Mechanical Engineer

About LION Protects B.V.

LION offers you a job where you can make a difference! LION develops and produces fire simulation systems for training purposes all over the world. These are used by fire departments, defence forces, emergency response organizations and industrial companies. From the Tilburg office in the Netherlands, approximately 60 employees work on the success of LION, where cooperation, doing what you promise, continuous learning, exceeding customer expectations, close customer relations and corporate social responsibility are of paramount importance.

The position of Mechanical Engineer

The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for fully independently analyzing and assessing engineering activities and designing 3D models and associated drawings. You will also provide innovative technical solutions and support sales by providing technical texts and drawings for quotations. An important part of your work is performing activities to improve results and raise the level, according to quality, occupational health and safety, environmental and machine guidelines.

Are you interested in a position where you can work independently on projects while working with your colleagues to achieve a joint result?

Your profile

You have a completed bachelor education, direction mechanical engineering, mechatronics or similar and at least three years of experience in a similar position. You are innovative, proactive and customer-oriented, both internally and externally. In addition, you have a good command of Inventor and Vault. You know how to set the right priorities, even in a dynamic environment. It is also helpful if you have basic skills in Project Management. In addition, you have a good command of MS Office, and working with an ERP system. Finally, you speak and write English fluently and Dutch.

What does LION offer?

LION offers you the opportunity to do meaningful work that enables emergency responders to save lives. It is a new business unit for the organization, in which you will have space to help build this business unit from the early stages.

Of course we offer a good benefits package, including 40 days annual leave, a favourable pension plan, travel allowance and the possibility to make purchases with tax benefits (e.g. a sports subscription, laptop, weekend away or a gift card). We are affiliated with the collective labour agreement Metalektro. You get the opportunity to work partly remote, but working in our beautiful building in Tilburg is also very pleasant!

Are you curious about this vacancy?

We are very curious about you. We would like to invite you for an introduction where we zoom in on who you are and what you are looking for. We will also show you around our Experience Centre, where we will show you what the organization develops and produces. If we are both enthusiastic after the introduction, we will offer you a few hours within the organization. You can then experience what working at LION is like by talking to different colleagues, among other things. We find it very important that you have a good picture of the organization and whether it suits you.

For more information please contact Stephanie Geerts, at +31 (0)6 28534173 or [email protected].