects involving the optimisation and improvement of equipment maintenance and reliability plans.
• You communicate confidently in English and French; knowledge of Dutch is an asset.
• You have an analytical and critical mindset. You are proactive, organised and pragmatic, and you are able to work independently.
• You are eager to learn, develop your career and make an impact.

What's in it for you?

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking, stable Belgian food group with international reach — a company where innovation meets craftsmanship.

• Welcoming team & open culture: Our colleagues are ready to welcome you with open arms. We believe in teamwork, a personal approach, and celebrating shared success.
• Growth & development: We offer you the opportunity to grow and become an expert in your role. You’ll be supported by experienced colleagues and encouraged to develop yourself based on your strengths and interests.
• Attractive package: You can count on a competitive salary, complemented by a wide range of benefits.

Who's What’s Cooking Group?

We are a colourful family of food lovers who are eager to satisfy the appetite for conscious, daily meals. Being an innovative food group, we help people serve simple and tasty meals, like lasagne, pasta, pizza, world cuisine, plant-based and regional dishes. You may already know us from Come a casa®, but we also provide food services to professionals, including hotels or restaurants.

For the past 75 years, we have looked at ways of making sustainable consumption a natural daily choice by serving simple and tasty food, prepared with attention to people and planet. We do this with our workforce of 1,650 colleagues, in our Belgian head office, our six industrial plants in Belgium, France, Poland and the UK, and our 5 sales offices.

Questions about where your career is heading?

You're in the right place! Our company name is a question for a reason! Reach out to our Talent Team and we'll be happy to help.