Vanderlande is a global leader in logistic process automation for warehousing, airports, and parcel sectors. We provide innovative systems, intelligent software, and life-cycle services to optimize business processes and enhance operational efficiency. As a subsidiary of Toyota Industries, we are committed to delivering future-proof solutions.
Job Description:
Participate in system design:
- Advise and reviews projects in the sales phase (compliancy check)
- Translate and optimize the as sold functionality to a working mechanical design within the budget available in co-operation with other disciplines (LLC, HLC, Installation etc.)
- Identify specials (DAR process) and coordinate design with SDE (responsible for end product)
- Coordinate phasing layouts i.e. brownfield projects
- Coordinate steelwork design
- Integrate design rules for safety and ergonomics in design
- Deliver mechanical design baseline for customer approval
- Coordinate building interfaces (space requirements, architectural & structural interfaces, building services, accessibility for
O&M, safety and security)
- Coordinate interfaces for procurement items
- Coordinate operator interfaces
Participate in detailed design:
- Create / generate the equipment list as input for hard- and software engineering
- Specify mechanical equipment and peer review specifications of other engineers (or delegates this to the layout engineer)
- Coordinate and specify resale equipment (standard and special)
- Archive mechanical deliverables
Organize supply:
- Define activity split up based on installation areas, PLC areas and model split-up
- If needed makes forecasts of necessary equipment
- Define and monitor mechanical workpackages
Plan, report and lead a team
- Regularly reports to / updates PLE / PME
- Create detailed mechanical planning from overall project planning and synchronise plan with other disciplines.
- Lead layout engineer(s) and mechanical engineer(s)
Manage budget:
- Deliver scope with predictable quality in time and within budget
- Independently make estimates of budgets, engineering hours and a planning for mechanical (part)project
Support site:
- Create installation file
- Create Mechanical Running Test
- Handle site problem reports
- Create extra material specifications
- Create site installations instructions
- Support the installation and commissioning teams both on site and from Veghel
- Processes as-built documentation from site
Continuous improvement:
- Transfer knowledge to other engineers
- Initiates improvements in content, process and tooling
- Feeds back lessons learned from the project into product, process and tooling
- Supports product manager engineering
- Tutors new engineers
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
- Spanish&English: High Level (must)
- Knowledge of mechanical installations
- Knowledge of relevant material handling equipment (DOTM, RAW, ICS, ASRS, loops, …)
- Ability to multi-task, organize, and prioritize work
Top Skills
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
