Team Leader Production (f/m/d) – Fully Automated Manufacturing Miniature Circuit Breakers

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Production Manager

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The working time model for this position is: Onsite, #LI-Onsite

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this position, you will lead a high‑performance team in the production of miniature circuit breakers (MCB) and be responsible for their operational excellence. You ensure that individual component parts are processed into high‑quality ABB products under the highest quality and safety standards. As Team Leader Production, you work closely with the Production Manager and help shape a productive, safe, and trusting work environment.

You are mainly responsible for:

• Leading a highly efficient production area with approx. 20–25 employees in a collegial and appreciative working environment

• Ensuring smooth 24/6 production operations through shift management, capacity planning, and resource optimization

• Driving continuous improvement by identifying optimization potential and leading CIP projects, KAIZEN workshops, and Lean Six Sigma initiatives

• Empathic personnel leadership based on guidance, motivation, development, and recruitment of employees – with the goal of unlocking potential and empowering teams

• Responsibility for occupational health & safety and quality assurance through implementation and monitoring of all ISO 9000–9004 standards and ensuring a safe and healthy working environment

• Managing interfaces in close collaboration with HR, Quality, Production Planning, Engineering, and Maintenance

Qualifications for the Role

Technical Qualifications

• Master craftsman certificate or technician degree in a technical field (e.g., electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, production engineering)

• Proven, several years of leadership experience in production or production‑related areas (min. 3 years) • Technical knowledge of manufacturing processes and fully automated assembly processes • Practical experience with CIP methods and Lean Management (e.g., KAIZEN, Lean Six Sigma)

• Solid knowledge of occupational health and safety (ISO 45001)

• Sound understanding of quality standards and quality requirements (ISO 9000–9004)

Desirable Additional Qualifications:

• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher)

• Experience with automated production equipment

• Experience with plant and robot controls, MES systems, and warehouse management systems

Your Personal Suitability

• Analytical and quick comprehension combined with high resilience

• Empathic leadership skills with a strong sense of appreciation to support and develop employees

• High commitment to safety and continuous improvement

• Team orientation and collaboration across departmental boundaries

• Self‑responsibility and willingness to shape – you proactively drive improvements and take ownership of your area • Fluent German skills in spoken and written form; good English skills are an advantage

• Willingness to work shifts (alternating early/late shifts) including Saturday work is a structural requirement of this position. This requires a high degree of flexibility – therefore we compensate with shift‑free workdays, flexible break arrangements, and additional time‑off regulations

Benefits

• Company pension plan

• Job bike or subsidy for the Deutschlandticket

• Children’s holiday home Schapbach

• Employee stock program

• Canteen

Would you like to get to know us beforehand? Then take a look at our virtual production tour at our site and get to know us:

ABB - Heidelberg

Please note: In case of equal suitability, people with severe disabilities and those with equal status will be given preference.

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