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Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Fertigungsmeister - m/d/f

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSchüttorf, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed technical vocational training in a metalworking or electrical trade, plus further training as an Industrial Master in Metal or Electrical Engineering.
  • Several years of production experience, ideally in prototype construction or single-part manufacturing.
  • Experience applying lean management methods such as 5S, continuous improvement processes, shopfloor management, and value stream analysis, including sustainable implementation of improvement measures.
  • Strong responsibility for occupational safety, quality, and order in a production environment.
  • Experience providing professional or disciplinary leadership to employees, with the ability to motivate and develop teams and guide them through change.
  • Good knowledge of manufacturing technology, occupational safety, production planning, and production control.
  • Secure use of enterprise resource planning and production planning systems, ideally ABAS and FELIOS.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office and good written and spoken English.
  • Organizational skills, assertiveness, and a strong sense of responsibility.

Responsibilities

  • Provide professional and disciplinary leadership to employees in the Charging area.
  • Conduct workforce deployment and capacity planning.
  • Plan, control, and organize production processes while meeting quality, schedule, cost, and safety requirements.
  • Monitor, analyze, and continuously optimize production processes using lean management methods.
  • Analyze relevant manufacturing metrics and derive and implement appropriate improvement measures.
  • Promote, qualify, and develop employees and conduct regular employee discussions.
  • Work closely and coordinate with production planning, quality assurance, logistics, methods, and maintenance teams.
  • Conduct and moderate shopfloor meetings and control continuous improvement actions.
  • Support, instruct, and provide subject-matter assistance to apprentices, including teaching relevant training content.

About the Company

Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Wabtec provides transportation solutions by designing and producing electric locomotives and related services for freight railroads, transit authorities, and industrial operators. Its flagship product, the FLXdrive, is a 100% battery-electric locomotive with a battery pack over 7 megawatt-hours that cuts fuel use and emissions, while the company also sells traditional locomotives, aftermarket services, and digital solutions to optimize operations. Wabtec differentiates itself through a fully electric propulsion option paired with value-added digital tools and manufacturing techniques like mixed-reality work processes, aiming to improve efficiency and sustainability across rail networks. The company’s goal is to make rail transport more efficient and eco-friendly by delivering reliable locomotives, ongoing maintenance, and advanced software and digital capabilities that help customers run greener, lower-cost operations.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
Founded
1872

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