Electrical engineer

Your job

Are you the electrical engineer who will keep our installations in top shape?

In the high-tech greenhouses of our experimental farm in Bleiswijk, part of Wageningen University & Research, you play a central role in providing technical support for groundbreaking research. Your work ensures that researchers can fully focus on their experiments. In this versatile role, you have plenty of room for taking initiative and you are closely involved in innovations in a dynamic and international environment. You will work in an innovative workplace with access to a Walhalla of technical equipment, ensuring variety and diversity in your role.

Your tasks and responsibilities as an electrical engineer are:

• building and installing experimental setups: You are the architect of technical setups in our greenhouse sections;
• performing installation work: Whether it’s water or electrical installations, you ensure everything works smoothly;
• preventive and corrective maintenance: You keep our installations in top condition and intervene before problems arise;
• analyzing and fixing malfunctions: You solve technical challenges as if it’s second nature to you.

The team
As an electrical technician at our dynamic research institute, you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team. Together with 5 colleagues, you will be responsible for the technical management of the research facilities such as greenhouses, buildings, labs, and research instruments at the Bleiswijk location.

Your qualities

You are independent and customer-oriented, which makes you proactive and resourceful in providing your services. Additionally, you work with a focus on quality, ensuring that your colleagues can rely on and trust your work.

You also have:

• technical education at least at MBO+ (vocational) level: With a specialization in measurement and control technology or electrical engineering;
• affinity with installation and climate control technology: You enjoy working with these technologies;
• basic knowledge or interest in greenhouse horticulture: A plus, but above all, you must be curious;
• skills in data and text processing: And a keen eye for detail in written reports;
• driver's license B: Mobility is a must;
• knowledge of climate control systems: This is a big plus;
• fluency in Dutch;
• flexibility: You are willing to work week and on-call shifts.

In our international working environment there is an increasing amount of communication in English. For this position it is about language level B2.

We offer you

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• the option to accrue additional compensation hours by working more;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed December bonus of 8,3%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between €2.932,- and €4.520,- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research (scale 8-9). Additionally, a contract for 32 hours can be discussed.

Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a multi-faceted position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

Do you want more information?

For more information about this position, please contact Rob Pret, Head of Technical Services, email rob.pret@wur.nl or Kees Scheffers, Team Leader of the Experimental Farm/Quality Manager, via kees.scheffers@wur.nl.

For more information about the procedure, please contact Paul Snijder, corporate recruiter vacaturemeldingenpsg@wur.nl.  

Do you want to apply?
You can apply directly using the apply button on the vacancy page on our website which will allow us to process your personal information with your approval.

As soon as we receive interesting applications, we will organize interviews, so don't wait too long to apply!

Equal opportunities
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment.

We are

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus!



We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.