At Clarios, we are producing the world’s best batteries, essential for the evolving future of transportation. Our advanced, low-voltage batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. Ready to shape cutting-edge manufacturing processes and make an impact across the whole EMEA region and beyond? Take on the challenge and join our ME team as a Manufacturing Engineer Central (m/f/d)!

Power your future with Clarios and explore the possibilities with us.

As Manufacturing Engineer Central (m/f/d) you will plan, support, and lead projects with the target to develop, procure and install machines/tooling for series production under consideration of quality, financial, technical and temporal requirements. You will provide manufacturing engineering knowledge to product innovation processes for new product designs and develop new equipment as well as supporting the plants to run the current machinery in the best way.

The position will be based in our EMEA Headquarters location in Hannover, Germany.

What you will do

As Manufacturing Engineer Central (m/f/d), your responsibilities will include:

• Overall responsibility for assigned series production processes, machinery, and tooling across the organization

• Creating and defining detailed specifications and Statements of Work (SOW) for manufacturing equipment and tooling

• Leading equipment- and tooling-related projects with full responsibility for output, timing, and budget, including:

  • Driving make-or-buy decisions in close collaboration with key stakeholders.

  • Leading supplier selection and managing suppliers from concept and design phase through series production

  • Coordinating on-site installation, commissioning, acceptance, and handover in the plants in cooperation with Operations and suppliers

  • Ensuring complete and compliant documentation of machinery, including CE-related documentation, CAD data, electrical schematics, and administrative records in the ME database

• Developing and optimizing assigned processes, machinery, and tooling to support new product introductions, quality improvements, performance enhancements, and maintenance requirements, including design and process validation builds

• Supporting production sites in optimization projects for existing machinery, processes, and tooling to improve efficiency, quality, and reliability

• Defining and implementing global standards for assigned processes, machinery, and tooling in collaboration with global Manufacturing Engineering counterparts

• Report and collaborate related to professional and project subjects to key stakeholders as other ME regions, Operations, Product Engineering, Quality, Process Engineering, Program Management, Purchasing, Logistics

• Represent related topics in multi-functional project teams

• Manufacture feasibility analysis (DFA/DFM) and PFMEAs

What makes you a good fit

• Engineering or technician degree ideally in mechanical, mechatronic or production engineering or comparable qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in the automotive industry or high-volume production environments

• Electrical knowledge preferred

• Proven competency in Project Management

• Excellent communication skills as well as a hands-on mentality

• Ability to build strong working relationship and communicate on various levels in an international environment, from work floor to upper management and non-technical stakeholders

• Proven competency in working with CAD (Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD or SolidWorks)

• A sense and awareness for product quality

• Knowledge of CE regulations is a plus

• Good working proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Advanced English and German language skills, both written and spoken; additional languages are an advantage

• Willingness to travel (up to 30%)

What we offer you

As a technology leader with strong brands (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international future-oriented environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement, and sustainability

• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our above average number of vacation days, mobile work policy and company kindergarten

• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments as well as company pension scheme

• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs

• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike

• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally

• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding an apartment in your work location, if applicable and depending on individual factors

You want to learn more about the position and our EMEA region? Check out our regional page and get in touch with our recruiting team.

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About Clarios:

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF). 

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Equal Employment Opportunity:
Clarios, LLC is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law (supplement), and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please email [email protected].

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