Manufacturing Engineer (m/f/diverse) - REF1746N

ContiTech; Weißbach; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Mobile and flexible working models

Sabbaticals

Job summary

ContiTech is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our central Engineering team, focusing on automation and maintenance across production sites. You will collaborate internationally to develop standards, transfer solutions and harmonize technologies with global experts.

Key responsibilities include leading capital investment projects, standardizing production technologies, and driving global automation strategies while maintaining close ties with production sites and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Degree in a STEM field as listed.
• Several years of professional experience in industrial engineering, production, automation, maintenance or technical project management.
• Experience in planning and implementing capital investment, automation or industrialization projects.
• Strong knowledge of industrial automation and ability to discuss technical requirements with specialists and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Actively contribute to manufacturing engineering topics, technical projects and resolution of complex issues with production sites.
• Temporarily lead a capital investment project on site in the Aachen area (in 2027).
• Develop, optimize and standardize production technologies and equipment concepts.
• Implement automation solutions in close collaboration with sites, suppliers and global subject matter experts.
• Contribute to global automation strategy and transfer standards to production sites.
• Contribute to maintenance strategies, processes, spare parts concepts and best practices.
• Coordinate automation and maintenance requirements between plants and global experts.
• Share best practices and promote knowledge transfer across sites.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and investment assessments.
• Build a strong technical network across sites and global engineering network.

Skills

Industrial automation knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Capital investment projects

Analytical & results-driven

Communication & intercultural skills

Willingness to travel

Education

STEM degree (mechanical/production/electrical/mechatronics/automation/industrial engineering)

Tools

International collaboration tools

Job description

Company Description

Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €19.7 billion in 2025 and currently employs around 76,000 people in 54 countries and markets.

ContiTechis one of the world’s leading material experts for industry applications. The Continentalgroup sectoroffers its customers reliable,safeand convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and abovethe ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about20,000 employees (Status as of March 2026) at more than 60 sites globally, and sales of some 6.0billion euros (2025), the global industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America.

Job Description

As a member of our central Manufacturing Engineering team, you will support production sites in implementing technical projects, developing and standardizing production equipment, and introducing global engineering standards.

A particular focus will be on automation and the central maintenance function.

You will be part of the global Manufacturing Engineering network and act as an interface between production sites and other functions across the ContiTech organization.

You will act as an interface between production sites and the global Manufacturing Engineering network. Together with the Global Automation Lead, the Global Maintenance Lead and international subject matter experts, you will develop and harmonize standards, technologies and best practices. You will ensure that global solutions are transferred to production sites and actively incorporate the sites’ requirements and experience into further global development.

What you can expect:

• A central engineering role with a direct impact on technical standards, automation and maintenance at our production sites

• International collaboration within a global network of experts

• Diverse technical responsibilities ranging from strategic standardization to operational support for production sites

• Significant scope to shape the development of future-ready production and maintenance solutions

Your responsibilities:

• Actively contribute to manufacturing engineering topics, technical projects and the resolution of complex issues in collaboration with production sites.

• Temporarily lead a capital investment project on site in the Aachen area (in 2027)

• Develop, optimize and standardize production technologies and technical equipment concepts

• Technically assess, specify and implement automation solutions in close collaboration with production sites, suppliers and global subject matter experts

• Actively contribute to the global automation strategy and transfer and implement global standards at production sites.

• Actively contribute within the central maintenance function to the development, harmonization and implementation of maintenance strategies, maintenance processes, spare parts concepts, standards and best practices.

• Coordinate automation and maintenance requirements between production plants and the experts with global responsibility

• Identify and share best practices and promote the transfer of knowledge and technology across sites

• Contribute to technology roadmaps, investment assessments, operational excellence initiatives and strategic manufacturing engineering projects

• Build and maintain a strong technical network connecting production sites, central functions and the global engineering network

Qualifications

• Successfully completed degree in a STEM field such as mechanical engineering, production engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics, automation engineering, industrial engineering or a comparable technical discipline

• Several years of professional experience in industrial engineering, production, automation, maintenance or technical project management.

• Good to very good knowledge of industrial automation and the ability to discuss technical requirements with specialists and suppliers on an equal footing

• Sound understanding of industrial maintenance processes and strategies, ideally in preventive or condition-based maintenance, equipment availability, fault analysis or spare parts management

• Experience in planning and implementing capital investment, automation or industrialization projects

• Experience in collaborating with international and cross-functional teams and managing external partners.

• An analytical, pragmatic and results-oriented approach to work, combined with a high degree of initiative, independence and strong organizational skills

• Excellent communication skills and strong intercultural competence

• Business-fluent English and good German language skills, both written and spoken

• Willingness to travel globally for 30–40% of working time

Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.

Additional Information

The well-being of our employees is important to us. That's why we offer exciting career prospects and support you in achieving a good work-life balance with additional benefits such as:

• Training opportunities

• Mobile and flexible working models

• Sabbaticals

and much more...

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging are important to us and make our company strong and successful. We offer equal opportunities to everyone - regardless of age, gender, nationality, cultural background, disability, religion, ideology or sexual orientation

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