(Senior) Factory Planning & Design Engineer

About this role

Responsibilities

• Define requirements and specifications for our production sites based on bill of material and bill of process.
• Design optimized production plant layouts, considering value stream, cycle times, material flow and safety requirements
• Work with cross-functional teams from manufacturing, EPC and design to gather requirements for the facility design from an architectural, utility and operations perspective.
• Own and manage the interface between manufacturing engineering and factory design teams, ensuring transparent requirement and issue tracking, consistent progress, change management and handling escalations.
• Supervise construction execution from an owners perspective for adherence to planning and timeline targets. Ensure readiness for equipment move-in and commissioning.
• Supporting permitting processes, providing supporting documentation & descriptions with regards to the manufacturing site.
• Help develop standards and best practices for future expansions and further European factory projects.
• Who you are
• A (senior) industrial- or mechanical engineer with firsthand experience and solid expertise in designing factories and production systems.
• Experienced working on complex, integrated manufacturing systems. Ideally in aerospace, defence, or other high‑performance, cross functional environments under intense time pressure.
• Used to working with different engineering & design traits such as manufacturing engineering, architects, MEP design, permitting and authorities.
• Managing partners and suppliers proficiently and effectively. Motivating everyone to go above and beyond to achieve common goals and timelines.
• Dealing well with ambiguity and uncertainty, willing to anticipate, test and reconsider if necessary.
• Strong engineering