Group Lead Production Engineering (m/f/x)

1,600 employees in 18 locations around the world with a fleet of 60,000+ circulating containers. Since ELA’s establishment in 1972, our business has continuously been expanding, we are specialists in mobile room solutions. Our family-run company based in Haren (Ems), Germany, is growing at a fast pace and we are actively looking for qualified and dedicated team players to join us locally, internationally and beyond. #LI-DNI ENG
Do you enjoy shaping production processes and want to do more than just plan? As Group Lead Production Engineering (m/f/x), you will take responsibility for our team and the further development of our production processes. You will actively shape the industrial series production of our mobile space solutions, optimize processes, and drive innovative solutions in automation and robotics. If you enjoy taking responsibility, developing people and processes, and making a real impact together with your team, then we are a great match!

Your future role

Planning, designing, and standardizing production processes and work systems to increase productivity, quality, and cost efficiency

Implementing and continuously developing Lean and Shopfloor Management systems, as well as driving continuous process improvement

Providing functional and disciplinary leadership and supporting the development of the Production Process Planning team

Managing automation, digitalization, and optimization projects within the production environment

Planning and further developing existing plants, as well as contributing to the planning of new sites

Supporting the product development process, including ramp-up management and the optimization of new products and assemblies

What you bring to the team

Completed degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, production engineering, or a comparable qualification

Several years of professional experience in process planning, ideally within a production environment, as well as experience in leading employees

Good knowledge of MS Office and experience working with ERP systems, ideally SAP

REFA / MTM qualification is an advantage

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

Good to very good written and spoken German and English