Trim & Final Manufacturing Lead Engineer

​WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Trim and Final Facilities are responsible for the development and introduction of new and modified facilities associated with new model introductions and model year changes.

• Ensure facility installations are delivered through strict adherence to Product Creation and Delivery System (PCDS) and Launch Quality Operating System (LQOS) Gateways deliverables, Jaguar Land Rover Health & Safety and Manufacturing Engineering Facility procurement procedures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project manage the planning and implementation of facility installations for new model introductions.

• Lead the creation of detailed facility timing plans in line with manufacturing launch strategies.

• Lead supplier selection and vendor management activities with Jaguar Land Rover purchasing.

• Provide feasibility statements for Product designs to suit manufacturing process & facility requirements.

• Create and maintain detailed cost trackers up to and beyond programme approval.

• Achieve Equipment Capability targets for all new & modified facilities, including Operating Efficiency Effeteness targets.

• Ensure adherence to Jaguar Land Rover Reliability & Maintainability, 8D, Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) and Preventative Maintenance (PM) principles.

• Allocating workload through setting and monitoring team objectives.

• Manage and resolve technical issues and escalate where appropriate.

• Embrace the Agile methodology acting as a Scrum Master.

• Represent Trim & Final Facilities at program meetings at all levels and present status.

• Provide departmental responses to PCDS & LQOS deliverables and Product Definition Letter's etc.

• Ensure the team support virtual build events raising and championing issues where appropriate.

• Identify resource requirements in support of virtual and physical builds.

• Provide feasibility of product and process designs to suit manufacturing facility requirements.

• Ensure achievement of capability of all processes and equipment, including dimensional targets.

• Ensure application of lean manufacturing principals and Bill of Process (BOP) requirements.

• Drive quality planning and analysis for manufacturing.

• Balance workload and prioritize the team ensuring all key business objectives are met.

• Collaborative working with multiple teams: GME Technologies, Logistics, Digitals, Maintenance, Production and Programme Management

• Support the development of the Engineers through on the job coaching, creators conversations.

• Co-ordinate and Lead Go Look See events.

• Liaising with downstream teams and Manufacturing plants to concur alignment.

• Manufacturing Engineering contribution within agile teams.

• Develop P6 plan to manage team and programme deliverables.

• Communicate programme deliverables to PD&D teams and manage progress reporting.

• Competitor benchmarking for facility and process strategies.

• Drive lean principles with all aspects of manufacturing operating process.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Detailed understanding of NEBOSH and Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations

• In depth project and budgetary management experience

• Proven track record of delivering facilities within a manufacturing environment.

• Ability to set individual and team objectives and measure performance against them.

• Previous experience of managing multiple facility suppliers and concurrent projects.

• Experience of and involvement in product launches.

• Degree qualified in relevant engineering discipline (preferred).

• Knowledge of and involvement in product development including use of virtual toolsets.

• Candidate must have a record of proactive delivery and commitment to meeting deadlines.

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