Head of Maintenance - Manufacturing Plant
Location: Coburg region, Bavaria, Germany
We're looking for an experienced maintenance leader to take ownership of the maintenance department at one of our manufacturing plants. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to shape how a production site runs.
What you'll do:
- Lead and develop the maintenance team, aligning day-to-day work with the plant's strategic direction and each team member's potential
- Ensure production equipment availability to protect delivery capability
- Monitor and control the quality of work delivered by external contractors, and represent the department to supervisory authorities
- Act as the point of contact for audits within your area of expertise
- Own budget planning, invoice tracking, and cost control for maintenance
- Coordinate cross-departmentally with upstream and downstream production areas to keep processes and standards consistent along the value stream
- Drive preventive maintenance and plant-wide maintenance consistency
- Identify and realize energy-saving potential in line with applicable laws, standards, and operating regulations
- Support smooth, successful planned audits
- Maintain cost transparency across your area of responsibility
What you're responsible for:
- Meeting the deadline, quality, and cost targets set for your area
- The profitability of your team's output
- Building your team's ability to respond effectively to market dynamics and change
- Continuously improving how the department works and raising standards
- Complying with management systems including IATF 16949, DIN EN ISO 14001 and 50001, DIN ISO 45001, and information security requirements (TISAX), along with operating instructions
- Health and safety in your own area of responsibility
What you bring:
- A completed technical degree, or further education as a technician or master craftsman (or equivalent knowledge gained another way)
- At least 4 years of experience in a similar field
- Solid knowledge of maintenance and manufacturing engineering
- Strong team orientation and good communication skills
- Experience with plastics, in application and processing