Continental is seeking a Head of Manufacturing Engineering to manage and coordinate the manufacturing engineering function of the plant/operations unit. The successful candidate will translate plant/operations unit's manufacturing engineering strategy into action plans and ensure implementation, and contribute to strategic and operative planning of the plant/operations unit.
Requirements
- Manage and coordinate the manufacturing engineering function of the plant/operations unit
- Translate plant/operations unit's manufacturing engineering strategy into action plans and ensure implementation
- Contribute to strategic and operative planning of the plant/operations unit
- Ensure the achievement of manufacturing engineering targets according to internal and external customer expectations
- Initiate and control investments for production equipment and manufacturing engineering equipment
- Initiate and implement continuous improvement activities
- Interface to segment, BU or BA functions to gather local manufacturing engineering requirements and demands
- Participate in and/or steer global or local manufacturing engineering related and cross-functional projects
- Conduct employee dialogues, personnel development and coaching
- Prepare, review and manage the budget and forecast of manufacturing engineering cost centers
- Ensure timely submission of financial data to controlling
- Implement and conduct activities according to the budget established
- Ensure that the financial goals are met
- Design and implement overall factory processes
- Align with Product and Process Industrialization to realize process changes and industrializations of new product specifications
- Define standard operation sheet, work combination table and (standard work instruction) job instruction sheet including standard times
- Ensure the installation, start-up, validation and handover (to production) and improvement of all production and supply chain equipment as well as tools and devices
- Design and implement production and supply chain equipment IT according to standards and in cooperation with plant supply chain
- Plan and implement maintenance of production and SC equipment and production and SC equipment IT
- Ensure the availability of qualified employees for the manufacturing engineering function in cooperation with plant HR
- Initiate and control the continuous qualification of manufacturing engineering employees in cooperation with plant HR
- Ensure production performance monitoring and reporting
- Ensure manufacturing engineering performance monitoring
- Initiate and control measures to improve production as well as manufacturing engineering performance
- Ensure local implementation of central manufacturing engineering standards
- Provide feedback and input for further development of standards regarding manufacturing engineering and production processes, production equipment, logistics and quality
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for career growth and development
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Chance to work with a global company with a strong presence in the industry
