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Working at Lely

An ambitious international family business

Working for the Lely Group means working in an ambitious international family business with more than 30 facilities and customers in over 60 countries. We are the market leader in automated systems for dairy farmers worldwide and a pioneer of wind turbines on farms. Recognised and acknowledged as a leader in Dutch manufacturing.

Apart from being a leader in our field, we also distinguish ourselves as a company with an informal atmosphere and a solid background in the agricultural sector. Our origins are in Maassluis (the Netherlands), where the company was founded in 1948. Even today, the Lely Campus is still established there. This is our head office and also a hub of innovation and creation. 

Our values

Our unique combination of being a front-runner and a family business with a solid background in the agricultural sector is reflected in our core values: innovation, passion, progress, respect and honesty. 

Our passion for the agricultural sector consistently brings us outside the realm of traditional ideas to come up with revolutionary concepts. With the introduction of innovative and ground-breaking products, such as our milking robot, we have already enjoyed tremendous success. To meet the needs of our customers, at Lely we develop and manufacture highly engineered products. These are based on the latest technology in the area of robotics and data processing. We are very proud of this! 

We work with respect for people, animals and the environment. We are open and honest about our focal point: the wishes, needs and dreams of our customers. Our passion for innovation and sustainability is based on this. Lely employees are driven and engaged. With the culture of a family business they are respectful, honest and entirely customer-focused.

Smart working

All over the world, we work with over 1,000 employees to find solutions to support farmers in their businesses. The freedom of choice that they, by definition, have as entrepreneurs is central to this. Based on their business goals, we advise them on smart ways to run a dairy farm. With a view to the future and the possibilities of the present. 

Running a business and smart working are also themes that are central to our own organisation. We are always on the lookout for new ways to work together more efficiently and intelligently, across borders and time zones. 

At Lely you can make a contribution beyond the scope of your own role. In a continuous effort to go a step further towards being better and different. In essence, we are raising the bar for the customer - you - and the company. We have no nine-to-five mentality, but we are passionate and results-oriented. This is the attitude we welcome. There is room for ideas and to develop these ideas. It is this freedom that makes Lely such a great place to work.

Lely Academy

We stimulate progress and passion by challenging colleagues to bring out the best in themselves. With the Lely Academy we offer a range of educational and training programmes. These allow our employees worldwide to grow and best serve our customers. The Lely Academy safeguards our DNA for the future. 

You can obtain certifications based on your own career goals. For example, as a technician for one of our products or as an advisor for our Farm Management Support department. There are also personal development courses for acquiring skills such as leadership and negotiation.

Caring about our customers and our employees, being a front-runner with a solid background and working in a sustainable sector: these are the things that make Lely a great place to work.

All vacancies

Below you can see and find all locations of our Lely vacancies

Lely Group

A great place to work

Anneke Gouw

Farm Management Support Milking and Cooling

'My work at the Lely head office is a mixture of office work and practice. I like being at a farm to understand what keeps farm managers busy. Together with our customers, I seek to discover how they can optimize the level of health of their cows and management of their farm. It makes me proud if I can give them good advice. And what I observe in the field, I interpret for my colleagues in other departments so they can incorporate my observations in product development.'

Jos Seldenthuis

Software Architect

'Some of the trends you see outside the agricultural sector we have been working on here for quite some time. Self-propelled vehicles between cows, for example. This is working with “high tech” in a challenging environment – not in a clean factory, but with animals in a stable. I think that's marvellous. People outside Lely are always surprised when I tell them what we can accomplish with robotics.'

Will you be our new colleague?

Do you identify with our story? If so, perhaps you are our new colleague. Contact us for open vacancies. You never know...your dream job could just be in there! We are looking forward to talking to you.

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Why Lely?

Farmers all over the world make choices about how they set up and run their farms. Every day, we help them make the best choices for themselves and their farms. We do this by providing advice and innovative solutions that contribute to efficient farm management. For sustainable milk and meat production. Present and future.

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