It takes the brightest minds to be a technology leader. It takes imagination to create green energy for the generations to come. At Siemens Gamesa we make real what matters, join our global team.

Siemens Gamesa is part of Siemens Energy, a global leader in energy technology with a rich legacy of innovation spanning over 150 years. Together, we are committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. As a leading player in the wind industry and manufacturer of wind turbines, we are passionate about driving the energy transition and providing innovative solutions that meet the growing energy demand of the global community. At Siemens Gamesa, we are constantly seeking talented individuals to join our team and support our focus on energy transformation. Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Gamesa: Working with us.

How to contribute to our vision

Elevate Excellence! We're seeking a Head of Operational Excellence at our Hull plant to lead business transformation, guide senior leadership, and drive success with a talented team. Join us and make an impact!

The role includes ensuring of implementation of Business Excellence strategies, guidelines and procedures. Acting as a trusted advisor to Senior management regarding Business Excellence development and leading other managers or Project managers and teams of professionals or consultants.

Some of your key tasks will include but not be limited to:

• Leading and driving forward operational efficiencies across the plant, utilizing a wide toolbox of operational excellence and continuous improvement methodologies

• Working in partnership with the business to embed Lean manufacturing methods and principles, eradicating waste, improving efficiency and developing shopfloor continuous improvement competencies

• Acting as a change agent to the site, managing existing programmes such as action and idea management, while also developing new programmes to support Hull’s journey to world class manufacturing

• Ensuring that programmes and initiatives are consistent, grounded in good documentation and policy management

• Overseeing the site’s operational competency programmes, guaranteeing that our teams are fully equipped to always produce best in class wind turbine blades

• Engaging with local and global engineering and innovation functions to ensure that training programmes are fit for the future

• Progress Hull’s Digitalisation & Data strategies, innovating pragmatic digital solutions which enable efficiencies, good decision making and solve current and future challenges faced by the site

• Developing and deploying the site’s internal communication strategy to engage Hull’s diverse teams and unite them around Our Strategy, Our Culture and Our Values

• Organizing workshops and events in line with the internal communication strategy

What You Need To Make a Difference

A passion for renewable energy and a sense for the importance to lead the change. We are also looking for…

• The ability to take a structured, logical approach, while simultaneously working dynamically across several different programmes and initiatives

• Significant experience utilising and implementing Lean / Six Sigma / Continuous Improvement methodology, ideally in a large manufacturing or operational environment

• Excellent problem-solving skills with considerable experience of problem-solving methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC), Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) and more

• Pragmatic and flexible attitude to get the right outcome for the organisation coupled with a methodical approach to process and documentation

• Strong customer focused approach with demonstrable first-class stakeholder management

• Demonstrable leadership experience, delivering results through others

• Curiosity and demonstrable experience of implementing improvement initiatives leading to commercial benefits, recording savings and measuring and reducing waste

• The ability to mentor and coach others to help them raise the bar for the benefit of themselves and the business

• Knowledge of current industry digital manufacturing trends, with the ability to work with experts to deploy digital solutions for stakeholders

In return of your commitment we offer you…

• Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come

• A global team of diverse colleagues who share passion for renewable energy

• Trust and empowerment to make your own ideas reality

• Personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation

• Competitive Pension Scheme

Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come. We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation. Siemens Gamesa offers a wide variety of benefits such as flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues, employer-funded pension, attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable) and local benefits such as subsided lunch, employee discounts and much more

Empowering our people

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How do you imagine the future?

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Our global team is on the front line of tackling the climate crisis, reducing carbon emissions – the greatest challenge we face.

We believe diversity creates more opportunity for success. That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life: it doesn’t matter the gender, age, ethnic background, sexual orientation or disability. Our main aim is to find people from around the globe who can contribute to world-changing technology.

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Siemens Gamesa is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a work environment that is free from discrimination and where employees are treated with dignity and respect. Employment at Siemens Gamesa is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications, which are directly related to job competence. Siemens Gamesa does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, ancestry, genetic information, citizenship, religion, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, rules or regulations. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, promotion and benefits.

We are driven by people - from more than 100 different countries, they build the company we are every day. Our diverse and inclusive culture encourages us to think outside the box, speak without fear, and be bold. We value the flexibility that our smart-working arrangements, our digital disconnection framework and our family-friendly practices bring to the new way of working.