Finish & Paint Operational Support Professional - Taranto

Come join the new Vestas Blades Process Engineering organization. This organization is characterized as a co-located & process engineering team focused on developing and supporting the rest of the organization with subject matter experts (SMEs). An organization that embeds skilled engineering directly into the manufacturing value stream and enables faster decision-making and deeper process ownership and Knowledge. It all builds on a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability.

Responsibility

As a Operational Support Engineer at Vestas, you will play a key role in improving the Handling and Logistics processes for wind turbine blades pats and whole blades. If you do not have a deep knolled withing Handling & Transport of blades, you will have high motivation to get it. Your improvements shall support process stability and capability to improve overall business performance; Safety Quality Delivery and Cost (SQDC).

Your main responsibilities:

• Facilitate continuous improvement on Handling and Transport processes across the manufacturing sites.
• Analysis of AS IS and future state and be motivated to improve activities
• Create and maintain a plan for improvement
• Create the needed Engineering Change Notices (CN’s)
• Leading improvement tasks / projects
• Case handler on an escalation process, used when factories cannot progress the production – meaning it is both urgent and most of the time critical to get solved fast.
• Be part of building a culture of excellence, innovation, and responsibility
• Investigating and solving production issues using structured methods such as the 5x Whys, Fishbone Diagrams.
• Applying continuous improvement principles using quality tools like and Lean.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineer or alike
• GB Lean

Experience:

• About 6-8 years of experience in similar roles as described above

Worked with:

• Leading improvement tasks
• Analyses Handling & Logistic processes
• Transport tool specification
• Process flow creation
• Focused on optimization and standardization within manufacturing processes with use of the toolbox also mentioned above.

Core competences:

• A blend of technical, analytical, and operational competencies tailored to Handling & Transport and continuous improvement.
• Skills in process design and optimization related to Handling & Transport.
• You are interested and willing to spend time in the factory environment as required to understand and solve problems
• Data-Driven Decision Making, use of data analytics tools such as lean.
• Use of tools like 5 Whys, Fishbone diagrams, and FMEA to identify and solve Handling or Logistic issues.
• You are self-motivated; result-oriented and possess great organizational discipline
• You find it exciting and interesting to work with other people in a large organization and can build up an intensive network across cultures and time zones and work with stakeholders
• You are customer-oriented and can understand the complete business value chain seen from a customer perspective
• You are committed to learning

Our commitment to a fair hiring
At Vestas, we evaluate all candidates solely based on their professional experience, education, and relevant skills. To support a fair recruitment process, we kindly ask that you remove any photos, dates of birth or graduation, gender pronouns, marital status, or other personal information not relevant to the role before submitting your CV/resume. Your CV/resume should focus on your professional and educational background, along with the necessary contact details (email and phone number). We train our hiring teams in inclusive evaluation and regularly review process outcomes to ensure fairness.

DEIB Statement
At Vestas, we recognize the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion in driving innovation and success. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, particularly those who may hesitate due to their identity or feel they do not meet every criterion. As our CEO states, "Expertise and talent come in many forms, and a diverse workforce enhances our ability to think differently and solve the complex challenges of our industry". Your unique perspective is what will help us powering the solution for a sustainable, green energy future.

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About Vestas
Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We specialize in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore.
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than our competitors in the renewable energy arena. We consider ourselves forerunners within the industry, as Vestas continuously aims to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 185 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, Vestas has an unmatched history demonstrating our expertise within the field.
With 30,000 employees globally, Vestas is a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future.
Vestas promotes a diverse workforce which embraces all social identities and is free of any discrimination. We commit to create and sustain an environment that acknowledges and harvests different experiences, skills, and perspectives, and gives everyone equal access to opportunity.
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