Department Manager Automation Service Area (m/f/d)

groninger GmbH & Co. KGCrailsheimArbeitsagenturpublished 07/22/2026
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https://www.groninger-group.com/de/unternehmen/karriere/uebersicht/

Crailsheim

immediately

Full-time

[AUS-1079]

Our heart beats for complex machines. Does yours? At groninger, we are a family-run company with more than 40 years of know-how in special machine construction. And we have specialized in the production of filling and closing systems in the pharma, cosmetics, and consumer healthcare industries. Our mission: to create quality of life. That is why our machines are used worldwide exactly where they help people and make their lives more beautiful. For example, in the production of vaccines and perfume manufacturing. Together with more than 1,700 colleagues, we work every day on this mission - and on providing our customers with the best solutions.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for:

DEPARTMENT MANAGER AUTOMATION SERVICE AREA (M/F/D)

These tasks await you:

  • Technical, disciplinary, and result-oriented leadership of the group in the areas of PLC programming, SCADA programming, electrical design, as well as adjacent topics such as calibration
  • Further development of processes, standards, and the system landscape in the field of automation
  • Execution of capacity planning as well as prioritization, control, and monitoring of ongoing tasks and projects involving internal and external resources
  • Ensuring effective cooperation between automation, project management, project engineering, design, materials management, service, HR, and external partners
  • Promotion, development, and support of employees as well as targeted building of know-how within the team
  • Active initiation of process optimizations, standardization, and efficiency increases within automation
  • Ensuring high implementation quality as well as sustainable documentation and traceability of work results

What you bring to the role:

  • Completed studies or further training as a technician in the fields of mechatronics, automation technology, electrical engineering, or a comparable qualification
  • Several years of professional and leadership experience in machine and plant engineering, ideally in the field of automation, electrical engineering, or software
  • Broad knowledge in automation, e.g., PLC, HMI, Motion, electrical engineering, circuit diagrams, camera recognition, or robotics
  • Experience in leading, structuring, and further developing technical teams
  • Strong understanding of processes, interfaces, and efficient working methods in technical order processing
  • Experience or interest in the further development of standards, methods, and system landscapes in the automation environment
  • Confident appearance, strong communication skills, analytical thinking, ability to implement, as well as good written and spoken English skills

What you can look forward to:

Jobrad

Employee discounts

Canteen

Capital-forming benefits

No dress code

Flat hierarchy

Special payments

Flexible working hours

Employee-refer-employee program

Parking space

Further training

Profit sharing

Childcare subsidy

Health measures

Company pension scheme

  • A crisis-proof job with further training and development perspectives
  • An appreciative and collegial environment
  • Work-life balance with a 40-hour week, flexible working hours, part-time models, and the possibility of mobile working
  • Freshly prepared, varied dishes at employee rates
  • Further benefits: Special payments, travel allowance, company pension scheme, childcare subsidy, shopping discounts

We look forward to your application: Fabian Sekler Human Resources Management +49 7951 495 6138

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