Plant Assistant (24-40 hours)

Position Title: Plant Assistant (24-40 hours) 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 42592 

Would you like to work for the world leader in frozen potato products and contribute every day to a smoothly running production site? McCain Foods is looking for a Plant Assistant who thrives on organizing, improving, and connecting people and processes.

What will you do?
As a Plant Assistant, you are the central point of the organization, with plenty of room to organize and improve processes based on your own insights. You ensure that the Plant management team and operations receive optimal support  from giving visitors a warm welcome to developing smart reports. You will work closely with a small but essential Office Support team and, together, take the organization to the next level.

Over time, you will take on increasing responsibility and grow into a more leadership-oriented role within the team.

With your eye for detail and coordination skills, you will make a difference in:

• Hospitality & organization: You manage the reception area, organize plant tours, and ensure visitors feel welcome.


• Smart processes & digitalization: You create insightful reports using Excel and Power BI and contribute to process improvements.


• Facilities & budget management: From lockers to workwear distribution, you keep everything running smoothly while managing an annual budget.


• Procurement & administration: You ensure orders, invoices, and systems (SAP, Coupa) run efficiently.


• Leadership: You help build a strong team and encourage collaboration, development, and ownership.

In short: a versatile role with significant responsibility, where your impact is highly visible.

What do you bring?

• Bachelor’s degree level of working and thinking, with a relevant education (e.g. Office Management) and experience in a similar, versatile role.


• Strong organizational skills, resilience under pressure, and a positive, solution-oriented mindset.


• Proficiency with digital tools (Excel, Power BI, SAP, etc.) and the ambition to continuously improve.


• Leadership qualities: you inspire your team and guide them through change and growth.

Employment Conditions

• An excellent salary based on a 40-hour workweek, ranging from €3.215,- to €4.341,- depending on experience and education.


• 8% holiday allowance.


• 25 vacation days + 11 ADV (reduction of working hours) days on a full-time basis.


• Year-end bonus of 8.33%.


• Performance bonus of up to 4.4%.


• Initially a 1-year contract, with the prospect of a permanent contract at McCain upon mutual satisfaction after one year.


• Career growth opportunities and development possibilities.


• After a thorough onboarding period, significant flexibility regarding remote working opportunities.


• And free fries!

About McCain Foods
McCain Foods is the global market leader in frozen potato products, with more than 50 factories in 12 countries. In the Netherlands, you can find us in Lewedorp and Lelystad, where we work every day on quality, innovation, and sustainability. Together with more than 22,000 colleagues worldwide, we always put the customer first.

Ready to make an impact?
Apply now and help us make the Plant even more efficient, welcoming, and future-focused.

Leadership Principles
At McCain, our leadership principles guide the way we interact with customers, collaborate within teams, and pursue success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership in overcoming obstacles and delivering results.

The McCain Experience
We are McCain. This statement represents our collective strength and individual value. Your contribution is essential to our shared success. Our winning culture is built on authenticity and trust, enabling everyone to bring out the best in themselves and others. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and excel. Join us and experience why we are stronger together.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know  and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. 

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here. 

Job Family: General & Administration      
Division: Continental Europe 
Department: ​Lewedorp Potato Plant ​
Location(s): NL - Netherlands : Zeeland : Lewedorp 

Company: McCain Foods Holland B.V.