Technical Service Project Manager (m/f/x)

ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

Enabler for smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips

Working for tomorrow today.

Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are produced using ZEISS technologies. As the centerpiece of every electronically controlled system, they have become an integral part of our everyday lives - whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, increasingly powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips, and thus plays a pivotal role in the age of micro- and nanoelectronics.

In this role, within the area of Smart Maintenance, you will independently ensure cost-efficient availability of more than 700 production machines across two sites in Wetzlar. You drive maintenance projects, coordinate all relevant activities and strategically develop our processes further. In doing so, you work in close collaboration with the 20-member team at our headquarters in Oberkochen.

Does this sound like your next challenge? We look forward to receiving your application!

Your Role

• Act as a central interface between Production and Maintenance, as well as between the Oberkochen and Wetzlar sites, ensuring a consistent, cross-site maintenance approach
• Take responsibility for designing and implementing an efficient, proactive maintenance strategy to ensure the availability and stability of the machinery and equipment
• Coordinate and manage internal and external service providers for maintenance activities, from planning through to performance and quality control
• Structure and organize the growing machinery and equipment base with a focus on maintenance requirements, including alignment on the requirements of existing and new machines (cost-benefit optimization)
• Introduce and use key performance indicators and structured reporting (e.g. availability, downtime, costs) to manage and continuously improve the maintenance organization
• Prepare and communicate complex technical and organizational topics to different stakeholder groups and take a leading role in cross-functional teams, workshops and change initiatives
• Use all relevant information sources (e.g. machine data, service reports, feedback from production) to derive concrete actions in close, cross-site collaboration

Your Profile

• A successfully completed technical university degree in production engineering or another engineering discipline; ideally, you have a qualification in maintenance management (e.g. from TÜV Academy) or a comparable further education
• Solid professional experience in a production environment, preferably in industrial high-tech maintenance; experience with precision machinery and optical manufacturing in cleanrooms (up to ISO Class 5) is an advantage
• Proven experience at the interface between Production and Maintenance, as well as in cross-site collaboration and harmonization of processes and standards
• Practical experience in managing technical service providers and in developing, implementing and using KPIs to analyze and optimize maintenance processes
• Strong ability to structure complex technical and organizational topics and to communicate them clearly, understandably and tailored to different audiences
• High level of personal responsibility, assertiveness and commitment, combined with a pragmatic, solution-oriented working style, strong facilitation skills, team orientation and the ability to take a leading role without direct line management responsibility
• Willingness to travel between Oberkochen (around once a month) and the Wetzlar sites, as well as very good German and good English skills, both spoken and written

Our Added Value

We provide stability and security!

The long-standing success, strong market position of ZEISS, and the continuously growing demand for IT components offer security for every ZEISS employee and a reliable long-term perspective you can count on.

Your work-life balance matters to us!

Benefit from flexible working time models (including flexible shift systems), the option to work remotely, and a range of childcare support services.

Your skills are highly valued!

At ZEISS, we offer a wide range of opportunities for professional development, including qualification programs, our internal online learning platform CurioZ, external training opportunities, and attractive career paths. With individually defined annual development goals, we support our employees in achieving their career ambitions.

Your work is valuable!

As part of our team, you will benefit from a variety of attractive employee benefits, such as corporate benefits programs, subsidies for the Germany ticket and company bicycles, as well as an award-winning pension scheme. In addition, you will of course receive collectively agreed special payments, including holiday pay, Christmas bonuses, transformation payments, and additional collective bonuses (T-Zug), as well as an annual performance-based bonus tied to the fiscal year.

We invest in your health & well-being!

Our health management program includes online fitness classes, webinars, partnerships with gyms, ZEISS sports groups and running clubs, occupational health physicians, and a unique health partnership with Barmer, offering health courses and a personal contact. In our company restaurants, you will enjoy healthy and diverse meals, including daily vegetarian and vegan options as well as regional organic products.

People are at the center of everything we do!

ZEISS is a foundation-owned company. This is why we are deeply committed to values such as social responsibility, family-friendliness, and the social security of our employees. They are the driving force behind our innovation and the engine of our company-and they are our top priority. In addition, we offer flat hierarchies along with autonomy and responsibility.

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