Methods Service Manager M/F

CMD ENGRENAGES ET REDUCTEURSNordEURESpublished 08/05/2026
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? Your role

Reporting to the Plant Director, you will lead the Methods service and manage a dedicated team.

You are the guarantor of industrial performance, ensuring the reliability, standardization, and optimization of machining processes. You are a recognized technical expert at the heart of interactions between the Bureau d'Études, planning, and production.

? Your main activities

Technical management & industrialization

  • Define, ensure reliability, and optimize machining sequences
  • Guarantee consistency between costing, methods, and workshop execution
  • Participate in the industrial validation of new products
  • Master and evolve processes (taillage, 5-axis machining, rectification, etc.)
  • Structure and lead the deployment of CFAO

Standardization & performance

  • Deploy sequence standards and tool libraries
  • Implement and monitor performance indicators for your service
  • Lead continuous improvement actions for your service

Service management

  • Supervise and structure the Methods team
  • Organize workload, priorities, and relays
  • Develop skills and manage team performance

Field presence & workshop support

  • Ensure a regular presence in the workshop
  • Support teams on methods and best practices
  • Participate in the resolution of technical problems and process drifts
  • Lead trials and contribute to the industrialization of new products

You are currently a manager with strong technical credibility, capable of intervening on concrete machining and industrialization issues. You have a field-oriented approach: you understand machine constraints, machining processes, and manufacturing realities.

Master's degree (Bac+5) in mechanics / industrial engineering or equivalent experience.

Key skills

  • Leadership and ability to unite a team
  • Sense of priorities and decision-making
  • Pragmatic and results-oriented approach
  • Taste for continuous improvement
  • Professional English

What will make the difference

  • Knowledge in taillage

Indispensable prerequisites

  • Proven experience in team management in an industrial environment
  • Experience in methods / industrialization in mechanics or machining
  • Expertise in machining processes
  • Ability to structure standards and drive industrial performance
  • Ability to make technical decisions impacting production