Head of Manufacturing Engineering (ME) and Facility Management (FM) Szeged

Company Description

ContiTech is one of the world’s leading material experts for industry applications. The Continental group sector offers its customers reliable, safe and convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and above the ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about 20,000 employees (Status as of March 2026) at more than 60 sites globally, and sales of some 6.0 billion euros (2025), the global industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America.

Job Description

▪ 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 (e.g. with respect to investments, capacity and headcount planning)

▪ ensure the achievement of manufacturing engineering targets according to internal and external customer expectations

▪ initiate and control investments for production equipment (e.g. production machines, assembly equipment, automation technology, etc.) and manufacturing engineering equipment (e.g. for software tools, equipment for machine installation/maintenance)

▪ initiate and implement continuous improvement activities by applying CBS methods and training measures

▪ interface to segment, BU or BA functions in order to gather local manufacturing engineering requirements (e.g. ESH and ergonomics) and demands and other feedback

▪ participate in and/or steer global or local manufacturing engineering related and cross-functional projects

▪ conduct employee dialogues, personnel development and coaching

▪ manage and coordinate all facility management activities for the plant

▪ translate plant facility management strategy into action plans and ensure implementation

▪ contribute to strategic and operative planning of the plant/operations unit (e.g. with respect to investments, capacity and headcount planning)

▪ ensure the achievement of facility management targets according to internal and external customer expectations

▪ initiate and implement continuous improvement activities by applying CBS methods and training measures

▪ initiate and control investments for facility equipment (e.g. energy supply, steam generation, emission treatment, etc.)

▪ interface to segment, BU or BA functions in order to gather local facility management requirements and demands and other feedback

▪ 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

▪ prepare, review and manage the budget and forecast of facility management cost centers

▪ design and implement overall (cross product) factory processes e.g. by definition of production concept (e.g. line vs. job shop organization), design of plant/operations unit layout (e.g. factory, workplace), factory simulation (e.g. manufacturing and logistics processes, ergonomics, etc.) or product cost calculation according to lean principles and standards

▪ align with Product and Process Industrialization (PPI) 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 (e.g. by time studies) based on work instructions and according to standards

▪ ensure the installation, start-up, validation and handover (to production) and improvement of all production and supply chain equipment as well as tools (incl. tool management) and devices according to production control plans and standards

▪ design and implement production and supply chain equipment IT (i.e. software as e.g. PLC, MDA, MES, etc. and hardware as e.g. IPCs, control boxes, etc.; also Industry 4.0) according to standards and in in cooperation with plant supply chain

▪ plan and implement maintenance of production and SC equipment and production and SC equipment IT (mechanical, electrical, IT) as well as of building internal equipment and infrastructure according to standards (e.g. TPM)

▪ ensure the availability of qualified employees for the manufacturing engineering and the facility management function in cooperation with plant HR

▪ initiate and control the continuous qualification of manufacturing engineering and the facility management employees in cooperation with plant HR

▪ ensure production performance (KPI) monitoring and reporting (e.g. regarding cost, lead time, quality, scrap, waste, energy, OEE, etc.) in cooperation with plant controlling

▪ ensure manufacturing engineering performance (KPI) monitoring (e.g. regarding cost, lead time, quality of manufacturing engineering activities such as equipment installation projects)

▪ initiate and control measures to improve production as well as manufacturing engineering performance

▪ ensure facility management (KPI) monitoring and reporting (e.g. facility operating cost, utilities availability, improvement measures and success, etc.) in cooperation with plant management and controlling

▪ initiate and control measures to improve facility management performance

▪ ensure local implementation of central manufacturing engineering standards

▪ provide feedback and input for further development of standards regarding manufacturing engineering and production processes (e.g. production flow plan, production control plan, work instructions, standardized work chart, standardized work combination table, job instruction sheet, process parameters, materials), production equipment (e.g. machines, human machine interface, ergonomics, equipment, layout), logistics (e.g. material handling and storage technologies) and quality (e.g. test methods, equipment) to segment, BU or BA functions

▪ ensure local implementation of central Facility Management standards

▪ provide feedback and input for further development of standards regarding facility management processes (e.g. maintenance concepts, infrastructure equipment, tools, etc.) to segment, BU or BA functions

▪ plan and implement investments for building equipment and infrastructure (all equipment except production and supply chain equipment) according to standards

▪ ensure installation, start-up, validation, operation and improvement of all building equipment and infrastructure according to standards

▪ plan and implement building equipment and infrastructure maintenance (mechanical, electrical) until building wall (equipment and infrastructure maintenance within buildings is to be done by manufacturing engineering maintenance staff) according to standards

▪ operate work shop and support prototype realization and testing according to standards

▪ perform space management, i.e. management of physical space inventory e.g. regarding total area, capacity, occupant count, occupancy rate, vacancy rate, planned density, space assignment by occupant/department, vacant seats, open plan/close office percent, etc. in cooperation with Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM)

▪ ensure implementation of internal facility management standards (e.g. technical building equipment, KPIs, etc.)▪ perform energy management (e.g. set plant energy reduction roadmap, setup and implement energy reduction projects, etc.) according to standards

▪ promote sustainable energy initiatives and project concepts to the management

▪ ensure performance of facility services (e.g. cleaning services, postal services, internal courier services, canteen services) according to standards

▪ optimize and control the spare parts management and maintenance of buildings and utilities

Qualifications

• ▪ university degree, preferably in production or engineering management, industrial engineering or related discipline

• ▪ 5 or more years of professional experience in manufacturing, preferable in two functional areas, e.g. IE, quality, operations, etc.

• ▪ cross functional experience e.g. in maintenance, quality, supply chain or CBS preferred

• 5 or more years of professional experience in various facility management functions

• ▪ comprehensive experience in rubber and plastic production processes

• ▪ experience in the roll-out of standards and/or strategic projects

• ▪ experience in rubber and plastic production processes

• ▪ 3 or more years in a leadership position, preferably in in a technical team with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals

• ▪ experience in working with international teams on production topics and understanding of foreign cultures

• ▪ proficient in minimum 2 languages, English or German is mandatory

Additional Information

We want our employees to do well with us. That's why we offer them not only an exciting job in an international technology group, but also numerous additional offers such as flexible and hybrid working, sabbaticals and other benefits.

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