EMEA Engineering Excellence Leader (Ops & CI)

Nutanix; Hengelo; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is opening an Engineering Excellence role for EMEA operations, based at one of our engineering sites (Prague/Hengelo/Montbonnot-Saint-Martin). You will define and drive the engineering operating model, embedding Lean culture to improve productivity, quality, and delivery across ES EMEA.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, optimize the product development lifecycle, and build CI capability, reporting to senior leadership and shaping engineering strategy across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering.
• 5+ years of technical project/program management or operations excellence experience.
• Experience leading projects through all stages of the product development lifecycle.
• Familiarity with PDCA, DMAIC or Lean Six Sigma for process improvement and cost-to-develop analysis.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve engineering performance frameworks and KPIs for ES EMEA.
• Drive operational excellence across ES EMEA with KPI deployment and alignment.
• Lead end-to-end optimization of the product development lifecycle.
• Translate performance insights into strategic interventions with cross-functional partners.
• Lead CI strategy aligned with EBS and manage a portfolio of improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate Value Stream Mapping (VSM), RIE, BPI, A3 problem solving and Kaizen activities.
• Build organizational capability in engineering excellence and performance management.

Skills

Technical project management

Operations excellence

Cross-functional collaboration

Lean Six Sigma / DMAIC

Data-driven decisions

Education

Engineering degree (BEng/MEng)

Job description

Eaton is opening an Engineering Excellence role for EMEA operations, based at one of our engineering sites (Prague/Hengelo/Montbonnot-Saint-Martin). You will define and drive the engineering operating model, embedding Lean culture to improve productivity, quality, and delivery across ES EMEA.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, optimize the product development lifecycle, and build CI capability, reporting to senior leadership and shaping engineering strategy across the region.