Senior PLC Engineer

Vanderlande Industries B.V.; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 56,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 vacation days (20 statutory days +

Flexible working hours

Hybrid workplace (40% home, 60% office

Job summary

Vanderlande Industries B.V. invites a Senior PLC Engineer to contribute to airport logistics projects from Veghel, NL. You’ll work with Hardware and Controls, create standard tooling, and support global teams with design decisions when custom needs arise.

You will report to the Project Manager Engineering within Airports Engineering, collaborating across Europe and the Middle East, with travel up to 50%.

Qualifications

• HBO (Higher Professional Education) in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, Computer Science, or Controls Technology.
• This vacancy is intended for senior engineers.
• Strong analytical skills and a proactive, hands-on attitude.
• Knowledge of PLC applications with TIA Portal.

Responsibilities

• Own developments and support on-site commissioning and final testing.
• Translate project requirements into a multidisciplinary decomposition for standard tooling.
• Advise project teams and ensure handover to Service with controlled quality.
• Focus on requirements, cost of execution, and serviceability.

Skills

Analytical skills

PLC programming

TIA Portal

Communication skills

Independent work

Feedback and standardization

Education

HBO in Mechatronics

Tools

Atlassian tooling

Polarion

Job description

Job Title Senior PLC Engineer Job Description

Would you like to contribute to the logistics performance of leading airports such as Schiphol, Heathrow, and other major airports around the world? Do you enjoy building systems together with enthusiastic team members who handle Hardware and Controls in an efficient way? Are you interested in tooling and supporting global teams in making the right design decisions when standard products do not fully meet customer requirements?

About the team

Within Engineering, you are the colleague responsible for making engineering easier through standardized products, processes, and smart tooling. Together with Technology and Engineering teams, you advise and support multiple projects where deviations from standard products are required to meet customer needs. You ensure these solutions are made available in our standard generation tooling. Based on project experiences and products from Technology, you translate project requirements into a multidisciplinary decomposition and implement the required functionality in the project library and tooling. You take ownership of the developments carried out and support on-site commissioning activities and final testing. We expect you to focus on project requirements as well as cost of execution and serviceability. In addition, you advise and support project teams in setting up engineering environments to ensure systems are delivered in a controlled manner, with the right quality standards and ready for handover to Service teams. For this, Vanderlande uses Atlassian and Polarion tooling.

Your profile

• Successfully completed HBO (Higher Professional Education) in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, Computer Science, or Controls Technology.
• This vacancy is intended for senior engineers.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and hands‑on attitude.
• Ability to provide feedback and best practices to improve products.
• Strong communication skills, including regular progress reporting.
• Experience creating and improving standard ways of working.
• Comfortable working with different departments and project locations.
• Experience managing deadlines and milestones.
• Knowledge of and experience with PLC applications (TIA Portal).
• Strong interest in productivity tooling used for software generation based on XML input files.
• Willingness to work regularly for extended periods abroad (up to 50% of your time).
• Ability to work independently.
• Good command of the English language.

You will report to the Project Manager Engineering within the Airports Engineering department.

The Airports Engineering department consists of engineering teams across several locations in Europe and the Middle East.

The job location is Veghel, but support will be provided to projects at multiple locations.

Travel may be required depending on project demands.

What do we offer?

This position offers a competitive salary range of €5,000 to €5,800 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.

On top of your fixed salary, you'll receive the following secondary benefits:

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300 per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On‑site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety of Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• A great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Every day, millions of people rely on Vanderlande without even knowing it.

From baggage checked in at the airport to parcels on their way to someone’s doorstep, our automation solutions help keep the world moving.

Vanderlande designs, delivers, and supports automation technology, operational software, and lifecycle services for leading airports and parcel operations worldwide.

Across more than 100 countries, our customers rely on us to keep their operations moving reliably, efficiently, and sustainably.

Behind every solution are the people who make it happen.

At Vanderlande, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver.

Our values, Every Day Better, We Care, and Team Play, guide how we collaborate, support each other, and create value for our customers.

Here, you can work with colleagues across disciplines and cultures, contribute to work that makes a difference, and build your future in an organisation that invites you to grow.

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