Manfred Damm

Head of Mechanical and Piping bei VTU Engineering Deutschland GmbH

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

About

Manager with longstanding and diverse experience in international machine and plant engineering; profit and loss responsibility at division level in SMEs and company groups, with proven success in areas such as cost reduction, increased orders, revenues and earnings as well as in company organizations

Experience

  • VTU Group (Hattersheim, Hesse, Germany)
    • SME / Team Lead Mechanical
      Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Head of Mechanical and Piping
      Nov 2022 - Oct 2025 · 3 yrs

  • Head of Engineering at HEDRICH GmbH
    Aug 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Head of Engineering at Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH
    Jul 2016 - Jul 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Responsibilities: Management and further development of the engineering division with design and calculation of process equipment and plants, Design specifications, material selection and dimensioning of the equipment according to relevant international standards such as ASME, AD-2000, EN13445

  • Director Operations Production Sites GBU Water Treatment at Bilfinger / Bilfinger Water Technologies GmbH
    Jan 2014 - Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Responsibility: All technical issues at production sites Aarbergen and Ahnsen covering the following departments : project management, mechanical- and electrical engineering, works preparation, machining, welding, assembly, commissioning, logistics, field service as well as HSEQ with about 150 employees in total. Relocation of entired production from a subsidiary and successful integration into our headquarter production. Subsequent restructuring of the technical division and optimisation of working processes, acc. lean principles, preparing the M&A Process

  • Division Manager Special Purpose Machines at Carl Cloos Schweisstechnik GmbH
    Jun 2006 - Jan 2014 · 7 yrs 8 mos

    Responsibility: Profit and loss responsibility of the division special purpose machines, annual turnover approx. 15 – 20 m€, single special purpose welding machines, robot systems with or without automatic tooling, fully automated production lines, automated TIG/MAW/Laser or Laser-Hybrid welding, sales, project management, mechanical- and electrical engineering, production, commissioning