Mechanical Assembly Leader

About the role

BW Packaging, part of the Barry-Wehmiller group, is hiring an Assembly Leader in Parma, Italy, reporting to the Operation Site Leader. The role directs and develops the assembly team, turning the production plan into safe, high-quality and predictable execution, and covers assembly planning, resource deployment, build-hour control, quality at source and team capability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead by example on safety, keep the workplace clean and hazard-free, and track HSE actions until closed.
• Create a respectful, inclusive team environment, coach individuals, and maintain the skills matrix and cross-training plan.
• Translate the master production schedule into a visual assembly plan by machine, phase and milestone, allocate people by competence and workload, and manage daily staffing, absences and overtime.
• Confirm readiness before assembly starts (documents, materials, quality status, tools, workspace, skills) and monitor progress and target hours.
• Ensure assembly complies with drawings, bills of material, manufacturing instructions and quality controls, and work with Quality and Engineering to contain nonconformities.
• Keep visibility of planned, actual and estimate-to-complete hours and reduce waiting, searching, rework and other non-value-added work.
• Support standard work, visual management, problem solving, modularization, preassembly and supplier quality at source, and escalate risks early with facts and proposed countermeasures.

Required profile

• Diploma, professional qualification, degree or equivalent manufacturing experience.
• At least five years in manufacturing, machine assembly or a comparable industrial environment, including team leadership.
• Experience planning people and production priorities in a complex, low-volume or engineered-to-order environment.
• Working knowledge of mechanical assembly, technical drawings, BOMs, tolerances, manufacturing instructions and change control.
• Preferred: packaging machinery or capital-equipment experience and working English.

Required skills

• Lean manufacturing, standard work, 5S, visual management and structured problem solving.
• ERP and production-planning tools.

What we offer

• A permanent employment contract under the Metalworking Industry Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL Metalmeccanica Industria).
• Gross annual salary (RAL) of EUR 50,000 to 75,000 depending on experience, skills and level of responsibility.