Project Manager

🚀 We’re Hiring: Technical Project Lead & Project Manager – Food Processing Equipment

That feeling when you work with machines others can only read about..

📍 Location: Boxmeer

🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time, Hybrid

💼 Department: Prepared Foods – Further Processing

💥 Lead the Future of Work at JBT Marel

As our new Technical Project Lead & Project Manager within the Prepared Foods – Further Processing department, you are responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering multiple technical projects in parallel within our portfolio of forming, coating, frying, and heating solutions. Unlike a traditional project management role, this position requires a strong engineering foundation combined with structured project leadership. You will work closely with Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Service teams to drive machine development from concept through industrialization and market introduction.

You will be part of an international organization of approximately 70 colleagues spread across Denmark, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands, and you will work closely with a multidisciplinary core team of engineers, specialists, and stakeholders based in the Netherlands. Your role is highly hands-on and operational, focused on day-to-day project execution, coordination, and decision-making in a complex machine-building environment.

This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys leading projects and influencing technical decisions while staying close to machine design and product development.

Technical Leadership

Project Leadership

Product & Machine Integration

Stakeholder Management

🛠️ What kind of person are you?

Experience in: Food Processing Equipment, Industrial Machinery, Automation Systems, Packaging Equipment, Poultry Processing, Meat Processing, Food Manufacturing, Production Line Integration

✈️ Travel

The role requires occasional travel (estimated 5–10%) to support project alignment, stakeholders, or manufacturing locations.

✅ Excellent pension scheme and collective health insurance

✅ Fully equipped home office, laptop, and iPhone

✅ Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning and Busuu language learning

✅ Extensive opportunities for internal growth and international career development

✅ A healthy work-life balance in a people-focused organization

Our Culture

At our best, we:

We believe careers are built through trust, ownership, learning, and the freedom to explore new ideas. Here, you'll have the opportunity to build a career, not just fill a role.

If you're looking for the chance to shape an organization, leave a lasting impact, and grow your career in an international technology leader, we'd love to hear from you.

📩 How to Apply

We’re excited to learn how you can contribute to our mission of smarter, safer food inspection. Apply now and join a team transforming the future of food processing.

📧 Questions? Contact: Maarten Krepel – maarten.krepel@jbtmarel.com

🌐 Learn more at: jbtmarel.com

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Connect with Talent Acquisition Specialist: www.linkedin.com/in/maartenkrepel

Marel is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Join us — and be the driving force behind smarter, leaner food production.

JBT Marel is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Use of Technology in Our Hiring Process

JBT Marel uses technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support the review of applications.

These tools help our recruiting teams identify skills and experience relevant to the role based on job-related criteria.

All applications are reviewed by people, and AI is not used to make hiring decisions independently. We are committed to fair, consistent and inclusive hiring practices globally.

At JBT Marel, what we do matters. Our people make the difference, and their contribution drives our success.

Our purpose is to transform the future of food, guiding our vision to be the leading partner in sustainable food industry solutions. Partnership is at the heart of everything we do, enabling us to deliver exceptional, end-to-end solutions that build long-term customer trust.

Our values reflect who we are at our best:

We are committed to your development and offer opportunities that help you grow professionally and personally. You will work in an inclusive, international team culture where collaboration and innovation are key.

This is more than a leadership role. It's a unique opportunity to build and shape a newly established global function that will define how we develop, manage, and scale our products worldwide.

At JBT Marel, you'll have the freedom to create, improve, and drive real change in a global technology organization. You'll work with talented colleagues across multiple countries while making a visible impact on our products, processes, and future growth.

What Makes This Opportunity Different?

✅ Shape and define your role within a growing global organization

✅ Make a direct impact on how products are developed and managed across the business

✅ Work in an international, collaborative environment where your ideas matter

✅ Enjoy the freedom to take initiative, challenge the status quo, and drive meaningful change

✅ Be part of a culture built on trust, respect, innovation, and continuous improvement

✅ 42 days off per year (including ADV days)

✅ Flexible working hours and hybrid working options