Senior Director Detail Manufacturing (a)
- 24 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent), English (Fluent)
- Stans
About the job
Production & ManufacturingSenior Director Detail Manufacturing (a)
Primary Work Location:
Stans
All Work Locations:
Stans
Fly with us into the future and become part of the team at one of the most innovative aircraft manufacturers in the world.
Your Responsibilities
- Leadership of detail manufacturing including sheet metal processing, mechanical processing and surface treatment including aircraft painting
- Development of directly subordinate managers, strengthening the leadership culture and ensuring recruitment, talent promotion and succession planning
- Overall responsibility for quality, deadlines, productivity, costs, occupational safety and customer satisfaction
- Consistent alignment of the production system to pull, lean and value stream-based responsibility
- Pragmatic further development of digitalisation, automation, manufacturing technologies as well as investment and infrastructure projects
- Management of performance, key figures, resources, budget, investments, personnel, machines and infrastructure as well as strengthening detail manufacturing as a lead factory for standards, processes and methods in the Pilatus network
What Convince Us
- Completed studies in engineering sciences, production engineering, mechanical engineering or a comparable field
- Further training in business administration and leadership, preferably EMBA or comparable
- Several years of leadership experience in an industrial production environment with responsibility for large organisational units and management teams
- Sound knowledge in lean manufacturing, value stream management, operational excellence, SAP and digital production systems
- Experience with transformation programmes, production infrastructure, investments, automation and digitalisation
- Negotiation-level German and English skills at C1 level
- Entrepreneurial, integrative and implementation-strong leadership personality with clear result orientation, confident appearance at all levels as well as the ability to bring together different interests in a matrix organisation and achieve viable solutions
What We Offer You
- A committed, international team and unique projects
- Flexible working hours and individual options in occupational pension provision
- Promotion of training and further education as well as room for professional and personal development
- Discounted meals in our staff restaurant and various discounts for employees
- Team events where we celebrate our successes together
Become Part of Our Pilatus Family
- With our job advertisements we address everyone and are committed to diversity and inclusion in the company – we look forward to your online application.
- For impressions: Check Instagram "pilatusaircraft" & LinkedIn
YOUR CONTACT PERSON
Beat Jost
Recruiter
+41 41 619 73 77
pilatus-aircraft.com