Senior Manufacturing Engineer Central (m/f/d)

Job ID: WD33164

What you will do:

As a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer Central (m/f/d) you will plan and support with leading projects with the target to procure, develop and install machines/tooling for series production under consideration of quality, financial, technical and temporal requirements. You will provide manufacturing engineering knowledge to product innovation processes for new product designs and develop new equipment as well as supporting the plants to run the current machinery in the best way. The position will be based in our EMEA headquarters in Hannover, Germany.

Main Responsibilities:

• Full esponsibility for assigned series production processes, machinery & tooling
• Create specifications (SOW) for manufacturing equipment

• Project lead (Output, Timing, Budget) for new or changed machinery & tooling

  • Make-or-buy-decision with key stakeholders
  • Supplier selection and management from design to series production with stakeholders
  • Coordinate on-site installation, commissioning and acceptance in the plants together with operations and suppliers
  • Documentation of the machinery incl. all needed documentations for CE declaration, administrational documentation like CAD, electrical schematics in the database
• Development of the assigned processes/machinery/tooling for new products, quality, improved performance or maintenance and other reasons incl. design and process validation builds
• Support operations with existing machinery in the assigned processes & machinery
• Set global standards for the assigned processes/machinery/tooling together with the global partners
• Report and collaborate related to professional and project subjects to key stakeholders as other regions, Operations, Product Engineering, Quality, Process Engineering, Program Management, Purchasing, Logistics
• Represent related topics in multifunctional development teams.
• Manufacture feasibility analysis (DFA/DFM) and PFMEAs

What we look for:

• An engineer or technician degree in mechatronics/mechanics/automotive engineering or comparable qualification
• Electrical knowledge is highly advantageous
• Work experience within the automotive industry is a plus
• Ideally Project Management experience
• Good Communication skills and a hands-on mentality
• Ability to build strong working relationships and communicate on various levels in an international environment, from work floor to upper management and non-technical stakeholders
• Quality awareness
• Ideally knowledge of CE regulations
• Experience working with CAD (Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD or SolidWorks)
• Strong proficiency working with Microsoft Office
• Fluent in German and English
• Willingness to travel (up to 30%)

What we offer you:

As a technology leader with strong brand (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement, and sustainability
• Company pension scheme
• Competitive salary structure
• Flexible hours and hybrid work policy (depends on the position)
• Company kindergarten
• Gym and physiotherapist at Hannover Campus, activity clubs such as soccer, dragon boating, etc.
• Team events, e.g. public viewing, 96Plus Winter Barbecue
• Modern office environment and two canteens at Hannover campus
• Internal Learning Academy and EMEA Mentoring and buddy program
• Company Bike Leasing