Onsite Production Improvement Engineer

Onodrim Industries; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Onodrim Industries seeks Forward Deployed Operators to embed within Europe’s production environments—including plants, lines and warehouses—to diagnose performance issues and design fixes with frontline teams. You’ll travel across sites, collaborate with operators and maintenance staff, and stay engaged until improvements stick.

The role spans planning, procurement, and finance as well as manufacturing operations.

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical discipline; engineering strongly preferred.
• 2–4 years' experience in operations improvement or similar roles.
• Strong data analysis and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose production operations using time studies, OEE and loss analysis to identify value leakage.
• Lead rollout of Onodrim solutions in live production environments, adapting to site equipment and constraints.
• Collaborate with operators and supervisors to implement changes with frontline teams.
• Train frontline teams and supervisors on new routines and daily performance management.
• Translate floor observations into clear, data-driven recommendations for plant managers and executives.
• Set client targets, track weekly impact on throughput, yield and cost, and ensure sustainable improvements.
• Provide field insights to product and engineering to shape future developments.
• Assess back-office processes (planning, scheduling, procurement, quality, finance) for bottlenecks.
• Audit ERP/MES/PL tools to identify data flows and integration gaps.

Skills

Data analysis

Root-cause analysis

English communication

Travel willingness

On-site work

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

BI tools

ERP/SCADA knowledge

Job description

Onodrim Industries seeks Forward Deployed Operators to embed within Europe’s production environments—including plants, lines and warehouses—to diagnose performance issues and design fixes with frontline teams. You’ll travel across sites, collaborate with operators and maintenance staff, and stay engaged until improvements stick.

The role spans planning, procurement, and finance as well as manufacturing operations.