With you, we innovate in our construction world!

Vandersanden is an innovative family company that brings products to the market in a people-orientated and integrity-driven way, with quality and sustainability being of paramount importance. Working at Vandersanden means joining the large Vandersanden family of 800 enthusiastic employees in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK. Together, we realise a turnover of over 230 million euro.

We welcome a

Product development engineer

(Full-time - Location Maasmechelen)

Our R&D department within the “New Business Development” business unit has the ambition to make Vandersanden future-proof. We look beyond the borders, we like to push our boundaries and always go one step further. Due to great ambitions, we wish to expand our team of people who amaze us and make our mouths drop.

Do you see yourself contributing to the construction world of the future? Do you like rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty? Do you like working independently in an informal and enthusiastic atmosphere, with a touch of humour?

Does this appeal to you and are you looking for a challenging and varied job? Then take a look at the brief list of potential tasks below and put together your own job. Tell us your story, inspire us, fascinate us and convince us of your qualities!

What will you do?

Research & Development: You are a real Sherlock and love to immerse yourself in a subject in order to solve a problem in a structured way. You coordinate projects independently and follow up planned actions with different stakeholders. Diving into research to the level of chemistry does not scare you off.

Research: You enjoy carrying out all kinds of tests to gain detailed understanding of the subject matter. You enjoy mastering samples both manually and also digitally. You are independent and enjoy varied experiments, always being critical of the test method and the resulting findings. You manage and maintain the equipment we use for our experiments.

Engineering: You have a keen interest in technology and development and enjoy carrying out trials in order to understand how things work in detail and suggest improvements. You are a point of contact for customers who encounter problems and can solve the problem independently on site.

Project management: You lead projects independently and are the lynchpin between all stakeholders. You are a born time manager and a transparent and clear communicator. The projects result from an R&D trajectory and are largely fully developed, although you are flexible enough to take start-up problems into account and solve them together with the R&D manager & team.

Future innovations: You have a strong interest in innovation and are a born creative. You are very sociable and enjoy motivating, encouraging and guiding people to think and act out-of-the-box. You are an organiser and are the internal and external point of contact in the organisation regarding innovation.

You will need this:

• Master's degree in product development/engineering or equivalent through experience;
• Initial work experience preferably in the construction industry, in product, design or business development;
• A hands-on approach and you like to test out new ideas yourself;
• Entrepreneurial spirit;
• Out-of-the-box thinking, without losing sight of realistic feasibility;
• Give attention to structured communication and documentation;
• Innovative attitude and you show interest in new materials and technologies;
• Languages: Dutch & English, knowledge of French & German is a plus;
• Experience with project management software is a plus as well as experience with certification.

What do we have in store for you?

• A dynamic working environment within an ambitious and innovative family company.
• A competitive salary with attractive benefits.
• International growth and development opportunities.
• A challenging and strategic position with a lot of autonomy and responsibility.
• Camaraderie: we are not just a team in the workplace, we are also a close-knit community.

About our mission

It is important to us that you feel inspired by our mission. Together with our customers and colleagues, we realise projects in the living environment, such as the construction of streets and gardens, and the realisation of facades. With our solutions, we help create a sustainable living and working environment that is also meaningful for future generations. A job to be proud of!

Ready for the challenge?

Are you the driven and enterprising Product Developer we are looking for? At our international family business, we know how to value your qualities. If you want a job to be proud of, we invite you to apply.

Need more info?

If so, please contact Ine Jans, +32 89 56 02 68. Want to stay informed about Vandersanden? Also follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.