Design Engineering Manager
Recruiter: Consilium Recruit
Location: Worcestershire
Salary: Up to £63,000 + Car + Bonus + Benefits
Application date: 16th Jul 2018
This leading global Industrial & Automotive engineering and manufacturing business is looking to appoint an experienced Engineering Manager to be technical lead for the on time delivery of a number of brand new programmes for the Truck / Bus / Off-Highway market
The Role
Working as a key member of the engineering management team, leading a small dedicated, Engineering Team, you will be responsible for developing technical solutions for the installation and application of mechanical-electrical products onto commercial vehicles. Reporting directly to the Group Engineering Director, you will be involved in the following key tasks;
• Lead the development and design of Air Supply Module solutions to the Road and Rail Industry
• Develop design strategy based on Market and Business demand
• Develop resource and timing plans based on the design implementation strategy.
• Lead the deployment of robust Design and Design verification processes to deliver projects to the cost, quality and timing objectives
• Bring personal Technical knowhow and experience to the design delivery, verification and risk management processes
• Motivate the Team to operate at maximum efficiency and effectiveness
• Ensure appropriate processes are employed in demonstrating robust Engineering Sign Off and conformance to requirements of customer; territory and general industry, quality standards
• Prepare budgets and forecasts required in delivering objectives
• Keep the Senior Manager (and Exec Management Team) appraised of Project delivery performance / status
The Person
With a minimum of a HND in Mechanical Engineering or similar and a background in mechanical design and development you will have a strong mix of the following skills and experience;
• A minimum of six years` experience in vehicle component / system / whole vehicle package design / project engineering environment
• Low to medium volume design for production experience
• Technical programme or Project leadership
• Motivator and mentor with the ability to set and maintain a high delivery tempo
• Appreciation of the (Commercial) vehicle industry, the automotive operational environment and duty expectations
• Understand the requirements for system interface and package for ICE, Hybrid and Electric vehicle architectures
• Strong appreciation and experience of attributes such as Durability, Thermal and Acoustic performance
• Conversant with Microsoft tools – Word; Excel; PPT; MSP
• Experience of the off-highway, truck and bus / coach or commercial vehicle sector would be highly advantageous
This position offers the opportunity to join a busy engineering team within a global engineering and production business at a project and team leadership level.