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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Technical Manager

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeDorsten, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • You have a completed technical degree, for example in Electrical Engineering, and several years of leadership experience in maintenance, facility management, or technical operations.
  • You have solid knowledge of conveyor and/or automation technology, programmable logic controller systems, and reading technical drawings.
  • You have knowledge of building and industrial services, particularly sprinkler or fire-protection systems.
  • You are proficient in working with technical metrics such as downtime and system availability, enterprise resource planning systems such as SAP, and Microsoft Office.
  • You have very good German skills and good written and spoken English skills.
  • You lead consistently and reliably, develop employees’ potential, delegate responsibility, and work with the team to achieve sustainable results.

Responsibilities

  • You are the central contact for all technical facilities at the site and ensure high plant and system availability through sustainable failure analysis and the resolution of disruptions with your team.
  • You manage external service providers and monitor response times, service levels, and technical key performance indicators; identify opportunities for optimization and implement measures.
  • You lead and develop the technical team, develop employees, and establish the conditions for a high-performing, future-oriented technical organization.
  • You ensure compliance with relevant occupational safety, fire-protection, and sustainability requirements, support risk assessments, coordinate related measures, and represent the Dorsten site on sustainability and energy-management topics.
  • You use data-based analysis and key performance indicator visualization to drive efficiency improvements and support the continuous improvement of technical and logistics processes.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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