Overview
Share our taste for life! Together with you, we want to empower you to achieve this mission with us. We value you as a person and actively support you on your professional journey, while caring about your future. Join our big little family and let’s make products for you and the world to love. Do you share our taste for life? We invite you to join our big little family!
Your role
As a Group Project Engineer you are responsible for the end-to-end design, engineering, and execution of “small-scale” capital projects across the Vandemoortele group operations network. This role provides technical leadership on standard projects, ensures alignment with group engineering standards, and supports business objectives related to capacity expansion, efficiency, quality, safety, and sustainability. In this position, you will work closely with operations, quality, maintenance, procurement and HSE departments as well as external engineering partners, and act as a technical authority during project definition, execution, commissioning and start-up.
What’s in for you?
* You will join our big little family: Our associates are the beating heart of our company – they bring the flavour to our organisation. We cherish each member, prioritising their well-being and supporting their professional journey.
* We value you as a person: At Vandemoortele we value each one of our associates and recognise their unique contributions to team successes. You will have flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 50% of the time. We also invite you to join our sports and wellbeing activities!
* We care for your future and we support your professional journey: We believe in the power of our associates and the value of their actions and support their career aspirations by offering internal mobility and promotional opportunities. We embrace individual ambitions and entrust our associates to take ownership.
* We make products for you to love: We are a team of passionate food enthusiasts. In our mission to shape a tasty future we strive to create a wide range of food solutions that connects people, cultures and traditions. You can kickstart your day with a delicious croissant fresh out of the oven and enjoy tasty food in our company restaurant.
* Easy to reach: The site in Izegem is located close to a train station and easy to reach by car. Want to come by bike? Lease a bike at Vandemoortele!
About you
* You hold a master’s degree in engineering and have 3+ years of experience managing greenfield and/or brownfield projects (major line extensions, plant refurbishments, …)
* You ideally bring experience from the food or beverage industry and are familiar with concepts such as Early Equipment Management (EEM).
* You have expertise in one or more relevant technical domains, such as food‑processing technologies, hygienic design, utilities (steam, refrigeration, compressed air, CIP, water treatment), automation and process control.
* You have experience or strong interest in sustainability, energy efficiency, or digital‑manufacturing initiatives.
* You combine project‑management with solid technical skills
* You communicate clearly, influence stakeholders effectively
* You take a structured, analytical approach to problem‑solving and make sound, risk‑based decisions.
* You are fluent in English; knowledge of Dutch, French, or Italian is an advantage.
* You are willing and able to travel up to 30% of your time to support projects across Europe and potentially beyond.
Join us in making sweet memories! We\'re looking forward to welcoming you to our delicious journey! Submit your updated CV and compelling cover letter (optional) highlighting your relevant experience and motivation. For questions or additional information, mail: louise.dejaeger@vandemoortele.com
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