Head of Production (m/f/d)

Your Tasks

• Overall responsibility for the operational and strategic management of manufacturing with regard to quality, costs, productivity, and on-time delivery.
• Leading, motivating, and developing employees and managers in the production area.
• Ensuring smooth manufacturing operations as well as efficient capacity and resource planning.
• Further developing the manufacturing organization and creating scalable production structures for future growth.
• Industrializing new products and transitioning development and prototyping processes to series production.
• Analyzing, standardizing, and continuously optimizing manufacturing processes using lean management methods and continuous improvement (CIP).
• Identifying and implementing automation and digitalization projects to increase efficiency and process reliability.
• Ensuring compliance with aviation-specific standards, regulatory requirements, and internal quality standards.
• Planning and overseeing audits, as well as providing support for customer and regulatory approvals.
• Working closely with Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure the sustainable development of production processes.

Your Qualifications

• A successfully completed degree in mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering or a comparable technical qualification.
• Several years’ management experience in the manufacturing industry, ideally in the aerospace sector or a similarly regulated industry.
• In-depth knowledge of operational production control, as well as experience in the industrialisation of new products and the establishment or optimisation of mass production processes.
• A proven track record in the analysis, standardisation and continuous improvement of production processes using lean management methods and continuous improvement (KVP).
• Experience in implementing automation, digitalisation or investment projects within production.
• Good knowledge of relevant quality and industry standards (e.g. EN 9100, ISO 9001) as well as experience in dealing with audits and regulatory requirements.
• Strong leadership and communication skills combined with a pragmatic, hands-on approach and a strong focus on implementation.
• Very good command of German and English, as well as confidence in using ERP systems and standard MS Office applications.

We offer Atmosphere: Experience life in an international & dynamic New Space start-up Flexibility: Fit your working schedule to your needs with flexible working hours Home Office: Full-time employees benefit from 1 day per week home office Health: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with EGYM Wellpass Paid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and special leave days RFA Family: Join regular company and team events Parking: Free parking for car and bike Insights