Teamlead Maintenance Technical Support

Royal Lactalis LeerdammerSchoonrewoerdJob.bopublished 05/20/2026
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At Royal Lactalis Leerdammer we make cheese: Leerdammer and more! We do this with more than 440 colleagues, spread across three locations in the Netherlands. Behind Royal Lactalis Leerdammer stands the largest dairy company in the world: Lactalis, with more than 90,000 employees and almost 300 production locations in 52 countries. At Royal Lactalis Leerdammer we love being good at something, but we find it even more fun to look at how it can become increasingly efficient, safer, higher quality, or more sustainable. For our customers and consumers, but also for ourselves. If you work at Royal Lactalis Leerdammer, you are also certain that you can and are allowed to develop yourself. You do this by showing what you can do and by making your wishes known. Teamlead Technical Support Location: Schoonrewoerd. Average working hours: 40 hours

Your function As Teamlead Technical Support, you are responsible for providing optimal support to the Maintenance Teams within Production and Packing & Logistics, but the R&D department and the office environment also fall within your scope. In doing so, you lead a team of four employees. You focus on Maintenance planning, Engineering, Spare parts management, and Industrial automation. You work intensively with the Teamlead Maintenance Production, Teamlead Maintenance Packing & Logistics, and Teamlead Utilities & Buildings and make an active contribution to reducing technical losses, maintenance costs, and increasing the reliability of installations. This function combines hands-on technical involvement with coordination, coaching, and operational leadership. Additionally, you actively contribute as a Maintenance & Reliability Engineer and play a key role in optimizing the total maintenance process, drafting and improving preventive maintenance plans, including the management of the multi-year maintenance plan (MJOP) and the multi-year maintenance budget (MJOB).

You want to get the best out of your team and team members, and you do this by listening, directing, and coaching. Finally, you are an ambassador of the Lactalis Leadership values: CARE-DARE-SHARE-INSPIRE. You report directly to the Maintenance Manager Schoonrewoerd. Your profile To be eligible for this position, you possess the following:

  • HBO working and thinking level, preferably with a completed technical education (Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Industrial Automation)
  • In possession of VCA and NEN 3140
  • Leadership experience in a technical or maintenance environment
  • Experience with SAP PM, CMMS systems, and MS Office
  • Experience with continuous improvement (TPM, WCOM, RCA, 5W, 5S, Lean) and/ or leading improvement projects
  • Relevant experience within FMCG or a comparable industrial environment
  • Experience in the food industry is a plus
  • You have a highly developed safety and quality awareness
  • Fluent in Dutch and English (German is a plus)
  • You can work completely independently and in a structured manner
  • You have good communication skills, a proactive attitude, and are customer-oriented
  • You have a highly developed safety and quality awareness and knowledge of hygiene and safety standards within the food industry

We offer A workplace in a professional company, with enthusiastic colleagues, in which you will get all the space to find your way

  • A position with the possibility to – as soon as possible – develop and grow further within the organization
  • Many opportunities for training and professional courses, both internal and external
  • A down-to-earth production environment in the Netherlands that is part of the largest dairy company in the world
  • An environment where a strong A-brand is produced
  • A competitive salary according to our job house and good secondary employment conditions including a premium-free pension, 8% holiday allowance, 8% year-end bonus, bonus scheme, vitality allowance, 256 vacation hours, laptop and mobile phone.