Director Mechanical Design

About The Role:

As Director Mechanical Design, you will lead the structural and kinematic design of Liebherr’s Mining Hydraulic Excavators, including cabins, buckets, and engine integration. You will ensure Liebherr Colmar remains the centre of competence for mechanical design, driving innovation and ensuring robust, high-quality solutions that meet demanding mining applications worldwide.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, and motivate a team of c. 45 Engineers (with 6 direct reports) covering the main frame, cabin, bucket, engine integration.
• Promote technical expertise and expert career paths; prepare succession plans.
• Own accountability for excavator structural and kinematic design, including cabins, buckets, and combustion engine integration.
• Ensure structural robustness, material integrity, and safe integration of all mechanical components.
• Drive innovation in structural design, materials, and kinematics to support Liebherr’s long-term mining strategy.
• Deliver projects on time, on quality, and within cost, across the full product lifecycle (innovation, development, production, in-service).
• Ensure capitalisation of know-how and maintain competence centre status in structures, materials, and mechanical integration.
• Provide vision and leadership to highly skilled technical teams, balancing operational delivery with long-term capability development.
• Collaborate with peer directors and the Liebherr management board to achieve company and division objectives.

Profile:

• Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership in heavy machinery, mining equipment, or large-scale industrial vehicles.
• Proven expertise in structural and kinematic design, material science, and engine integration.
• Strong record of leading cross-functional engineering teams with a product ownership mindset.
• Fluent in French, English, and German.
• Strategic thinker, able to balance detailed technical expertise with a big-picture product view.

Our company is committed to diversity and disability, and as such considers all applications on an equal basis.

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L'Entreprise

Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS, acteur majeur dans l'industrie minière, présent à l'international, spécialisé dans le développement et la production de pelles et de tombereaux. Reconnu pour ses produits fiables, de qualité et un service de proximité, nous nous engageons à surpasser les attentes de nos clients avec des solutions innovantes. Chaque année, nous investissons dans l'amélioration de nos produits, ​​ tout en répondant aux défis de décarbonation. Avec des projets de recherche axés sur les nouvelles technologies, nous offrons à nos employés l'opportunité de façonner un avenir durable pour notre environnement.  

Site

Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS 

Colmar/Cedex

France (Fr)

Contact

Mathilde Gauthier

03.69.49.26.69