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Job Title - Engineering Director – EMEA
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with curious, creative 3Mers.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As Engineering Director supporting the EMEA Organization, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
Managing a team of international employees across EMEA to support engineering and capital projects for all 3M sites in the region.
Ensures alignment of the capital investment plan with the Manufacturing Operations and Business groups strategic plans and financial goals. Understands financial statements and the impact capital investments have on the business’ P&L. Provides input related to capital needs, plans, and impact to unit cost and manufacturing plants.
Represents capital-related interests in decision making, including factors such as technology options, investment requirements, code requirements, acquisition reviews, renewal spending, and site selection.
Optimizes an organization with the capacity and capability to support the capital plan for assigned groups.
Effectively leverages corporate and external resources to achieve productivity and financial goals.
Drives capital project execution for manufacturing, laboratory, and other areas of assigned groups.
Understands and ensures application of standards, guidelines, and best practices to meet the timing, budgetary, and functional needs of each investment.
Plays a key role in the development of corporate engineering resources and technical expertise through the recruiting, hiring, and ongoing training of department personnel.
Ensures compliance to environmental, health, safety, regulatory, intellectual property, and accounting requirements. Complies with corporate policies and procedures.
Lead the transformation to an automated operation.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in a Science or Engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
Significant engineering work experience a private, public, government or military environment
Extensive proven experience of leading high value capital investment projects, driving change, leading a high performing engineering team across a complex multi location region
Strong leadership/management experience.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
Strong interpersonal skills with a track record of building effective working relationships with business partners across a complex global organisation
A Business acumen proficiency and the capability to understand the capital investment strategic or operational plan’s financial implications to business client(s).
Experience with Automation (Robotics) leading to labor reduction cost out
Role location – EMEA wide responsibility
Candidate location –Langenthal, Switzerland
Relocation package – will be considered
Travel: upto 50% domestic/international travel
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
Resources for You
For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. (https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/stay-connected/insights-for-candidates/) If you have further questions please reach out to Max (our AI Virtual Assistant) via our Career Page.
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At 3M, we believe diversity & inclusion are essential to innovation. We seek and value differences in people! This Job ad is addressed to all potential candidates. As an equal opportunity employer 3M will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race/ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity-related matters, age or disability, or any other relevant characteristic protected under applicable local law.
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