Deutsche Bahn AG | Germany | 34xxx Kassel | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 22.05.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of Production Preparation and Control
DB InfraGO AG is Deutsche Bahn's common-good infrastructure company. As Germany's largest host, we receive around 21 million travellers and visitors a day at our 5,400 stations. Our goal: We design places where our customers like to stop. By 2030, we develop around 1,800 stations in a holistic way to attractive future railway stations that combine sustainability and capacity and performance. Help us create mobility discs and business cards for cities and communities.
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
At the closest possible time, we are looking for you as head:in production preparation and control (w/m/d) for DB InfraGO AG at the Kassel site. It is located in the area of the railway stations in the Kassel railway station management. As a manager: in production preparation and control, you are the driving force behind strategic planning and operational control for 101 passenger railway stations in Nordhessen. You carry a team of 8 employees and permanently secure the workability of production and the positioning of our stations as excellent mobility discs. Your tasks:
You are leading the development of the holistic target image per station and quarter from customer perspective and consistently implement central standards, provide location-related service and operating concepts for & provide integrated railway plans for our future railway stations You define the integrated production plan, execute station-specific plans and tax them according to the approved implementation plan - in addition, you will advertise dashboards, fill stock data and meet Make-or-Buy decisions You tax the production costs as well as on-going operations, first select performance descriptions (LV), decide on counter-control measures and tax the commercial audit, forecasting and budget planning In addition, you have the lead for local contract management (mobility/commercial) and participate in promotion and station usage contracts - in addition, you inform customers:in binding and guiding complaint management You accompany construction projects from configuration to preliminary design planning to commissioning, coordinates operational replacement measures, participate in Quality Gates and control warranty tracking Ensuring compliance with central standards for cleanliness, order and equipment is one of your tasks - just like controlling the procurement of means of production and materials You guide your team motivatingly and are regularly present in the office as a close-by-site manager. In this context, you also control the employee qualification (e.g. NAQ) and proactively bind your team into change processes In addition, you will start having caries and emergency folders and take a key role directly at the location of the event in large-scale fault management.
Your profile:
The basis of your career is a successfully completed study or university, ideally with the focus on business management, (economic) engineering or a comparable subject with commercial reference You bring relevant experience in the disciplinary leadership of teams or in the management of complex, responsible projects - ideally you are already familiar with the processes at passenger train stations A varied and lively environment motivates you and also in challenging moments you keep a calm hand, prioritizes safe and meet sympathetic decisions under time pressure You have the competence to penetrate complex issues quickly and translate them into strategic concepts - with a high design will and absolute implementation strength In addition, you are safe in handling modern management tools and the MS Office package - especially in PowerPoint you provide challenging strategies, standards and target images visually appealing and recipient-oriented to You're a value-assured leadership style - you're a close coach who is regularly present in the office and is personally accessible to the employees In addition, you have the pleasure of working directly at the station - the willingness to travel activities in Nordhessen (with daily return) as well as a valid class B licence are of course for you You bring the willingness to actively participate in emergency management and, if necessary, take responsibility for our travellers and locations
This is important to us:
Our claim is to offer all candidates the same opportunities for entry with us, both with equal suitability. We actively promote diversity and cooperation in our teams. We appreciate any application, regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, disability, age, duration of unemployment, sexual orientation and identity. Benefits:
We offer you 16 free journeys within Germany per year and other discounts such as DB Job Ticket for your daily work. In addition, there are good opportunities for family and friends. All DB employees can shop at a great price. Every month, you will find new offers on the DB travel market, such as mobile phone contracts, insurances, discounts for hotel chains, fashion and lifestyle. In the digital field you are always well equipped thanks to a mobile device that you can also use privately. .
Location
![]() | Deutsche Bahn AG | |
| 74564 Kassel | ||
| Germany |
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