Improvement Project Manager

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This position reports to:

Process Engineering Manager

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We are looking for an improvement project manager for our medium switchgear manufacturing unit in Brno – someone who knows what it takes to manage demanding projects and won't get derailed when the map doesn't exist yet. Your mission: to turn our Smart Factory vision into reality. And not through just one project, but through an entire portfolio of changes: automation, new technologies, layout redesigns, MES implementation, and new manufacturing processes. You will manage the entire cycle: from idea through feasibility study and procurement to implementation and ramp-up. We need someone who can set direction, build a team, and deliver results. And when things get stuck? You find a way, not an excuse.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Strategic investment projects with real impact on the future of manufacturing
• A combination of engineering, organization, communication, and leadership
• Space for independence, but also strong support from the process engineering team

Qualification for the role:

• Experience managing complex projects in manufacturing, automation, or technical environments
• Ability to independently drive projects from A to Z
• Excellent communication skills, drive, negotiation abilities
• Systematic and analytical thinking, common sense
• English for project communication + fluent in Czech language
• Advantage: knowledge of manufacturing systems, Lean, Six Sigma, agile management

What we offer:

Projects beyond counting. A team that isn't afraid to do things differently. And real space to create the future of our manufacturing, not just maintain the present.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Option to work from home (Home Office) with a financial contribution
• Annual financial bonus
• 25 days of vacation
• Annual salary review
• Opportunity for further career growth in the Czech Republic and worldwide
• MultiSport card
• Meal allowance
• Contribution to the benefits portal (2-3% of monthly salary)
• Referral bonus for recommending a new employee
• Opportunity for education – internal/external professional courses, language courses, and conferences
• Company events (Christmas party, team buildings, family days, and more)
• Assistance line – professional psychological counseling
• Additional leave for extraordinary life events and support for expectant parents
• Office with good transport accessibility
• Discounts on ABB electrical installation materials
• Discounts with our partners (electronics, gastronomy, car purchases, train travel, etc.)

More about us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability™ enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

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