ContiTech, a division of Continental, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of technical elastomer products and is a specialist in plastics technology. ContiTech develops and produces functional parts, components, and systems for machine and plant engineering, mining, the automotive industry, and other important industries.

The mission of the position is to plan, coordinate and track Business Area(BA) level driven Manufacturing Engineering activities (e.g. investment projects, performance improvement and cost saving initiatives, etc) in order to meet the defined MPE targets and contribute to the achievement of the BA strategy. Furthermore, supports the execution of strategic manufacturing projects according to the defined BA investment budget. Position is hybrid but required employee to be located close to a Conti Tech IAM location

Investments:

▪ Ensure implementation of investments based on BA specific strategy, in strong collaboration with the assigned plants
▪ Support the preparation of the investment budget, spending forecasts and follow up
▪ Guidance for the approval of specifications / eCR for investments for production equipment
▪ Support the prioritization of projects by utilizing business cases and using financial criteria (e.g. IRR, ROCE) 

Production Design:

▪ Ensure implementation of BA specific standard production concepts (incl. layout)
▪ Ensure implementation of BA specific automation strategy and concepts (incl. Smart Factory) and standards (mechanical; e.g. handling systems, machine loading / unloading systems, …) 

Production Equipment and Standardization:

▪ When applicable define and maintain BA equipment standards for a specific area of responsibility and support plants in implementation
▪ Ensure implementation of Sector M&E standards related with production equipment and systems for a specific area of responsibility
▪ Ensure implementation of CT standards for installation, start-up, validation, handover and improvement of all production and SC (i.e. intralogistics) equipment
▪ Drive feedback process for continuous development of standards in aligned with Sector M&E

Training and Coaching:

▪ Support the continuous qualification of manufacturing engineering employees in the plants

Monitoring and Reporting:

▪ Drive operational production equipment performance monitoring and reporting

Quality First, Safety Always:

▪ Act and compel colleagues to behave as ambassadors for Quality and Safety
▪ Be dedicated to maximizing internal & external customer satisfaction by demonstrating ownership, dedication towards ensuring high-quality results and process-orientation
▪ Owning the quality of all outputs in the dedicated responsibility area as process member or process owner
▪ Strive for “Zero Incidents” and “Zero Accidents” by demonstrating ownership and acting as a role model for a safe environment

Sustainability:

▪ Act and inspire colleagues to challenge the status quo in order to create sustainable solutions
▪ Innovate and/or create solutions to support our corporate sustainability strategy
▪ Respect CT standards and targets for sustainability

Basic Qualifications

• University degree in electrical/mechanical/manufacturing engineering or similar
• 7 years of professional experience with 3 or more years of professional experience in various manufacturing engineering functions.
• Experience in rubber and plastic production processes 
• Comprehensive experience in project management
• Product knowledge (functionalities and applications)
• Human relations skills (team skills, conflict management, open-mindedness, networking, moderation and negotiation)
• Experience in working with international teams on production topics and understanding of foreign cultures
• Proficient in English language 
• flexibility to travel 30-40% annually 
• Continental is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future

This position is part of the One ContiTech reorganization. ContiTech employees will be given preference in the candidate selection.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturing-related technologies, systems, infrastructures, standards and processes
• 10 years of professional experience in various manufacturing engineering functions.
• Cross-functional experience e.g. in engineering, quality, production or CBS 
• Manufacturing engineering systems and methods (e.g. REFA, MES, TPM)
• Quality management (including quality policies, systems and processes)
• Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques
• Lean production/CBS principles, methods and tools Management skills, tools and techniques (e.g. balanced scorecard, benchmarking)
• Experience in a leadership position, in a technical team with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals 
• Project management skills, tools and techniques including financial principles and negotiation.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEO-Statement:

EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [email protected] or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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