Seat Production Engineering Assistant Manager

Job Description

Seat Production Engineering Assistant Manager

Location: WROCŁAW

1. People & Team Management 

Supervise and guide a team of production/process engineers.
Allocate project responsibilities and monitor workload distribution.
Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback.
Mentor and develop team members’ technical and leadership capabilities.
Support recruitment, onboarding, and training of new engineers.
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Ensure effective communication within the team and across departments.
Resolve technical and interpersonal conflicts within the team.
Act as escalation point for technical and operational challenges.

2. Project & Process Development

Lead production engineering activities from RFQ to SOP.
Conduct feasibility studies and capacity calculations.
Prepare layout concepts and optimize material & process flow.
Design assembly processes and define workstation concepts.
Define cycle times, takt time, buffer concepts, and line balancing.
Prepare and manage technical specification sheets for equipment and tooling.
Support quotation and supplier selection processes.
Propose suppliers for equipment and tooling including negotiate cost, lead time, optimize the installation timing ;
Analyze technical specifications and technical drawings submitted by suppliers;
Ensure project milestones are achieved within budget and timeline.
Make functional/concept specifications for the process, equipment and tooling based on required capacity, quality, cost, safety and customers’ drawings;

3. Equipment & Line Implementation

Coordinate with equipment suppliers during design, manufacturing, and installation phases.
Follow up equipment design approvals and technical validations.
Lead installation, commissioning, tuning, and trial production activities.
Ensure compliance with safety, ergonomic, and quality standards.
Lead ramp-up activities and smooth handover to operations.

4. Continuous Improvement

Analyze production data and identify bottlenecks.
Improve OEE, productivity, and efficiency.
Implement Lean Manufacturing principles (Kaizen, 5S, line balancing).
Support digitalization initiatives (MES integration, data collection, process monitoring).
Drive cost reduction and process optimization initiatives.

5. Cross-Functional Coordination

Work closely with Quality, Logistics, Maintenance, Purchasing, and Production teams.
Lead technical meetings and progress reviews.
Support customer audits and internal assessments.
Coordinate technical discussions with global suppliers and OEM customers.

6. General tasks

Prepare Master schedule and budget for new projects (incl. equipment schedule, line balancing, layout preparation, risk evaluation - PFMEA, tools capacity evaluation, Cp/Cpk);
Investigate issues from current model/recent PJT and forecast future impact on new process concept;
Change management: estimate the impact of running changes and kaizen implementation;
Develop production process concepts for future Business: Achieving financial KPI (ROI/IRR/BEP, etc);
Due to plants and equipment makers are located in different countries (South Africa, Türkiye, France & Poland ), willing to make many business trips if needed

Requirements

• Mechanical, mechatronics or Industrial Engineering related field as mandatory, but preferable;


• Experience in automotive industry as production/method engineering, preferably in seat assembly and/or cut&sew process);


• CAD software knowledge, Catia, NX, Solidworks, Autocad are preferred;


• MS Office advanced knowledge is preferred;


• Familiarity with problem solving methods (TBBP, A3 Reporting, Six Sigma, 8D, etc);


• English obligatory min. B2, German language can be additional asset;


• Proven ability to create and execute project plans that achieve defined expectations within budgetary constraints;


• Willing to make domestic and foreign business travels;


• Willing to prepare reports in order to explain task progress, problems and future goals

What we offer

• Competitive Salary in line with your experience;


• Permanent contract;


• Flexible working schedule (start between 7:00-09:00), 2x a week working from home


• Yearly bonus based on KPI`s;


• Medical cover and Group Insurance;


• Meal substitution;


• Transportation Reimbursement;


• International work environment, participation in new project implementation and continuous learning opportunities.