Configuration Development Engineer

Configuration Development Engineer

Location: Larbert OR Farnborough

• Come join Alexander Dennis. We are transforming public transport globally by designing, manufacturing, and servicing the cleanest and greenest buses and coaches for our customers.
• In a nutshell, we build buses and coaches. In fact, more than half of the buses you see on the roads in the UK are built by Alexander Dennis. We have a huge responsibility to keep the world moving.
• We are saving the planet. Our purpose is to support Governments globally with their push to reduce pollution and improve air quality by building greener, more eco-friendly buses.
• We love our customers. So much so, almost every bus we build is bespoke – what the customer wants, we will do our best to deliver.
• We have a fantastic Canadian parent company called NFI. They welcomed us into the family in 2019, and we haven’t looked back ever since.
• We are building back and growing again, winning new orders in Germany and Ireland which will be manufactured right here in the UK.
• Our global footprint is market leading. We have a presence in some super cool places across the world from Hong Kong to Auckland to Toronto.
• Our people are our biggest asset, making us the hugely successful company we are. We are transforming how we work, offering team members more flexibility around how they live and work.

What does that mean for you?

• Generous salary package – we reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A half day on a Friday. Yes, every Friday. Giving you more time at the weekend to do the things you love; with the people you love.
• A 37-hour hybrid working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
• Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
• Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and regular meditation sessions as your health and wellbeing is important to us.

 Interested and want to find out more? Check out our YouTube channel or LinkedIn!

Your dream role: We have an exciting opportunity for a Configuration Development Engineer to contribute to the transformation of the company, by implementing the Configure Price Quote (CPQ) configurator and utilizing the configurator as a catalyst to improve the “Front End” process and management. 
In this role you will also be responsible for maintaining the configured vehicle platforms to produce accurate contract specifications and bills of materials (BOMs) whilst continuously improving current processes.
Day to day activities will include:

• Develop and maintain the configurator architecture to provide accurate Technical Specification and BOM output for all vehicle variants.
• Configurator BOM output accuracy KPI
• Work with Business Intelligence team to set up KPI dashboards to track configurator related processes.
• Continually strive towards improving the efficiency of existing processes and develop new processes where required.
• Manage configurator helpdesk tickets in a timely and professional manner.
• Work with the team to develop a new configurator for Alexander Dennis.
• User training & SOPs
• This role is not a software development position.

What you will bring:

• You will be a degree or HND qualified Engineer.
• Working knowledge of Engineering BOMs and processes
• Excellent IT skills.
• Comfortable handling large datasets.
• Attention to detail imperative. Able to understand an engineering drawing and relate this back to design intent.
• Ability to learn product knowledge and design intent important.
• Ability to implement the commercial requirements from a CPQ configurator.
• Motivated to be able to work alone (remote working) as well as within a team (In person and online).
• Good knowledge of database applications.
• Good communication skills both verbal and written.
• Knowledge of configuring a similar application: i.e., Sales/Marketing/customer support application (Desirable, on-site training available as required).
• Experience in automotive (ideally heavy) would be an advantage.
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Next steps:

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard’, then we would love to hear from you. Alongside uploading your CV, please share a short covering letter detailing why you’re interested and why we should hire you!

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We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on (phone number removed) or send an email to (url removed)

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