Working foreman within mechanic

Van den Heuvel; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 36,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Van den Heuvel in the Netherlands seeks a hands-on working foreman for the Repair and Overhaul workshop, starting at 7:30 AM to discuss and distribute work. You will organize and coordinate project activities while serving as a working foreman, guiding a team of mechanics and communicating with the Workshop Manager.

You will ensure parts are available so colleagues can continuously carry out their work, and you will be part of a collegial team with regular training and education opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of MBO 4 Mechatronics or Mechanical Engineering.
• Preferably several years of work experience as a foreman and experience with managing a group of mechanics.
• Experience with construction, earthmoving machinery, or agricultural mechanization is a plus.
• A customer-oriented, qualitative, professional and flexible attitude.

Responsibilities

• Organize and coordinate the activities related to your project(s); you are also primarily a working foreman.
• Act as the point of contact for the other mechanics and regularly communicate with the Workshop Manager.
• Ensure that the parts you need are available so that your colleagues can continuously carry out their work.
• Training and education are offered regularly.

Education

MBO 4 Mechatronics or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Are you someone who enjoys organizing and coordinating work and likes to tinker with machines? Do you get satisfaction from a high-quality, beautiful end product? Do you naturally share knowledge and experience with your colleagues? Then be sure to read on.

What will you be doing?

At 7:30 AM, your day starts in the Repair and Overhaul workshop together with the other mechanics. You discuss and distribute the work. Your priorities lie in organizing and coordinating the activities related to your project(s), and you are also primarily a working foreman. A project could be, for example, the electrification of a crane or an overhaul of a foundation machine. No day is the same. You are the point of contact for the other mechanics, and you regularly communicate with the Workshop Manager. In addition, you ensure that the parts you need are available so that your colleagues can continuously carry out their work.

You will be part of a collegial team of mechanics. Varied and dynamic work with plenty of room for your own input. Training and education are offered regularly.

Do you have the following skills:

• Minimum of MBO 4 Mechatronics or Mechanical Engineering
• Preferably several years of work experience as a foreman and experience with managing a group of mechanics
• Experience with construction, earthmoving machinery, or agricultural mechanization is a plus
• A customer-oriented, qualitative, professional and flexible attitude

What does Van den Heuvel has to offer you:

• A market-conform monthly salary (depending on education, knowledge and experience)
• Good working conditions in a collegial team
• Independent position with plenty of room for personal input
• A progressive organization with modern resources
• A varied position with a challenge for someone who wants to develop
• Opportunities for following courses

Our team

Our team uses the latest techniques and innovations. This requires considerable flexibility and expertise. We reinvent ourselves time and again and we do that for our customers, for more than 75 years. Every day we work together to stay ahead and that way we get the best out of ourselves and others. We feel involved from a customer-oriented vision, and think along with our customer – from design to the final result.