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Placke GmbH is looking to expand its team

Placke is an owner-managed German manufacturer of Press brakes for sheet metal working. With our diverse product lines, we build robust, high-performance presses for customers who need to rely on precision and durability – developed and manufactured in our workshop in Melle.

Send us your application – we would also appreciate it if you could include a few lines about your experience. Here are our open positions.

Service Technician / Commissioning Engineer (m/f/d)

Our Press brakes Placke and Placke Heavy Duty machines have left our factory in Melle and are in use with customers throughout Germany.

To ensure that they operate reliably there, we are looking for a service technician and commissioning engineer (m/f/d) who will install our machines on site, set them up, and get them back up and running in the event of a malfunction.

Location Melle 100%
Travel readiness 50%
Preferably immediately, permanent employment and full-time 100%
permanent position 100%

That
expected
To you:

  • Commissioning of our Press brakes directly at the customer's site
  • Maintenance, servicing and fault rectification on our machines in the field
  • Training of customer teams in the operation and control of the press
  • Feedback of technical observations to our design and service team
  • Co-ordination with the internal sales team regarding spare parts and scheduling
  • Completed training as a mechatronics technician, industrial electrician, mechanical engineering technician or comparable
  • Knowledge of hydraulics and PLC control systems is an advantage
  • Willingness to travel approx. 50 % and category B driving licence
  • Independent and solution-oriented working style
  • Friendly, confident manner on site
  • Clearly defined travel and expenses policy, time off in lieu for weekends
  • Permanent position in an owner-managed company with short decision-making paths
  • Thorough induction on our own machines
  • Regular professional development
  • Personal development in an expanding company
  • employer-provided savings scheme
  • workplace pension scheme
  • Holiday and Christmas bonus available as monthly instalments upon request
  • Company bicycle
  • Edenred benefit card
  • Workwear with laundry service

Field Service Technicians (m/f/d)

No day is like the other, no office is above you – instead, you have your own private car that you also use for personal purposes, and customers from Flensburg to the Alps and neighboring countries.

Our Press brakes products are in use with customers throughout Germany and in neighboring European countries. For our field service department, we are looking for a service technician (m/w/d) who enjoys being on the road, organizes their workday independently, and ensures smooth operation on-site for customers – from commissioning to troubleshooting. This is a role for independent individuals who appreciate their freedom at work and prefer to be on the customer’s premises rather than at their desk.

Melle, Germany & neighboring countries 100%
Travel readiness 90%
Company car, also usable for private use 100%
Preferably immediately, permanent employment and full-time 100%
permanent position 100%

That
expected
To you:

  • Commissioning of our Press brakes direct sales to customers – throughout Germany and in neighboring European countries
  • Maintenance, service and troubleshooting of sheet metal processing machines – not only on our own machines
  • Retrofit inserts: partial or complete overhaul of existing machines at the customer's premises
  • UVV tests: safety functional testing using TÜV/GS-certified measuring instruments
  • Training of customer teams in the operation and control of the press
  • Self-responsible planning of your assignments and tours, in coordination with our internal department
  • Completed training as a mechatronics technician, industrial electrician, mechanical engineering technician or comparable
  • Knowledge of hydraulics and PLC control systems is an advantage
  • High willingness to travel in Germany and in the neighboring European countries, driver's license class B
  • Independent, self-responsible work style – you largely organize your assignments yourself
  • A joy in being on the move and in having direct contact with customers locally
  • Friendly and safe demeanor; basic knowledge of English is an advantage for assignments abroad
  • Company car including private use – from the first day of your employment
  • Maximum freedom in everyday work: you plan your assignments, we give you the freedom to do so
  • Clearly defined travel and expenses policy, time off in lieu for weekends
  • Permanent position in an owner-managed company with short decision-making paths
  • Thorough induction on our own machines
  • Regular professional development
  • Personal development in an expanding company
  • employer-provided savings scheme
  • workplace pension scheme
  • Holiday and Christmas bonus available as monthly instalments upon request
  • Company bicycle
  • Edenred benefit card
  • Workwear with laundry service

Mechatronics Technician / Electronics Technician (m/f/d)

What makes us special: we build our own control cabinets and program the controllers for our Press brakes completely in-house – we don't buy any of it in. To ensure our machines and their control technology continue to operate at the highest level, we are looking for a mechatronics engineer / electronics technician (m/f/d) to design and build control cabinets and program the associated control technology at our site in Melle.

Melle 100%
Travel readiness 15%
Preferably immediately, permanent employment and full-time 100%
permanent position 100%

That
expected
To you:

  • Design and construction of our control cabinets for Press brakes – completely in-house, from the initial design to the finished wiring
  • Programming and parameterisation of the PLC controls of our machines
  • Testing, functional testing and commissioning of the control cabinets prior to delivery
  • Troubleshooting and optimisation of electrical and electronic assemblies
  • Occasional support with commissioning and troubleshooting directly at the customer's premises
  • Completed training as an electrician, systems electronics technician, mechatronics technician or comparable
  • Experience in cabinet construction and/or in PLC programming (e.g. Siemens S7 / TIA Portal) is an advantage
  • Basic understanding of hydraulics and machine controls desirable
  • Occasional willingness to travel (approx. 10–20 %) and a category B driving licence
  • Independent and thorough working style
  • Control cabinet manufacturing and control system programming completely from a single source – in-house rather than bought in
  • Varied tasks ranging from design to the finished machine
  • Permanent position in an owner-managed company with short decision-making paths
  • Thorough induction on our own machines and control systems
  • Regular professional development
  • Personal development in an expanding company
  • employer-provided savings scheme
  • workplace pension scheme
  • Holiday and Christmas bonus available as monthly instalments upon request
  • Company bicycle
  • Edenred benefit card
  • Workwear with laundry service

Precision mechanics (m/f/d)

Machining Honing & Grinding –
Complete precision manufacturing in Melle, without subcontracting.

Melle 100%
Preferably immediately, permanent employment and full-time 100%
permanent position 100%

That
expected
To you:

  • Machining on CNC and conventional turning/milling machines
  • Upper/lower tools & guide surfaces on the long chisel
  • Grinding of functional and precision surfaces
  • Special tool construction, retrofits & spare parts according to drawing
  • Quality control of the components according to ISO 9001
  • Training as a precision mechanic, Zerspanungmechanic, etc.
  • Experience with CNC and conventional machine tools
  • Precise work based on drawing & tight tolerances
  • Knowledge of grinding/polishing is an advantage
  • Self-employed, reliable, skilled craftsman
  • Versatile manufacturing – no one-size-fits-all machine
  • Everything is created in Melle, no external contracting
  • Permanent employment, short decision-making processes
  • Thorough onboarding
  • Regular professional development
  • Further development in the growing company
  • employer-provided savings scheme
  • workplace pension scheme
  • Holiday and Christmas bonus available as monthly instalments upon request
  • Company bicycle
  • Edenred benefit card
  • Workwear with laundry service

We look forward to receiving your application.