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Who is DESOTEC?
DESOTEC, founded in 1990, is the leading provider of mobile filtration solutions in Europe and has been building a strong and growing presence in the United States since 2023. Thanks to its unique, flexible, circular service concept and the extensive expertise built up over many decades, DESOTEC unburdens its industrial customers and helps industries grow and thrive while reducing the environmental impact of their operations. DESOTEC's customer base is constantly growing thanks to a strong focus on 24/7 service and a commitment to design and deliver the best purification solution in close dialogue with the customer. DESOTEC has about 450 employees worldwide, all committed to helping protect the planet by driving positive ecological change across industries. In 2026, DESOTEC earned its second consecutive EcoVadis Gold rating for sustainability, placing it among the top 5% of companies assessed worldwide. Further information is available at www.desotec.com. Follow @desotec on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram
Your tasks & responsibilities?
At DESOTEC, we are on an ambitious growth journey, expanding internationally and scaling our operations across multiple markets. As data becomes increasingly critical in driving smart decisions, operational excellence and innovation, we are currently looking for a Data Engineer to help build and maintain the foundations of our data ecosystem. You will develop scalable data solutions, ensure reliable data availability across the organization and contribute to transforming data into actionable insights. This is a unique opportunity to leave your mark on a fast-growing, purpose-driven international company.
- Power BI Platform & Architecture Approach: You help shape and support a scalable Power BI platform, ensuring that reporting solutions are built on trusted data, well-structured semantic models and clear governance principles. You contribute to the evolution of the data architecture by aligning Power BI datasets, dataflows and reporting standards with business needs, security requirements and long-term maintainability. You actively support a future-proof BI environment that enables both reliable management reporting and controlled self-service analytics across the organization.
- Business Intelligence Enablement: You work closely with business stakeholders, IT colleagues and reporting experts to understand data requirements and translate them into sustainable technical solutions to maximize reporting effectiveness.
- Data Modeling & Integration: You design, build and maintain robust data models that support business intelligence and analytics use cases. You manage data transformations and integration logic, ensuring consistency and efficiency across the data landscape.
- Data Quality & Reliability: You monitor and improve data quality, integrity and performance across the entire data platform. You proactively identify and resolve issues to guarantee trustworthy and decision-ready data.
Who are you?
- You hold a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Data, IT, Engineering, Computer Science or similar).
- You are highly proficient in Englishand can communicate effectively with colleagues, stakeholders and leadership teams across our local and international operations. Knowledge of Dutch is considered a strong advantage.
- You bring solid experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar data-focused role, working with modern data platforms and integration technologies.
- You possess strong SQL expertise and have experience developing, optimizing and troubleshooting complex data solutions.
- You have hands-on experience with Azure Data Platform technologies, Data Lakes, ETL/ELT processes and data modeling.
- You are familiar with Power BI and/or Microsoft Fabric and understand the backend principles required to support performant and scalable reporting environments.
- You have a solid understanding of data architecture principles and know how to build solutions that are scalable, robust and maintainable.
- You have a strong focus on data quality, reliability and performance, and take pride in delivering stable and efficient data solutions.
- You are a hands-on technical specialist who enjoys solving complex problems and working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- You communicate clearly and work effectively with colleagues across business and IT functions to deliver impactful data solutions.
If you can't tick off all the boxes, but you do recognize yourself in our three core values Teamwork, Excellence and Devotion, then we definitely invite you to take a chance and apply!
What does your team look like?
As a Data Engineer, you will be part of DESOTEC's growing data organization and work closely together with data and reporting professionals. You will report to our Data Lead and collaborate closely with BI developers, business stakeholders and IT teams to build and maintain a reliable and future-proof data ecosystem. You operate at Group level, supporting multiple countries and entities, and play a key role in ensuring data is readily available, reliable and scalable across the organization.
What's in it for you?
It goes without saying that you get a lot in return in exchange for your unbridled dedication and enthusiasm:
- A competitive salary: We guarantee you a (more than) competitive base salary, depending on your experience.
- Fringe benefits: To optimize your salary package, you can count on: a company car with charging card, a smartphone with a mobile subscription, a generous net expense reimbursement, meal vouchers, group and hospitalization insurance (AG Insurance), a non-recurrent CAO90 bonus, two annual gross bonuses, and the option for bicycle leasing after 6 months of service.
- Flexible compensation plan: You can convert part of your end-of-year bonus into benefits that suit your lifestyle, such as extra leave, multimedia, or a lease bike. This gives you the freedom to take control of your reward package and personalize it in a way that truly works for you, all within the applicable legal framework.
- Work-life-balance / hybrid working: You work during flexible hours and get the freedom to spend 2 days a week in your home office after a training period. This flexible working arrangement allows you to start your workday in a relaxed manner, avoiding the morning rush, and to enjoy a high level of autonomy.
- Time off to schedule freely: At DESOTEC there is no collective closure. You enjoy 29 paid vacation days and have the freedom to take 10 unpaid vacation days on top of that. This way you can increase your number of vacation days to 39 days!
- Personal & professional growth: You will have every opportunity to immerse yourself in your new role, but also to grow personally and professionally through an extensive range of training courses.
- Stay active & social: As an employee with a permanent contract, you can enjoy one free group sport lesson/activity per week at the Vision 21 gym in Roeselare, including activities like boxing, pilates, spinning, padel and more.
- Discounts through partnerships: Through Benefits at Work you get discounts at Center Parcs, Zalando, bol.com, Krëfel, Decathlon and many more.
- Fun and relaxation: You will regularly be invited to one of the many afterworks and other fun activities. Each team also gets a team building budget – it's up to you how you spend it!
- Structured onboarding: We prepare a tailored onboarding plan for every new starter, ensuring a smooth integration into your team, tools, and DESOTEC’s mission from day one.
