Maintenance Manager

About us

SCHOTT Advanced Optics, with its strong technological expertise, is a preferred partner for customers in the development of customized products and solutions for optical applications, lithography, astronomy, optoelectronics, architecture, life sciences, and research.

With a portfolio of more than 120 optical glasses, specialty materials, and components, we master the entire value chain, from the development of tailor-made glass to the highest quality finished products, including metrology.

Your Contribution

• Ensures the maintenance of production equipment in order to guarantee output that meets customer requirements within optimal timeframes and costs.
• Develops, monitors, and updates the general maintenance plan (frequencies, types of interventions, responsibilities, machine availability).
• Ensures continuous maintenance and repair of installations, giving priority to critical machines.
• Performs failure analyses and implements the necessary corrective actions.
• Coordinates internal maintenance activities according to production needs.
• Organizes and monitors contracted interventions and external service providers.
• Documents and controls completed maintenance activities.
• Monitors the development of the machine fleet (numbering, machine files, location, equipment).
• Oversees technical building installations and safety systems.
• Manages spare parts, consumables, and supplier relationships.
• Optimizes the maintenance budget.
• Manages a team of 10 technicians (organization, prioritization, development).
• Ensures the implementation of EHS directives and compliance with laws and internal regulations regarding environment, health, safety, and accident prevention.

Your Profile

• Technical background in Electrical, Mechanical, or Electronic systems
• Strong planning, organizational, and maintenance coordination skills
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop technical teams
• Extensive experience in industrial maintenance and equipment reliability improvement
• Hands-on experience implementing TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) methodologies
• Proficiency in CMMS systems (SAP PM is considered an asset)
• Ability to manage emergency situations and conduct root cause analysis
• Experience in monitoring and improving maintenance KPIs (equipment availability, reliability, cost control)
• Ability to drive change and continuous improvement initiatives
• Results-oriented, autonomous, proactive, and accountable
• Fluent in French and English (written and spoken)

Your Benefits

SCHOTT-s openness to promote your further development is just as great as our additional benefits. Ranging from active health management via flexible working hours and hybrid work all the way to corporate pension plans: everything geared to suit your goals and needs. Discover a special corporate culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop their entire potential.

At SCHOTT, you can expect a unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know: motivated and committed employees are the precondition for the success of our company.

Flexible working hours; Extended vacation entitlement; Team Events

Please feel free to contact us

You can expect interesting tasks and challenging projects, as well as motivated and friendly teams in fields that influence our future. Do you want to be successful with us? Then, please send us your application: SCHOTT Suisse SA, Human Resources, Tania D'Anto, +41244235996

*At SCHOTT, it-s your personality that counts - not your gender, your identity, or origin.