Job Description

The Process Engineering Team Lead is responsible for leading a team that supports the development of high-precision automated and manual assembly processes, the transfer of these processes and products to manufacturing, and the ongoing technical support for them in a production environment. The aim being to deliver improved capacity scalability and yields.

• Guiding teams through in-depth root cause analysis to solve complex production issues and implement lasting corrective actions basing on performance KPI
• Leading initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and streamline workflows
• Effectively assigning tasks and empowering team members to take ownership and grow
• Supervise and strategically plan optimization activities for production processes
• Supervise the creation and maintenance of all process documentation, such as work instructions and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Provide advanced technical support to production by appropriately assigning tasks to engineers
• Lead the collaboration with departments such as planning, quality, purchasing, and maintenance
• Coordinate the team's collaboration with the R&D department on testing and prototyping Performing assessment of new equipment and processes

Qualifications

• Educated in an engineering subject to degree level
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in process engineering, with at least 3 years in a team lead, supervisory, or senior role
• Leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills required to manage, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers.
• Proven ability to create and execute a strategic project roadmap, including prioritizing initiatives, setting clear goals, and effectively allocating team resources.
• Experience in leading the optimization of production processes and line balancing
• Proven experience to develop new assembly processes and to transfer the processes to manufacturing
• Able to conceptualize assembly and automation methods and to understand interactions between components, processes and product performance
• Practise knowledge with SPC, FMEA, VSM, MES
• Experience in implementing improvements projects
• Experience in analysing and interpreting data ie with Business Intelligence (BI) tools to drive strategic decisions
• Very good spoken and written English
• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and through written reports
• Capable of working within a multi-discipline team

Additional Information

Our aim is to be the employer of choice and as such you can be assured of a market leading remuneration package that matches your skills and experience. Your employment and development is at the heart of our "Fundamentals". We have an entrepreneurial and collaborative culture within the business.

By joining HUBER+SUHNER Polatis, you will not only become part of a rapidly growing work environment, but you will also receive a competitive compensation package and enjoy a host of additional benefits that will help you and your family be healthy and live well:

• quarterly and annual bonus scheme
• private healthcare (Medicover)
• co-financed Sports Packages (Medicover Sport)
• life insurance
• employee capital plans (PPK)
• extra day off ("Company day")

Connecting - today and beyond

Addressing people’s needs to be mobile, stay in touch, and feel safe, our technology enables power and data transmission for communication networks, trains and electric vehicles, aerospace and defence systems, industrial applications, and much more. We use decades of expertise to create customised connectivity solutions — always with an attention to quality rooted in our Swiss engineering heritage. We are leaders and pioneers, continuously evolving and innovating to anticipate future needs and opportunities.​ 

As part of our international team, you will work on meaningful challenges, collaborate across cultures and disciplines, and help develop solutions for tomorrow’s world. Your expertise, ideas, and commitment will contribute to innovations that make a difference for our customers, our communities, and future generations.