Working on large multidisciplinary projects: this involves getting all our engineers to work together. Our engineers help solve challenging, complex issues in the Netherlands and abroad. There’s no doubt about it: this is a place to develop your ambitions. But the way that you work for us is just as important.
We want you to enjoy working for us and feel you belong. We want to provide a pleasant environment that feeds your spirit and fosters your development. We want you to be excited about working on your team. We want you to be proud of the work that you deliver. All sounds great, but how do we make it work?
View our vacanciesI’m Lisa Grijpink, and I’ve been working at VIRO since 2023. After obtaining my Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Venlo, I started working as an R&D engineer six years ago. After moving to the west of the Netherlands, I worked for four years as an engineer, specialising in climate cells and horticultural installations. Then I decided I wanted to return to the challenge of a job in Mechanical Engineering, which is how I ended up at VIRO. I currently work in the Mechanical Engineering department of VIRO's Schiedam branch.
I’m Menno Pernot, and I’ve been working at VIRO's Echt branch since December 2022. I was born and raised in Grevenbicht, a village next to the River Meuse in Limburg. When looking at my options for higher education while still at secondary school, I quickly came to the conclusion that I wanted to do a bachelor's in mechanical engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. After completing this degree, I followed the master's degree that goes by the same name. During my graduation internship at a company, I met someone from VIRO who was doing some work for them. I thought his work sounded incredibly interesting, so I went online to find out more about VIRO. The things I read and saw about VIRO really appealed to me, so I sent the company an application when I finished my graduation period.
I’m Peter Brauckmann, and I started working at VIRO’s Hengelo branch in 2010. At the time, I hadn’t been very happy with my previous employer. I came across the VIRO website online, a company unknown to me at the time. However, it looked like they were involved in some interesting projects, so I sent an application. It led to me joining VIRO, where I’ve now been working for 14 years.
Other girls get given dolls. You get given LEGO. As a child, you enjoyed taking things apart, only to wonder afterwards: ‘How do I put this back together again?’ You’re an engineer, in other words. Hilde has always had a knack for it, so it won’t come as a surprise that she’s now working at VIRO. ‘I studied Maritime Engineering in Delft. Or shipbuilding, as everyone calls it in the real world. That was followed by a master’s degree in the same field: Marine Technology.’
I’m Laurens Spier, and I’ve been working in the Mechanical Engineering department at VIRO’s Zwolle branch since mid-2021. Before joining VIRO, I studied mechanical engineering at Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede. I’ve just finished a project here for Spark Holland, a developer and manufacturer of analysis systems for laboratories. The project involved a trade fair presentation for Spark. I worked with a design agency on creating new designs for a number of machines, then I personally assembled them at the end of the project.
Hi, I'm Niek, 30 years old, and I’m from Zaandam. In terms of career, I followed a VWO pre-university course while I was already working part-time at a DIY store with a carpentry workshop. We turned out products such as cupboards, doors, kitchens, furniture, walls – basically anything related to wood. After I completed my VWO course, I started working there full-time.
At VIRO, we believe that the primary purpose and challenge of modern technology is to shape the future. We believe that technological innovation determines the success of the industry. That’s where we come in. We support our clients with targeted engineering skills and expertise, so they can develop products and processes, and make their ambitions a reality.
We deliver total innovative solutions for the automotive, aerospace, defence, energy, food, construction, industrial and commercial construction, mechanical engineering, offshore, process engineering, and semiconductor industries.
It’s a varied list, but that’s what the job is about. Sometimes, you’ll be working on the further development of an existing automotive or semiconductor product, at other times you could be designing a new machine. And then you’ll be simulating an installation in the food sector or process industry.
No need to worry about the job being boring. On the contrary, we expect you to work with independence and responsibility within the limits of your role and your experience. You’re never alone of course, but that independence will help you in your development. And you’ll get that bit more satisfaction from your work.
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You’ll work for most of your life. That’s why it’s important that you enjoy your work. Besides offering jobs where every day is different, we organise a wide range of activities that make working at VIRO even more rewarding.
Among these are our exclusive Christmas drinks party, our mountain bike clinics, our vitality week, employee association and department outings, Friday afternoon drinks, and our various lunch activities such as walking, card games, table football, and table tennis.
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Sports is almost as integral a part of our DNA as engineering. We organise MTB clinics, cycling tours, and running events for our employees. Furthermore, we offer a number of company fitness and bicycle schemes. The lunchtime walk is mainstay. All these examples show that we love to keep on moving!
Vitality is good for your health. It clears your head, promotes creativity, and makes you more resilient. We pay attention to maintaining a healthy diet, the correct posture at work and beyond, a good work-life balance, levels of motivation, and naturally our required relaxation.
In our view, fun is the engine that drives performance. So fun is serious business. This means that we work hard on this topic. Each office has its own active staff association. Our colleagues also come up with many initiatives. It's never a dull moment!
Every six months, we offer a number of internship positions and graduation work placements. These include assignments relating to Automotive, Mechanical Engineering, Software and many more!
If you would like to know more about the possibilities, then please contact our talent specialists or submit an open application.
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VIRO was founded in 1968 by two engineers, Mr VIsser and Mr ROerink.
VIRO relocates to the new office building in Hengelo
The Arnhem office is established
VIRO relocates to the current head office in Hengelo
The Maastricht office is established
Current owner, Johan Visser, succeeds his father Paul Visser senior and becomes managing director
The Eindhoven office is established
The Osnabrück office is established after VIRO takes over Peters GmbH
The offices in Eindhoven and Maastricht are merged to create new offices in Echt
The Schiedam office is established
The München office is established
The newly extended Echt office is reopened
The Groningen office is established
Martin Dibbets, director Netherlands
The Software & Control department is established after VIRO takes over software department Imotec
The Schiedam office relocates to Vlaardingen
André Scheer, director Germany
The new office in Aalen (Germany) opens
Dacon ECP becomes part of VIRO, and VIRO opens new offices in Oss and Geel
The Zwolle office is established
The Osnabrück office relocates to its new premises in Dissen
Relocation of Zwolle branch to new premises
The new office in Berlin (Germany) opens
The Dresden office is established
Head office move
Beverwijk branch opening
Schiedam branch opening
Management expansion
Sjon Berkenhagen Deputy Commercial Director Sales
Commissioning of the new office with hall in Echt
