Department & Project Manager Production 100% (a)

About the job

About us

Nova Werke AG is a successful, globally active Swiss technology company headquartered in Effretikon near Zurich, with subsidiaries in France, Italy, Germany and China. With over 130 employees, we develop and produce innovative products and services under the quality brand NOVA SWISS in the three product lines of high-pressure technology, diesel components and surface technology for our demanding customers.

Your tasks

As a department and project manager, you take responsibility for two production-related departments as well as demanding investment and special projects. You lead your teams, manage projects from idea to implementation, and work closely with production, development, design, purchasing and other internal and external partners.

• Technical and personnel management as well as further development of two production-related departments and their team leaders
• Management of demanding investment and infrastructure projects from technical inventory through concept, procurement and realisation to acceptance
• Responsibility for deadlines, budget, quality and risks as well as regular reporting to production management and project participants
• Preparation of project plans, specifications, investment applications and cost-effectiveness calculations as well as conducting utility analyses
• Coordination of all internal and external stakeholders as well as support of tenders, procurements, machine and system acceptance
• Analysis and optimisation of production processes with a focus on quality, efficiency and costs
• Initiation and promotion of lean, quality and improvement measures to sustainably reduce error, process and production costs
• Conducting and organising training, knowledge transfer and production support as well as supporting quality management during customer audits

Your profile

• Completed technical basic training, ideally in the metalworking industry
• Further training or studies in project management, process engineering or a comparable field (HF/FH)
• Several years of practical and leadership experience as a team leader and project manager in an industrial environment, ideally in machining production
• Strong technical understanding combined with business acumen as well as a high awareness of quality and costs
• Independent, solution-oriented and assertive personality with enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration
• Very good German skills in spoken and written form as well as good English skills
• ERP & Office 365 knowledge
• Willingness to travel occasionally for business trips, trade fair visits as well as machine and system acceptance and motivation to independently familiarise yourself with new topics

Our offer

At Nova Swiss, you actively shape the future. We encourage initiative, ideas and personal development and offer you thorough induction as well as diverse further training and development opportunities. Look forward to progressive employment conditions according to Swissmem-GAV, above-average social benefits, flexible working hours, an open communication culture and a modern workplace with good transport connections, free parking and a subsidised staff restaurant. Together we create an environment where people can grow and be successful in the long term.

Contact

You appreciate our values of trust, appreciation and sustainability and would like to contribute? Then Susanne Hauri looks forward to receiving your meaningful application documents. 

Only direct applications will be considered for this position.