Junior Production Manager in Wolfen bei Veolia WTS

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (WTS) is a worldwide leader in water recovery, treatment and reuse. Our portfolio of technologies includes solids-contact clarification, membrane & media filtration, ion exchange, electrolysis, digestion, evaporation, ozone/UV disinfection and more.

Who are we looking for?

Our EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) Graduate Program is designed for recent graduates who are looking for a challenging yet rewarding experience and want to take a leap into a global organisation following completion of their university studies. Further information on the graduate program can be found on our website: https://www.watertechnologies.com/students-graduates

We are looking for motivated individuals who are willing to think outside the box, share new ideas and take on new challenges.

Further information is available below on the essential and desirable characteristics, skills and qualifications we are looking for in relation to this specific position.

What will you be doing?

At Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions we offer our graduates a challenging 12-month program focused on developing their essential and technical skills through a combination of in person, virtual and on the job training. Each graduate in our program takes on a focused role to develop their expertise in a specific area and make a difference for the local business team.

We have carefully identified these roles from across our business to fulfil succession planning needs or help us to deliver business growth. This means that we only offer opportunities which provide meaningful work to you and add value to what we can offer for our internal or external customers.

Further details on the key responsibilities for this role can be found below.

The Junior Production Manager is responsible for the optimization of membrane production according to product specification with special focus on quality, yield & costs as well as quantity. Membrane production as such consists of chemical and mechanical process steps.

The position will be the link between Production, Engineering & Maintenance as well as Quality Control and Technology. The candidate identifies optimization projects and will implement these. The Junior Production Manager reports to the Production Management

Tasks of the position:

• Veolia WTS trainee program (1 year): participation in seminars and trainings

• Evaluation of overall plant effectiveness using typical KPI’s like OEE per process step ; tracking analysis optimisation

• Support production management in production planning (e.g. campaign size, frequency, etc.) and implementation of improvements

• Implementation of process improvements project and developments

• project coordination with QC, R&D, Technology and Engineering

• preparation of SOP’s and training material and employee training

• audit support for e.g. typical ISO certification

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  complete university degree (Diploma/Master) in the field of production technology, process engineering, engineering sciences or a comparable qualification

• good communication skills and a structured, independent and result-oriented way of working

• entrepreneurial thinking and team-oriented action

• good knowledge of the common MS Office/Google applications

• basic knowledge of ERP systems, ideally SAP

• fluent German and English, written and spoken

We offer competitive compensation and benefits working in a dynamic environment with challenging projects and training provided to ensure your success.

We realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every level and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.