Senior Manufacturing Engineer (m/f/d)

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Join the world leader in advanced energy storage solutions and be part of the success story of VARTA®!

At Clarios, it’s Your Power, Endless Possibilities.

Functional objective: As 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.

What you do: Your responsibilities

• Full responsibility 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: Your profile

• An engineer or technician degree in mechatronics/mechanics/automotive engineering or comparable qualification
• 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)
• Electrical knowledge
• Strong proficiency working with Microsoft Office
• Fluency in German and English required
• Willingness to travel (up to 30%)

What we offer: Our Benefits

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement, and sustainability.
• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten.
• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension scheme.
• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.
• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.
• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Learning Academy and EMEA Mentoring Program, you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.
• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding an apartment in your work location, if applicable and depending on individual factors.

About Clarios

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF).