Automation Project Engineer · Food & Beverage

Location:

Region: Ghent
Country: Belgium

Role:

  • Industry: Engineering
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance
Working Arrangement: On-Site
Rate: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 21/12/2026
Job Reference: BW2340321

Automation Project Engineer · Food & Beverage

Freelance | Project Manager | Food Industry | Automation & Machine Building

 

Location: North/East of Ghent, Belgium

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Length: 12 Months

Hours: 40 Hours per Week (Fully On-Site, 5 Days per Week)

Rate: Negotiable

 

Important Location Requirement

This is a fully on-site position requiring attendance on-site 5 days per week (40 hours). Due to the nature of the role and the close collaboration required with engineering, production, and project teams, remote or hybrid working is not available.

 

*Open to candidates that are willing to relocate for the duration of the contract.

 

The Role

We are supporting a leading food manufacturing organisation in their search for an experienced Project Manager to lead automation and machine building projects across a large-scale production environment.

 

This is primarily a project management role (80%), requiring a strong leader who can manage stakeholders, coordinate cross-functional teams, handle vendors and external suppliers, resolve customer escalations, and drive project delivery from concept through commissioning.

 

Candidates must possess a strong technical background in industrial automation, specifically with Siemens PLC and Rockwell / Allen-Bradley PLC systems, alongside machine building experience.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead automation and machine building projects
  • Manage and coordinate external vendors, suppliers, OEMs, and subcontractors to ensure project milestones are achieved.
  • Manage project timelines, budgets, resources, and third-party deliverables.
  • Support automation and controls strategies within a food manufacturing environment.

 

Required Skills & Experience

  • Experience as a Project Manager delivering industrial automation or machine building projects.
  • Experience managing vendors, suppliers, OEMs, and third-party contractors is essential.
  • Technical knowledge of Siemens PLC platforms.
  • Technical knowledge of Rockwell / Allen-Bradley PLC platforms.
  • Machine building experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
  • Food & Beverage industry experience.
  • Fluent English is essential.

 

If you are interested, please apply below, today.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

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Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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