Maintenance Engineer

Canon Production Printing; Venlo; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range: €4,450–€6,650 gross/mo

38 vacation days

13th month bonus (until 2026)

Holiday allowance 8%

Commuting allowance

Hybrid working

Training & development

Laptop & smartphone

e-bike lease

Job summary

Canon Production Printing in Venlo, the Netherlands, seeks a Maintenance Engineer for a 40-hour week in a hybrid setup. You will own maintenance uptime for a production line, deploy Value Driven Maintenance and work with PLC/SCADA and industrial automation.

You will collaborate with Equipment Engineering & Technical Services, identify risks, and implement preventive maintenance and capital projects while ensuring safety and environmental standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master degree in a technical field
• Minimum 5 years as an Engineer in an industrial production or process environment
• Experience with Maintenance Management systems
• Experience with process technology and installations
• Strong electrotechnical background and line control systems (PLC/SCADA/industrial automation)

Responsibilities

• Maintain uptime for a production line and deploy Value Driven Maintenance
• Analyze and solve complex breakdowns to minimize downtime
• Advise on preventive maintenance and capital projects
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Production, Procurement) and ensure safety and environmental standards

Skills

Maintenance planning

Analytical thinking

Electrical engineering

Planning & organisation

Education

Bachelor or Master degree in Technical study

Tools

Beckhoff automation

Siemens automation

PLC/SCADA systems

Job description

Are you working as an Engineer in a high tech production environment, is maintenance & asset management one of your interests and are you ready for the next step in the high-tech industry? Then Canon Production Printing in Venlo is looking for you!

Maintenance Engineer — 40 hours per week, hybrid in Venlo (NL)

The Consumables & Expendables for the printers of Canon Production Printing are mostly produced in-house in our factories in Venlo. Here you will find a large diversity of factories with corresponding processes and equipment. A 'playground' for someone with a technical affinity.

The factories are in different technical and economic life phases. Each phase has its own challenges. In the new ink factories, the focus is mainly on upscaling and expanding functionality. In other plants, the challenge is to ensure continuity for many years to come in the most cost effective way. Production lines consist of high-tech equipment with various techniques, such as micro-precision technology and coating processes in clean room environments, or medium-sized process installations for the production of toner and inks.

What you’ll do

As a Maintenance Engineer you will look after the maintenance aspects for one of these production lines. You are responsible for the current and future technical uptime of the factory. You are responsible for the complete deployment of the Value Driven Maintenance approach, which includes Asset Utilization, Cost Control, SHEQ control and Capital Allocation projects. In addition to your broad technical responsibilities, you bring electrotechnical knowledge and hands‑on experience with line control systems (PLC/SCADA/industrial automation). You will support the Technical Services team (mainly technicians) in analyzing and solving complex breakdowns in order achieve minimal downtime of our high tech equipment and increase hands on tool time.

Based on your professionalism, technical ability and strong communication skills, you will define and roll out successful Preventive Maintenance strategies and advise on Capital Projects to ensure technical continuity of our production lines.

In addition to the intensive collaboration with the service contractors of our machines, you will work intensively with your fellow Maintenance Engineers, Equipment Engineers, Production Engineers, Quality Engineers and Procurement Account Managers. You identify possible risks and problems in time and look for smart and structural solutions. As part of your work you pay attention to safety, environmental aspects and the corporate Canon standards.

Who you’ll work with

You will be part of the Equipment Engineering & Technical Services Department, responsible for the maintenance & asset management of production facilities. This department has about 60 employees where approx. 30 people work within the Technical Services team (including Maintenance Engineering) and approx. 30 people within the Equipment Engineering team.

What you bring

We are looking for someone who takes initiative. A solution-oriented person with analytical and critical thinking skills. You are strong in planning and organizing your work. A networker who can maintain contact with various internal and external customers. Furthermore, you recognize yourself in the following job requirements:

• Bachelor or master degree in Technical study
• Minimum of 5 year experience as an Engineer in an (industrial) production or process environment, supplemented with experience in maintenance aspects
• Experience with Maintenance Management systems
• Experience and/or affinity with process technology and process installations
• Strong electrotechnical background and experience with line control systems (e.g. PLCs, SCADA, sensors, drives, industrial automation).
• Knowledge of and affinity with Beckhoff automation is considered an advantage.
• Affinity with data analysis and excellent analytical skills
• Knowledge of and affinity with Beckhoff and Siemens automation (including PCS7 DCS) are considered an advantage.

What you’ll get from us

A job in an international, high-tech organization where you will have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of projects, serving our Consumables & Expendables production. Changing demands from markets and customers require different products. We challenge you to assure maintainability of our new production equipment and to implement innovative improvement projects in the existing plants to ensure continuity.

• A competitive salary (range €4.450- €6.650 gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• 13th month bonus (8.6%) until end of 2026 paid either monthly or yearly. As of 1 January 2027 the 13th-month bonus will be discontinued, which means that as of that date the 13th-month bonus will be fully converted to the (scale) salary.
• Holiday allowance (8%)
• Commuting allowance
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interesting lease (e-)bike plan

Career opportunities

From the position of Maintenance Engineer you have a lot of career-opportunities. These can be within the EE/TS department (for example switch between factories, become an Equipment Engineer or grow towards a Team Leader position), but also to other positions in the Canon Organizations (talent development programs).

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add colour to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.