Launch Engineer

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Job Summary: Lead and ensure the industrial launch of new projects and change management, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring industrial stability. Key Highlights: 1. Lead industrial launch projects from industrialization to SOP 2. Coordinate local and corporate multidisciplinary teams 3. Manage product and process changes in series-phase projects **JOB DESCRIPTION****Launch Engineer – Industrial Project Leader****Adient Automotive****, Location:** Alagón (Zaragoza)**Job Mission** Lead and ensure the industrial launch of new projects at the plant, guaranteeing achievement of **quality, cost, schedule, and investment** objectives from the industrialization phase through **Start of Production (SOP)**. Act as the plant’s **industrial launch reference**, coordinating local and corporate multidisciplinary teams, and leading proper **product and process change management** in series-phase projects, ensuring industrial stability and customer supply.**Main Responsibilities****Industrial Launches*** Lead launch projects from the industrialization phase through SOP, ensuring achievement of planned objectives in quality, cost, schedule, and investment. * Identify launch-related risks and define preventive and corrective action plans. * Coordinate and energize multidisciplinary teams involved in launches, removing barriers and ensuring objective achievement. **Change Management in Series Projects*** Lead implementation of product and process changes in production projects. * Ensure industrial robustness, traceability, supply continuity, and compliance with quality standards. * Manage and track changes from SOP until project completion, using defined corporate tools. **Cross-functional and International Coordination*** Coordinate key plant functions involved in launches: Manufacturing Engineering / Advance Manufacturing, Quality Engineering / Advance Quality, Production, Logistics, Procurement, Finance, Safety and Environment. * Act as the primary liaison between the plant and the corporate team (SDT / Program Management). * Manage relationships with machinery suppliers and component suppliers, as well as customer liaison when required. **Requirements*** University degree in **Engineering** (Industrial, Mechanical, Industrial Organization or related field). * Minimum of **4–6 years** of experience in a multinational industrial environment, including: + at least **2 years in industrial project launches**, and + prior experience in **manufacturing engineering, quality engineering and/or program management**. * Experience in the automotive sector or other highly demanding industrial environments. * Solid knowledge of industrial project management. * Regular use of management and reporting tools: **MS Office: Excel / Power BI**, PowerPoint, project planning and tracking tools. * High level of English, with regular interaction with headquarters in Germany, international suppliers, and customers. **Key Competencies*** Cross-functional leadership and influence without direct hierarchical authority. * Communication and presentation skills. * Planning, organization, and tracking capabilities. * Initiative, autonomy, and results orientation. * Ability to work under pressure in demanding industrial environments. * Focus on continuous improvement and accountability in execution. **PRIMARY LOCATION** Alagon