Do you like working in a dynamic environment?
Is your motto “I solve technical problems for you” and are you a team player?
Then we are looking for you!

To strengthen our Construction and Installation Service team, we are looking for a new colleague:
Operational Technician

Your job
You are a knowledgeable professional who sees it as a challenge to prevent problems in installations. You like variety and are able to solve problems that arise with sound knowledge. You estimate the scope and consequences of signals well and you always act with a great sense of responsibility. You are flexible and make every effort to act in time to prevent escalation.
Your duties and responsibilities as an Operational Technician are:

• Performing 1st line fault service;
• Supporting the technical building manager;
• Picking up work that comes in through our fmis system;
• Supervising third parties;
• Performing OP duties.

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

• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• 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 / holiday hours by working more, per week;
• 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. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive gross salary of max € 3.771,- for a full-time working week of 38 hours, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreements for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU) (scale 7). Initially, we offer you a one-year contract, which will then be extended to an open-ended contract if there is mutual enthusiasm. Of course, we would be happy to discuss this with you if you have any questions.

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 unique position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.
You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and at a university that has been chosen as the “Best University” in the Netherlands for the 19th consecutive time.
Wageningen University & Research
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 this video to get an idea of our green campus!
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves and do not appreciate unasked for services from recruitment agencies. However, sharing in your network is appreciated Your Qualities
You have a flexible, accurate and customer-oriented attitude. You are a team player and love to work together. You love nothing more than solving problems and have a learning attitude.
You also possess:

• Education MBO 3 or 4 electrical engineering + knowledge of and experience in the field of measurement and control technology;
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience;
• Willingness to work irregular working hours according to established work schedules;
• Living at a maximum of 30 minutes by car from the Wageningen location, due to the response time of the breakdown service;
• In possession of driving license B;
• Dutch level C1 is mandatory;
• VCA basis.

You can see that there are plenty of challenges ahead of you. These challenges can also be seen as development opportunities. So if you do not yet have the track-record required in the vacancy, but do have solid work experience, we would also like to invite you to apply.

You will work here
Building and Installation Service (BIS) is part of the Property & Housing Department within the Facility Management Department of Wageningen UR. BIS performs owner and user maintenance on building-related installations of Wageningen UR. In addition, BIS is responsible for solving (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) 1st line breakdowns of complex installations.
For more information about this position, please contact Berry van Brakel, Head of BIS, telephone 0317-486934 or via e-mail berry.vanbrakel@wur.nl.
For more information about the procedure, please contact Yvette van Veldhuizen, Sr. HR Business Partner via yvette.vanveldhuizen@wur.nl or 0317-481504

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.
This vacancy will be listed up to and including Monday 2th of December.

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.