Lead Electrical Engineer

As Lead Electrical Engineer at Eurosort, you are the technical heart of the Electrical Engineering team. You guide and coach the team of engineers, bridge complex technical challenges, and ensure that our electrical machine designs meet the highest quality standards. You are a hands-on “Player-Coach”: actively contributing to projects while being responsible for the development and performance of your team.

At Eurosort, you will join an informal organization where everyone can be themselves. Communication lines are short, colleagues help each other, and ownership is valued. Do you have an idea to improve something? You’ll have the freedom to make it happen. At the same time, you coach and guide your team, helping them grow in technical expertise and independence.

What we offer

• Salary between €5000 - €6,000 gross per month (based on 40 hours per week), Depending on knowledge and experience

• A challenging role with significant responsibility within an international, fast-growing organization

• Performance-based bonus scheme up to 150% of your gross monthly salary

• 30 vacation days per year (based on full-time employment)

• Plenty of opportunities for personal and technical development

• Access to trainings and courses

• Travel allowance of €0.23 per km (€0.36 per km for business trips)

• 70% reimbursement of your pension contribution

• Work on unique, high-tech machine engineering projects

• A close-knit engineering team with short lines of communication and an informal work atmosphere

What you will do

As Lead Electrical Engineer, you are the technical lead of the Electrical Engineering team. You serve as the main point of contact for project managers, Project Lead Engineers, and other departments, ensuring that project execution and other activities run smoothly, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.

In addition to your daily technical responsibilities, you coordinate and guide the team: motivating, supporting, and developing employees according to their individual needs. You mentor junior engineers to help them become independent and confident in their work. Senior engineers receive challenging projects and opportunities to deepen and expand their expertise.

You are hands-on and involved in day-to-day project execution, from designing electrical schematics to reviewing designs and commissioning systems. At the same time, you maintain oversight to ensure deadlines, quality requirements, and internal standards are consistently met.

A key part of your role is continuously improving everything within the department. You analyze and optimize processes, workflows, and practices to enhance efficiency, quality, and collaboration. You foster a culture of learning and improvement, focusing on both individual development and team results.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading, coaching, and motivating the Electrical Engineering team

• Planning and allocating resources for projects and monitoring progress

• Managing the HR cycle: one-on-one meetings, setting objectives, and performance reviews

• Ensuring technical quality and approving schematics and designs

• Actively contributing to projects, including designing in EPLAN or See Electrical

• Supporting other departments, such as procurement, production, and on-site installation

• Conducting inspections at external suppliers and supervising system commissioning

• Participating in go-ahead meetings and project planning

• Continuously improving processes, workflows, and internal practices

• Developing new technologies and solutions for our machines

With your leadership, technical expertise, and organizational skills, you ensure that the Electrical Engineering team not only delivers projects successfully but also grows in knowledge, independence, and motivation.

• Completed HBO degree in Electrical Engineering or a comparable study

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in Electrical Engineering within machine building

• Strong knowledge of standards such as NEN 1010-8 and IEC 60204

• Experience with EPLAN; See Electrical Design is a plus

• Leadership experience: motivating, coaching, and developing team members

• PLC knowledge, preferably Siemens Step7, is a plus

• Creative, innovative, quality- and cost-conscious

• Independent, communicative, and customer-oriented

• Excellent command of Dutch and English; German and/or Spanish is a plus

• Valid driving license (B)

• Availability: 32–40 hours per week

About Eurosort

Eurosort develops and produces advanced automated sorting systems for logistics processes worldwide. From our location in ’s-Graveland, we work with a team of specialists on custom solutions for clients in e-commerce, logistics, and distribution.

From design to installation and support: we do it together. With practical-minded people, short lines of communication, and a healthy dose of commercial drive. At Eurosort, you can be yourself, work in a safe environment, and reach your full potential. Development is central, both technically and personally.