Head of Technology(m/w/x)

Description

In this role, you will lead a diverse technical team and drive the technological direction for battery recycling processes. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include overseeing engineering activities, managing R&D initiatives, and ensuring compliance with safety standards, all while maintaining budget control and transparent reporting.

Requirements

• •Engineering degree above average in mechanical and/or process engineering
• •Excellent conceptual and analytical skills
• •Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams
• •Experience in setting standards and governance
• •Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and ideally in German
• •Strong stakeholder management abilities
• •High resilience, flexibility, and social competence
• •Analytical mindset with pragmatic hands-on orientation
• •Strong problem-solving skills and capacity for continuous improvement

Tasks

• •Lead the technical team in commissioning, process engineering, and R&D
• •Establish clear roles, standards, and KPIs for delivery, safety, quality, and lifecycle performance
• •Develop commissioning plans and establish best practices for smooth handover from engineering to commissioning
• •Steer on-site commissioning, including documentation packages and readiness checklists
• •Implement targeted R&D initiatives aligned with the Product Management vision
• •Oversee make-vs-buy evaluations and manage qualification, testing, and scale-up activities
• •Lead design reviews and ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations
• •Manage technical risk through FMEA/HAZOP inputs and safety-critical system validations
• •Oversee all engineering activities, managing resources and priorities for basic engineering tasks
• •Approve key design reviews and resolve technical queries to improve engineering quality
• •Control budgets and maintain transparent reporting of milestones, risks, and decision points
• •Implement stage-gate reviews and go/no-go criteria for project governance
• •Lead the rollout of the Aveva engineering tool, managing budget and timeline responsibilities

Benefits