
Industrial Engineer, Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer
WITTE Automotive
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Velbert • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Process optimization: Planning and development of efficient manufacturing and assembly processes in the automotive industry
- Feasibility analyses & Process FMEA to ensure quality, schedules, and costs
- Commissioning & production start-up of equipment, including preliminary acceptance at the machine supplier and final acceptance at the plant
- Interface between project team, production, engineering and plant/equipment manufacturers
- Lean production & continuous improvement of manufacturing processes
Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or Production Engineering
- At least 3 years of professional experience in process development or production planning (ideally in the automotive sector)
- Solid knowledge of assembly processes for electromechanical products
- Experience with Lean Production, FMEA and process optimization methods
- Very good German and English skills and willingness to travel (approx. 25%)
Benefits
- Family-owned company with reliability: Join the close-knit WITTE team with a permanent contract and opportunities for career progression outside Germany
- Attractive salary: Compensation according to the IG Metall collective agreement plus numerous company benefits (e.g., company pension scheme (Metallrente))
- Work–life balance: flexible working hours (a flexitime model without core hours) with a 35-hour week and up to 50% remote work possible
- Training and development: a wide range of programs and opportunities to support your professional and personal growth (e.g., Orientation Center, high-potential program, digital learning platforms, internal initiatives and more)
- Comprehensive provisioning: Variety of breakfast and lunch options in our WITTE canteen, snack machines, the obligatory fruit basket & coffee machines, as well as occupational health management (health days, sports classes, etc.)
- Many extras: choose your preferred company bike from over 1,000 models, employee discounts on products, services and events via Corporate Benefits, ice cream truck in the summer and much more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
process optimizationfeasibility analysesProcess FMEAcommissioningproduction start-upassembly processesLean Productioncontinuous improvementmanufacturing processesproduction planning
Soft skills
communicationinterpersonal skillsteam collaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skills
Certifications
Degree in Mechanical EngineeringDegree in Electrical EngineeringDegree in MechatronicsDegree in Production Engineering