Finish & Paint Operational Support Professional - Taranto

Overview

Finish & Paint Operational Support Professional - Taranto

Join the Vestas Blades Process Engineering organization, a co-located process engineering team embedded in the manufacturing value stream to enable faster decision-making and deeper process ownership and knowledge. This role emphasizes a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate continuous improvement on Handling and Transport processes across the manufacturing sites.
• Analyze AS IS and future state and be motivated to improve activities.
• Create and maintain a plan for improvement.
• Create the needed Engineering Change Notices (CNs).
• Lead improvement tasks and projects.
• Serve as case handler on an escalation process when factories cannot progress production; typically urgent and often critical to resolve quickly.
• Contribute to building a culture of excellence, innovation, and responsibility.
• Investigate and solve production issues using structured methods such as the 5 Whys and Fishbone Diagrams.
• Apply continuous improvement principles using quality tools and Lean techniques.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• GB Lean

Experience

• About 6-8 years of experience in similar roles as described above

Worked with

• Leading improvement tasks
• Analyses Handling & Logistics processes
• Transport tool specification
• Process flow creation
• Focus on optimization and standardization within manufacturing processes using the referenced toolbox

Core competences

• Blend of technical, analytical, and operational competencies tailored to Handling & Transport and continuous improvement
• Skills in process design and optimization related to Handling & Transport
• Willingness to spend time in the factory environment to understand and solve problems
• Data-driven decision making and use of data analytics tools
• Use of 5 Whys, Fishbone diagrams, and FMEA to identify and solve handling or logistics issues
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, with strong organizational discipline
• Ability to collaborate across cultures and time zones with stakeholders
• Customer-oriented mindset and understanding of the full business value chain from a customer perspective
• Commitment to learning

Our commitment to fair hiring

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