Customer Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

Linde AMT Italy S.r.l.

Customer Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

Novara, Italy | req31440

What You Will Enjoy Doing

• In this role you lead the local engineering team with 4 direct reports, ensuring reliable delivery, clear structures, and efficient processes
• You provide strategic and hands‑on engineering leadership to the Novara manufacturing site
• Further you lead new product introduction (NPI) and process industrialization, ensuring strong alignment with customer commitments, timelines, and business objectives
• Also you you drive accurate costing and technical estimation for new and existing opportunities, ensuring competitive and commercially viable solutions
• Moreover you act as a key technical interface with sales and customers, interpreting specifications, providing expert guidance, and building strong relationships
• In this role you support customer audits, site visits, and validation activities, including preparation of product substantiation and qualification reports
• You collaborate with leadership and business development teams to identify growth opportunities and expand scope
• In this role you promote a continuous improvement mindset, encouraging innovation, accountability, and proactive problem-solving across the engineering team
• Responsibilities include developing and optimizing robust manufacturing processes, documentation, and tooling solutions aligned with customer and quality requirements
• Further you apply advanced quality tools to drive zero‑defect performance, lead root‑cause investigations, and implement sustainable corrective actions
• You manage end‑to‑end process and capital projects while supporting continuous improvement to enhance cost efficiency, quality, and operational excellence
• In this role you will be hired under the metalworking national collective agreement, with a gross annual salary between €62.000 and €75.000, and meal vouchers worth €10 for each working day

What Makes You Great

• Responsibilities include holding a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, combined with 7 years of experience in a production environment – aerospace preferred
• You hold a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, preferred focus on surface technologies/welding/production technology, 5y experience in a production environment – aerospace preferred
• The role requires an open-minded personality with interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal, with superiors, colleagues, and customers
• Among the core competencies is being a detail‑oriented self‑starter with the ability to work independently, supported by effective analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Fluent English proficiency is expected as part of the role’s communication requirements
• The position involves actively promoting and and demonstrating a collaborative safety and health culture across the organization
• You demonstrate commitment to high level of operational discipline and compliance to standard work procedure

Why you will love working with us

Linde AMT Italy Srl offers a comprehensive array of high-performance coatings and technologies in the following fields of application: automotive, oil & gas, paper, textile, printing, chemical, avio, and other industries in general. But what really makes the difference are our people because they can make great things happen. Our employees have the power to turn a challenge in a learning opportunity in order to improve themselves more and more.

What we offer you!

In addition to an international and challenging working environment, we will offer you a wide range of opportunities for your professional and personal development. Furthermore, we offer you some benefits, such as an excellent health care insurance and bonus based on performance and assigned goals.

Have we inspired you?

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application (cover letter, CV, certificates) via our online job market.

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Linde AMT Italy S.r.l. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in each of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.