Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Launch teams support new vehicle programs from prototype to full production. Since 1928, the company has expanded into EV components and vehicle software. Pay increases at 90 days and again at one year.

About the role:

Hearthhurst is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to improve throughput, quality and cost on our assembly lines in Lugano. The work is on site and cannot be done remotely.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Run time studies and line balancing to hit takt time
• Track and report OEE, yield and cost savings
• Lead root cause investigations using 8D, 5 Whys and fishbone
• Reduce scrap and rework using data from the MES and quality reports
• Support kaizen events and 5S across the plant
• Train operators and leads on new processes

Required qualifications:

• 5-7 years in a manufacturing or process engineering role
• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, mechanical or industrial engineering
• Hands-on experience with lean tools such as value stream mapping, SMED and kanban
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills
• Clear communication with operators, maintenance and management

Preferred:

• Robot programming (FANUC, ABB)
• ERP experience with SAP or Epicor
• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt

Rate: CHF 99,000 - CHF 119,000 annually

Compensation and benefits:

• Company pension scheme
• 30 days of annual leave
• Urban Sports Club membership

Candidates must be eligible to work in Switzerland.

Please submit your CV in English.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Hearthhurst SA.