Mechanical Engineer

🚀 We’re hiring at JBT Marel for a Mechanical Engineer role in Opmeer, working on poultry product and innovation with a focus on duck and turkey processing.

That feeling when you work with machines others can only read about.

Shape the Future of Food Processing at JBT Marel

About the Role

As a Mechanical Engineer in Opmeer, you will join a small, highly specialized team at JBT Marel’s location focusing on duck and turkey processing solutions. You’ll work at the heart of a niche but critical domain, where your designs directly contribute to advanced food processing solutions used worldwide.

In this role, you combine hands-on engineering with creativity, translating customer needs into practical mechanical solutions. Your work will mainly focus on adapting and upgrading existing machine platforms, while also contributing to selective new product development. With a team of just six engineers, you’ll enjoy high ownership, short communication lines, and real impact on both customer projects and product improvements.

What You’ll Do

In your day-to-day work, you will design and improve mechanical solutions that form part of complete poultry processing lines.

• Customize and adapt existing machines to meet specific customer requirements
• Upgrade and optimize current equipment, mainly for duck and turkey processing, to improve performance, hygiene, and reliability
• Design mechanical components, assemblies, and layouts using Autodesk Inventor
• Contribute to new product development and continuous improvement of machine platforms
• Integrate machines into complete production lines, considering cleaning, maintenance, and operational use
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including drawings and BOMs
• Collaborate closely with layout and software engineers to deliver fully integrated solutions

In short, you will turn engineering ideas into robust, efficient, and production-ready machinery that keeps JBT Marel at the forefront of poultry processing technology.

What You Bring

• Hold a degree within engineering such as mechanical, mechatronics or other technical fields
• Experience in engineering of technical systems, preferably within the food or machine building industry
• Have experience with drawing tools, databases, and programming for preparation of documentation
• Are familiar with Inventor CAD and PDM/PLM tools
• Experience with technical documentation, drawing tools and engineering databases
• Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal)
• Team player, comfortable in multidisciplinary and international environments
• The role includes occasional travel (approx. 5–10%)

Nice to Have

• Experience in food processing or hygienic machine design
• Familiarity with production line integration
• Experience working in project-based engineering environments

What’s in it for you?

At JBT Marel, what we do matters. Our people make the difference, and their contribution drives our success.

We are committed to your development and offer opportunities that help you grow professionally and personally. You will work in an international team culture where collaboration and innovation are key.

Why Join Us?

We offer an exciting and challenging job in a world class global company with great opportunities for both professional and personal development. Our workplace is characterized by a good working environment with a good and informal tone and attractive working conditions.

You can expect:

• Freedom to form your role and define your added value to the organization
• Freedom to take initiative and make a real impact in a growing global business
• An environment of trust and respect with space to explore and fail
• A collaborative team culture with international cooperation
• Continuous learning through our advanced learning platform, with unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning and Busuu language learning
• All the tools you need to succeed: laptop, iPhone, and a fully equipped home office
• Excellent work life balance, including 42 vacation days, flexible working hours, and hybrid working options
• A strong pension plan and collective health insurance options
• To get a career instead of a job. We have many opportunities for internal growth, and we encourage it.