Job Title: Project/Lead Engineer Interior/ Exterior/ Functional Accessories
Location: West Midlands based & Remote
Employment type: Contact Position (Consider permanent)
Job type: Remote working, EES Office & Customer site
IR 35 determination: Inside
Hourly rates/Salary: £30-£35
Duration: 12-months initially (3 years project)
Job description:
- This is a role being part of delivering a programme with EES Solutions on behalf of a well established prestigious automotive manufacturer who makes exciting vehicles for worldwide distribution.
- This Project Engineering role will be initially responsible for the definition and feasibility of a number of Interior /exterior/ Functional components leading into the full development, testing and release of these components destined for a new model in a fascinating sector.
- We are looking for someone who is prepared to fully own their commodities and deliver them into the programme at pace and to a high quality in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for establishing, planning and running meetings to ensure appropriate cross functional representation and input from all relevant areas
- Initially establishing feasibility for a number of features outlined in the initial project scope with your team then being responsible for the full design, delivery and release of your exterior commodities
- Compiling engineering development/commodity timing plans for each component
- Communicating delivery progress to the EES Project Lead on a regular basis
- Ensuring that the challenging programme timing objectives are met
- Identifying all risks to the programme and propose mitigation measures
- Follow on project - ensure vehicle builds are supported with parts at the required level
- Ensuring that issues are addressed and closed off at each key gateway of the project
Essential experience:
- Mechanical and Interior, Exterior, Functional & accessory experience required
Experience of:
- Product feasibility
- Requirements definition
- System(s) design
- Defining functional performance
- System testing
- Designing for production
- Designing for manufacturing assembly
- Proven Project Engineering capability demonstrated by recent delivery on time & budget.
- Previous delivery of interior, exterior, functional accessory components using a number of project delivery processes such as PCDS/ PPAP / eAPQP, AIMS / WERS / iCREATE or similar
- Supplier management
Desirable experience:
- Parts design and release
- Having previously delivered new or modified exterior systems for large OEM production
- FEA Analysis
- Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Qualified
- Working knowledge of change management processes
- Working knowledge of RMDV requirements and test database
- Experience of delivering accessory commodities including exterior, interior/exterior protection
Skills:
- CAD Literacy: ability to manipulate and interrogate CAD data and use associated visualisation tools.
- Ability to generate CAD data Catia v5/6.
- Experience of JIRA toolset and AGILE methodologies
- Excellent communications skills
- Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels
- Experience in use of engineering tools FMEA, problem resolution etc 8D.
- Experienced with Microsoft Tool – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Self motivated
Education:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant Mechanical Engineering/Design Engineering.