Team Leader Field Service Engineers - Peelers

Tomra; Heverlee; On-site; EUR 53,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car provided

Hospitalisation insurance with dental

Group insurance

Bike lease

Share purchase program

Bonus on personal and company/meal

26 days annual leave

Eco-cheques

Inclusive culture

Global career opportunities

Job summary

TOMRA Food is seeking a Team Leader for Field Service Engineers focused on peeling equipment. You will lead a technical team, set priorities, coordinate with planning, and ensure safe, dependable service for customers.

Your role combines coaching, scheduling, and hands-on leadership to drive performance and satisfaction. The position offers a full-time, on-site role in Belgium with competitive compensation starting at €59,000 per year, plus benefits and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading field service or technical operations teams with coaching examples.
• Practical understanding of field service including maintenance, repair and installation.
• Experience with peeling equipment or food processing machinery is valuable.
• Fluent English; strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Field Service Engineers team, including onboarding and performance feedback.
• Coordinate schedules, dispatching, workloads across maintenance, repairs and installations.
• Align with customers and manage escalations with Technical Support.
• Ensure health and safety standards are followed and drive safety initiatives.
• Improve service delivery and customer communication.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Team management

Communication

Planning

Fluent English

Microsoft Office

Service management systems

Education

Engineering qualification or equivalent

Tools

Peeling equipment experience

Peeling equipment

Job description

Team Leader Field Service Engineers - Peelers

• Full-time
• Compensation: from EUR 59,000 - yearly

TOMRA Foodis a multinational organisation and a leading provider of sensor-based sorting, peeling and integrated post-harvest solution for the food industries. Transforming global food production to maximise food safety and minimise food loss by making sureEvery Resource Counts™, has been our strength for over 50 years.

At TOMRA, we want people toinnovate, showpassionin their work and beresponsible. We encourage the freedom to innovate and take risks that result in breakthroughs that challenge the status quo. We value passion that focuses and commits to meeting success. We believe in a responsible and safe mindset that takes care of our customers, products, and fellow employees.

Join the resource revolution!

You will lead Field Service Engineers supporting our peeling equipment and help them deliver safe, dependable service. As their day-to-day support and first contact, you’ll set clear priorities and coordinate with planning and support teams to meet customer commitments. Your impact will show through a capable team, well-managed operations and confident customer communication.

What you will lead

Support and develop your team

• Coach engineers, hold regular one-to-one conversations and give clear feedback on performance and development.
• Lead onboarding and mentoring, identify training needs and build the skills and cover the team needs.
• Work with the Regional Service Manager on recruitment and performance matters. Create an environment where people ask for help and raise concerns early.
• Work with planning to coordinate schedules, dispatching and workloads across maintenance, repairs and installations. Balance customer urgency with capacity, skills and travel.
• Check engineers have necessary information, parts and support for each visit, taking early action on any gaps.
• Track workloads, manage service delivery performance and improve processes that affect response or repeat visits.

Own customer alignment and escalations

• Agree realistic next steps with customers when priorities or production change.
• Coordinate escalations with Technical Support and others, ensuring ownership, communication and resolution.
• Use feedback and recurring issues to improve quality and inform Service Sales.

Set the standard for safe work

• Lead by example on health and safety. Ensure engineers understand requirements and act promptly on unsafe conditions or practices.
• Support improvement projects and guide your team through new systems or processes.

Health, safety and care for the environment come first. You are empowered to stop work if something feels unsafe, and we expect everyone to speak up so we can prevent harm and reduce our environmental impact.

What you bring:

You bring sound decision-making to competing priorities and enjoy helping people succeed through your leadership. You communicate clearly, follow through on commitments, and maintain trust with your team and customers.

• Experience leading, supervising or coordinating a field service or technical operations team, with clear examples of coaching people and improving delivery. We also welcome engineers who have already taken meaningful leadership responsibility.
• A practical understanding of field service, including maintenance, repair and installation work. Experience with peeling equipment or food processing machinery is valuable.

Confidence to manage tough customer conversations and coordinate technical specialists during escalations.

• Judgement in planning, using service data and balancing quality, cost and customer needs.
• A firm commitment to health and safety, clear communication and constructive feedback.
• Fluent English; confident with Microsoft Office and service management systems. Any additional languages are welcome.
• Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent experience with evidence of leadership and people development.

At TOMRA Food, we offer a long-term career.Here’s what you can expect when you become part of our team:

• Car provided
• Hospitalisation insurance with dental care for you and your family.
• Group insurance (life, retirement, disability).
• Bike lease.
• Access to our share purchase program.
• Bonus on personal and company performance, meal vouchers, eco-cheques.
• 26 days of annual leave (20 statutory+ 6 based on 39/hour contract).
• Be part of a mission to transform how we all obtain, use, and reuse the planet’s resources to enable a world without waste.
• Inclusive company culture that values diversity, well-being, and strong camaraderie among our teammates
• Global career opportunities with a strong record for promoting internally.
• Professional training and development: We are passionate about people and seeing them succeed.
• We love innovation, a collaborative environment where idea sharing and being creative is encouraged.

Why Work for Us?

TOMRA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics. Reasonable accommodations will be made and will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.