Manufacturing Engineer BA IEMEA

About the role

Continental, a leading tire manufacturer founded in 1871, is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer for its BA IEMEA group within the Manufacturing Process and Equipment Engineering team (MPE). You will plan, coordinate and track manufacturing engineering activities such as investment projects, performance improvement and cost-saving initiatives, supporting the execution of strategic manufacturing projects within the defined investment budget.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure implementation of investments in line with the business unit strategy, in close collaboration with the assigned plants
• Support the preparation of the investment budget, spending forecasts and their follow-up
• Guide the approval of specifications and eCRs for investments in production equipment
• Prioritize projects using business cases and financial criteria such as IRR and ROCE
• Define and maintain business unit equipment standards for a given area and support plants in their implementation
• Implement sector and company standards for production equipment and systems, including installation, start-up, validation and handover
• Drive the feedback process for continuous improvement of standards and support the qualification of manufacturing engineers in the plants
• Monitor and report on operational production equipment performance

Required profile

• University degree in electrical, mechanical or manufacturing engineering or similar
• 3 or more years of professional experience in manufacturing engineering functions
• Cross-functional experience, for example in engineering, quality, production or CBS, preferred
• Project management experience
• Preferred: rubber and plastic production experience, leadership experience in a technical team, and experience with international teams
• Proficiency in English is mandatory