Manager Standardisation Product Line Loader Cranes (f/m/d)

At PALFINGER, we have been lifting goods to a new level for over 90 years - with a pioneering and passionate spirit. As a global technology and engineering company, we are the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of innovative crane and lifting solutions. Our success is based on the tireless efforts of our approximately 12,350 employees, who contribute their ideas and energy to our vision. With us, you can expect a dynamic working environment full of opportunities for personal and professional development. Become part of our team and start your career at PALFINGER.

As Standardisation Manager for the Loader Cranes Product Line, you will lead a dedicated team, shape our standards strategy, and ensure that standards, guidelines, and processes are aligned across the organization. If you thrive at the intersection of technology, process development, and leadership, this role offers you the chance to make a meaningful impact on how global standards are defined and implemented.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leadership & Collaboration: Setting priorities, allocating resources, ensuring goal achievement, driving cross‑functional collaboration across global development teams and product lines
• Standards Development: Creating, aligning, and maintaining global product‑specific and cross‑product‑line standards, including continuous improvement of internal approval processes (PNORMEN)
• Process Excellence: Establishing and optimizing a robust, efficient standardisation process that ensures high quality, clarity, and consistency of standards
• Norm Program: Managing all technical and organizational Product Line Loader Cranes requirements of the M‑Files norms program, ensuring system optimization, data quality, and supporting users through trainings
• Global Impact: Enabling uniform, efficient standards, improving development efficiency through reuse, strengthening lifecycle-wide collaboration and building a future‑proof standardisation framework

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a comparable technical discipline
• Several years of experience in technical standardisation, norms, or guideline management in the mechanical engineering industry sector
• Proven leadership experience, ideally in interdisciplinary and international teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills, high level of organizational strength with a structured, solution‑oriented working style
• Proficient English and German language skills, both written and spoken

WHAT WE OFFER

• Flexible working hours with no core time and possibility to work from home
• Further training and international career opportunities
• Corporate health management "PALfit"
• Company restaurant with freshly prepared meals and daily meal subsidy
• Job ticket for travel to and from PALFINGER
• Numerous employee discounts through Corporate Benefits

Minimum yearly gross salary according to the Austrian metal industry collective agreement is EUR 60.962,30 based on full-time employment. According to experience and qualification, we offer a market-conforming overpayment.