Director Engineering (m/w/d)

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the Engineering department, including technical, disciplinary, and organizational leadership of all assigned departments.
• Strategic development of the Engineering department, including goal definition and long-term development planning in line with corporate strategy.
• Management and coordination of all engineering activities in customer, development, and technology projects from the offer phase to commissioning.
• Responsibility for efficient, cross-departmental collaboration and active interface management with relevant company departments.
• Ensuring efficient processes, clearly defined interfaces, and on-time, norm- and quality-compliant technical documentation.
• Cost and budget responsibility with a focus on economic efficiency, quality, time-to-market, and continuous process optimization.
• Fostering an innovation-, quality-, and performance-oriented development culture and targeted professional and personal development of employees.

Qualifications

• Completed Master's degree in Engineering or a comparable technical qualification.
• Several years of professional experience in engineering in mechanical and plant construction, ideally in a medium-sized environment (food industry is an advantage).
• Several years of management experience with technical and disciplinary responsibility and operational proximity to the team.
• Strategic thinking combined with implementation strength.
• Sound knowledge of technical project management and the ability to make clear, prioritized decisions and take responsibility.
• Broad technical understanding (e.g., special machine construction, electromechanical systems), combined with a view of the big picture and a feel for relevant details.
• Strong communication and social skills.

Additional Information

• Attractive, transparent salary system, vacation and Christmas bonus, other additional benefits according to collective agreements of the Bavarian metal and electrical industry.
• Flexible, individual working time arrangements with flexitime, including maintaining a work and flexitime account.
• Mobile working possible depending on the activity.
• Free work clothing.
• 30 days annual vacation, as well as half a day off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
• Cooperation with local fitness centers, company integration measures, health check-ups by the company doctor, bike leasing option.

Do you have questions about the job?

Feel free to contact the HR team at personal@ampack-solutions.com.

We look forward to your interest in the advertised position and your application. Please note, however, that we can only accept applications submitted online and therefore do not accept applications by email.

We do not work with recruitment agencies for this position and therefore ask you to refrain from sending profiles.

At Ampack, we use the informal 'du' across all hierarchical levels, as this is part of our corporate culture. For this reason, we also conduct the recruitment process using the informal 'du'. You are welcome to address us by our first names in your application documents. If the informal address is not comfortable for you, please let us know.