Head of Technical Department

From powering space exploration and advancing medicine to enabling defense and shaping the optics inside everyday devices — our impact reaches far beyond today. Join the OPTOMAN team as a Head of Technical Department

Responsibilities

• Define, manage, and control the technical budget, including equipment maintenance, repairs, utilities, and capital investments.

• Ensure reliable and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment through effective maintenance strategies and performance management, including downtime reduction and monitoring of technical KPIs such as MTBF and MTTR.

• Analyze equipment reliability, failure causes, and lifecycle costs, and initiate actions to improve performance, availability, and cost efficiency.

• Lead manufacturing expansion, technology, and infrastructure projects from technical concept selection through implementation, commissioning, and handover.

• Drive equipment modernization, automation, and energy efficiency initiatives, including investment evaluation and ROI analysis.

• Ensure reliable and efficient operation of engineering and utility systems, including electrical, water, compressed air, heating, cooling, and other facility infrastructure.

• Manage external technical service providers and contractors, ensuring quality, safety, timelines, and cost targets are achieved.

• Build, lead, and develop the technical team by defining structure, recruiting talent, setting objectives, coaching employees, and evaluating performance.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders to support business growth and operational excellence.

Core Mission Ensure reliable, efficient, and sustainable operation of manufacturing equipment and infrastructure while defining the long-term maintenance and technology development strategy. Lead technical excellence initiatives that increase manufacturing performance, equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and business scalability.

Required Superpowers

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.

• Proven leadership experience in maintenance, engineering, technical operations, or a similar function within a manufacturing environment.

• Strong understanding of equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, failure analysis, and asset management principles.

• Experience managing technical budgets, capital investments, manufacturing expansion projects, or major engineering initiatives.

• Good knowledge of industrial utilities and engineering systems, including electrical, water, compressed air, heating, and cooling infrastructure.

• Strong analytical thinking, project management, leadership, negotiation, and decision-making skills.

• Experience working with CMMS, ERP, or other maintenance management systems is considered a strong advantage.

• Fluent Lithuanian (C1-C2) and English (minimum B2).

Rewards

• Competitive compensation: €4,000–€5,000 gross + annual bonus scheme (final offer based on your expertise and scope).

• €1,000 annual personal benefits budget (MELP): choose what fits you best - health insurance, 3rd pillar pension, or other wellbeing/perks.

• Extra time off that grows with you: +1 paid day off on each work anniversary (up to 5 extra days), on top of standard annual leave.

• Stock option opportunity: a chance to share in long-term value creation and contribute to meaningful growth initiatives.

• Learning & growth support: a flexible L&D budget for relevant courses, certifications, workshops, and conferences (with a simple approval process).

• Team & work support: a separate budget for team-building and work-related tools/items, plus an additional phone budget.

• Great people, healthy culture: a supportive, collaborative team with a superhero mindset - we help each other win - plus company-wide events throughout the year.

• Referral rewards & life moments: referral bonus for successful hires, and one-time support for special occasions (marriage, birth of a child, and other significant life events, per policy).

If you're ready to challenge limits and stand behind work that changes industries and improves lives, you might just belong with us.

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