Mechanical Engineer

Posted:
2/8/2026, 11:32:33 PM

Location(s):
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Mechanical Engineering

Job Title

Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Vanderlande is a global leader in logistic process automation for warehousing, airports, and parcel sectors. We provide innovative systems, intelligent software, and life-cycle services to optimize business processes and enhance operational efficiency. As a subsidiary of Toyota Industries, we are committed to delivering future-proof solutions.

Job Description:

Participate in system design:

- Advise and reviews projects in the sales phase (compliancy check)

- Translate and optimize the as sold functionality to a working mechanical design within the budget available in co-operation with other disciplines (LLC, HLC, Installation etc.)

- Identify specials (DAR process) and coordinate design with SDE (responsible for end product)

- Coordinate phasing layouts i.e. brownfield projects

- Coordinate steelwork design

- Integrate design rules for safety and ergonomics in design

- Deliver mechanical design baseline for customer approval

- Coordinate building interfaces (space requirements, architectural & structural interfaces, building services, accessibility for

O&M, safety and security)

- Coordinate interfaces for procurement items

- Coordinate operator interfaces

Participate in detailed design:

- Create / generate the equipment list as input for hard- and software engineering

- Specify mechanical equipment and peer review specifications of other engineers (or delegates this to the layout engineer)

- Coordinate and specify resale equipment (standard and special)

- Archive mechanical deliverables

Organize supply:

- Define activity split up based on installation areas, PLC areas and model split-up

- If needed makes forecasts of necessary equipment

- Define and monitor mechanical workpackages

Plan, report and lead a team

- Regularly reports to / updates PLE / PME

- Create detailed mechanical planning from overall project planning and synchronise plan with other disciplines.

- Lead layout engineer(s) and mechanical engineer(s)

Manage budget:

- Deliver scope with predictable quality in time and within budget

- Independently make estimates of budgets, engineering hours and a planning for mechanical (part)project

Support site:

- Create installation file

- Create Mechanical Running Test

- Handle site problem reports

- Create extra material specifications

- Create site installations instructions

- Support the installation and commissioning teams both on site and from Veghel

- Processes as-built documentation from site

Continuous improvement:

- Transfer knowledge to other engineers

- Initiates improvements in content, process and tooling

- Feeds back lessons learned from the project into product, process and tooling

- Supports product manager engineering

- Tutors new engineers

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
    • Spanish&English: High Level (must)
    • Knowledge of mechanical installations
    • Knowledge of relevant material handling equipment (DOTM, RAW, ICS, ASRS, loops, …)
    • Ability to multi-task, organize, and prioritize work

    Vanderlande Industries

    Website: https://www.vanderlande.com/

    Headquarter Location: Veghel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

    Employee Count: 1001-5000

    Year Founded: 1949

    IPO Status: Private

    Industries: Computer ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ Logistics ⋅ Transportation ⋅ Warehouse Automation