Product Dev Engineer

3-month initial/rolling contract

Hybrid (3 days pw onsite) - Merseyside

£29ph (Inside IR35)

Position Description:

• Our Clients' Halewood PVT Department is part of the Product Engineering Quality Function, delivering improvements to the current vehicle programs via problem solving, manufacturing plant support & delivery of Engineering Running Change.
• The successful candidate for this role will lead and deliver Change Management for D7a and D7U platforms manufactured in Castle Brom, Solihull, India and China.
• This role will require strong working relationships to be developed and maintained with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, MP&L, Finance, and Purchasing & Customer Services.

Skills Required:

• Experience of the Clients' products Whole vehicle system and architecture knowledge
• Knowledge of Manufacturing and Supplier Quality operations and processes
• Knowledge of product creation and quality processes
• Experience leading teams Project management experience PC Literacy
• Ability to build and maintain solid working relationships
• Demonstrate business acumen
• Well organised, methodical, flexible and have the ability to cope with priority actions or process changes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills & the ability to present the PVT core team at senior meetings
• Have the ability to multi-task in pressurised situations
• Drive & motivation to achieve targets with minimal supervisor
• Engineering Change Management
• BOM

Skills Preferred:

• Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities - Lead and manage the "Current Car" PACN meeting to accelerate throughput
• Scrutinise business cases and support or challenge decisions to progress
• Guide Engineering functions on the required steps to ensure timely release & implementation of all Engineering change in conjunction with manufacturing, MP&L, Finance & Purchase.
• Lead & manage the "Current Car" Change Management Meeting (CMM) to accelerate throughout
• Manage the icreate engineering change release process.
• Manage the icreate CMM & CEM meetings to accelerate throughput
• Manage the handover of changes from programmes to running change
• Publish Change Management KPI data to measure success & identify opportunities

Experience Required:

• Qualification: Engineering Degree
• Experience of Client products, methods and operating processes.
• Experience of operating in an agile environment.
• Experience of operating Jira.

Experience Preferred:

• Knowledge of PVT operations and processes.
• Working Knowledge of WERS and PACN process
• Working Knowledge of icreate
• Working Knowledge of 3Dx Dassault systems

Additional Information:

• 3 days Onsite 2 days Working From Home