Location: Amsterdam / Hybrid
Team: Factory Engineering
Type: Full-time

Who We Are

At Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe (HCME), we produce the widest range of hydraulic excavators in the world, ranging from one-tonne minis to 780-tonne mining excavators. HCME also supplies wheel loaders, rigid dump trucks and other construction equipment for special applications. But we don’t just build machines—we build the future of construction. As part of the global Hitachi family, we’re driven by innovation, sustainability, and a commitment to delivering reliable solutions that shape the world around us. Our Amsterdam headquarters is home to a diverse, collaborative team working on cutting-edge technologies and services that support customers across Europe and beyond.

Our Values

• Honesty and sincerity.

• Respect for our environment.

• Social consciousness and respect for others.

• Responsible management and “agreed is agreed”.

 

Your Mission

As a Factory Process Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of translating the strategic goals into concrete, practicable actions. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, analyze and improve the logistics of the production process. You will identify the need to purchase or improve tools, molds and equipment and incorporates the foregoing in an action plan.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You will work on the following product families: crawler, wheeled and mini excavators and Application Machines.

• Creating technical and logistics improvement proposals relating to efficiency and safety

• Leading and successfully concluding medium-sized projects (layout improvements, sub-teams for the NWE model introduction, etc)

• Keeping up to date with technical developments that can potentially be applied to existing processes

• Independently executing time studies standard time and analysis in production

• Translating production specifications (drawings, Build Of Material, standards) into process orders, routing and required tools

• Converting data from prototype production into improvements (Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost - SQDC)

• Creation of a risk analysis 

• Defining delivery specifications of parts to the production line

• Some activities will be directly related to SAP such as routing creation per model and variant and standard production orders

• Lead time & standard time calculations and integrations

• Integration with Build Of Material (in collaboration with Variant Configuration Engineers)

• Variant configuration & change management (in collaboration with the planning department)

• Production version maintenance (refined production drawings and revisions)

• Work center & capacity management to make sure of the accuracy of the stocks

What You Bring

• Proven work experience in Manufacturing Process Engineering or in a similar role

• Knowledge in technical products: Model structures, hydraulic/electrical variants, attachments

• Very good knowledge of SAP Integration: Production Planning, Materials Management, Bill Of Materials, Routing synchronization, Manufacturing Execution System integration

• Knowledge of and an experience with the use of various LEAN tools (TPS, 6 sigma)

• Being able to communicate with, present to and influence internal as well as external key stakeholders at all levels of the organization

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English language

• Engineering or Business Administration degree

 

What We Offer

• Compensation built of a yearly gross salary between 49’000 euros and 71’000 euros (including holiday allowance and based on experience) + a guaranteed bonus (4%)

• 27 days of leave + 13 extra collective days of leave (ADV)

• ‘Metalektro’ Collective Labour Agreement (CLA)

• Excellent pension scheme with a high employer contribution

• Working from home possibility and flexible working hours

• Budget of 1500 euro’s to set up your workplace

• Collective accident insurance

• International learning and development program

• Career opportunities

 

Ready to Apply?

We’d love to hear from you! Click [Apply Now]. At HCME, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace—everyone is welcome.