Engineering Release Specialist

​Duties:

·         The Release Operations team are responsible for the construction, release and maintenance of the Bills of Material for all carlines for all plants in the JLR business.

·         The team support each Engineering area (Tech centres).

·         Engineering Release Specialists are responsible for specific areas of the vehicle.

·         They have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of which parts/commodities are fitted to which specifications of vehicles and for which markets and will very often provide coaching and support to the Engineering areas on how best to construct a BoM to support downstream consumption.

·         They have a direct impact on vehicle build quality and success at the Manufacturing plants.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities:

·         Ensure a timely and accurate BoM is released from Product Engineering to the wider internal and external business, by interpreting and analysing documents from, and discussions with CoC Engineers.

·         Have an in-depth knowledge of part usage and logic to ensure parts are correctly coded to support scheduling and build

·         Provide focal point to customers and suppliers at commodity level to ensure accurate & timely BoM release

·         You will liaise extensively with Engineering and Manufacturing customers and industry partners and be able to demonstrate excellent levels of self-motivation, enthusiasm and a strong ethic to providing excellent customer service.

·         Manage workload to support programme timing, key project dates and departmental targets.

·         Support Early BoM, File Set Up & Validation events.

·         Participate in local process improvement.

·         Develop the skills & have the flexibility to be able to provide holiday & sick cover for colleagues within your own team & other CoC’s.

·         Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

Personal profile:

·         An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.

·         An individual who is results driven with the ability to deliver operational plans in a highly demanding environment

·         Is proactive, organised, logical and methodical in their approach to tasks

·         An individual with the ability to prioritise their workload

·         Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure

·         A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas

·         An effective team player who supports team members

Skills:

·         Able to manage delivery of multiple tasks

·         Complex problem solving and logic skills

·         Self-motivated and driven

·         Excel proficient

·         Customer facing experience, ability to deal with multiple customers and balance incoming demands