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Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Onsite
That feeling when you work with machines others can only read about..
📍 Location: Opmeer
🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time, Hybrid
💼 Department: Poultry – Product & Innovation - Duck
💥 Shape the Future of Food Processing at JBT Marel
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.
In your day-to-day work, you will design and improve mechanical solutions that form part of complete poultry processing lines.
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.
We encourage each of our 12,000+ employees to bring their unique self to work and aim to make everyone feel recognized, valued and free to explore their potential. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture and welcoming new colleagues from all walks of life. You will recognize in yourself that you:
At JBT Marel, what we do matters. Our people make the difference, and their contribution drives our success. Our purpose is to transform the future of food, guiding our vision to be the leading partner in sustainable food industry solutions. Partnership is at the heart of everything we do, enabling us to deliver exceptional, end-to-end solutions that build long-term customer trust.
Our values reflect who we are at our best:
We are committed to your development and offer opportunities that help you grow professionally and personally. You will work in an inclusive, international team culture where collaboration and innovation are key.
We offer an exciting and challenging job in a world class global company with great opportunities for both professional and personal development. The international atmosphere supports the company’s vision, and exhibits JBT Marel’s core values ‘Create with collaboration’, ‘Serve with integrity’, ‘Grow with excellence and ‘Advance with innovation’. Our workplace is characterized by a good working environment with a good and informal tone and attractive working conditions.
There’s nothing like the feeling you get when you do something worthwhile for a living. That said, coming home from work knowing you made a difference is just one of the great things you can experience at JBT Marel. You can expect:
We’re excited to learn how you can contribute to our mission of smarter, safer food inspection. Apply now and join a team transforming the future of food processing.
📧 Questions? Contact: Maarten Krepel – maarten.krepel@jbtmarel.com
🌐 Learn more at: jbtmarel.com
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JBT Marel is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
✅ Join us — and build the software powering the future of food processing.
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