Our client is a globally operating industrial group in the automotive supply sector, with multiple production sites across the americas and europe. The organization specializes in high-pressure die casting (hpdc) and operates advanced equipment as a core part of its manufacturing footprint. To strengthen technical excellence, standardization and long-term equipment reliability across plants, we are hiring a senior expert hpdc based in mexico, acting within a central technical organization. The role as senior expert hpdc, you will serve as the group’s highest technical authority for die casting equipment, ensuring operational stability, advanced maintenance standards and continuous technological development across multiple plants. You will act as a hands-on expert and technical leader without disciplinary responsibility, supporting local teams in solving complex technical challenges, defining best practices and driving modernization initiatives. This role is ideal for a deep technical specialist with extensive experience in hpdc environments who enjoys working cross-site, solving complex problems and transferring knowledge across an international organization. Key responsibilities operations support & technical leadership act as the escalation point for complex equipment failures, leading root cause analysis and ensuring sustainable solutions across plants support and technically lead high-impact projects such as retrofits, control upgrades, automation initiatives and commissioning of new equipment collaborate with mro and logistics teams to define technically sound spare parts strategies based on risk and criticality ensure all technical activities comply with safety, environmental and legal standards in close coordination with hse maintenance & reliability excellence define and standardize advanced maintenance strategies (preventive, predictive and corrective) to maximize equipment uptime and lifecycle performance develop and validate technical standards, procedures and adjustment methodologies for equipment across all plants ensure availability, accuracy and continuous improvement of critical technical documentation (manuals, control systems, backups, configurations) training & capability development act as a technical reference and mentor for plant-level engineers, specialists and maintenance teams deliver hands-on technical coaching and structured training programs in collaboration with central hr drive sustainable knowledge transfer and capability building across the organization technology & asset strategy evaluate equipment condition, reliability risks and obsolescence across plants provide technical recommendations for modernization, upgrades and asset replacement decisions contribute to automation, control systems and industrial digitalization strategies aligned with the group’s roadmap what we’re looking for extensive experience in high-pressure die casting (hpdc) strong expertise in hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems within automated production environments proven track record in advanced diagnostics, troubleshooting and reliability engineering experience with modern maintenance methodologies (e.g. predictive maintenance, rcm) background in commissioning, service or plant engineering is highly valuable strong analytical and data-driven mindset ability to lead technically without formal authority clear and effective communication across international teams hands-on problem-solving approach with high operational resilience experience in mentoring and developing technical personnel what’s offered high-impact expert role with global scope across multiple production sites direct influence on technical standards, equipment strategy and operational excellence close collaboration with central functions and international plant teams opportunity to shape maintenance excellence and technological development at group level competitive compensation package (details shared during process) how to apply (confidential search) please apply with your resume. Suitable candidates will be contacted by optimal personal & organisation for an initial confidential interview. Selected candidates will then be introduced to our client. Interested? Send your application or linkedin profile — we look forward to speaking with you. About optimal personal & organisation optimal personal & organisation is a specialized executive search partner supporting companies in filling key leadership and expert roles. We run confidential searches end-to-end: clarifying the mandate, identifying and approaching qualified candidates, and managing the selection process in close cooperation with our clients. For this position, optimal is exclusively retained to lead the search and serve as the primary point of contact for candidates throughout the process.