Job Description

Mechanical Design – Automation equipment

Highly Essential : Automation equipment / Automotive – JLR Experience .. Ideally with the Ability to design tooling for the BIW Automotive Sector including welding & riveting and all other joining.

Job location: Rugby

Benefits: £45k PLM bonus, Pension, Health Cover – promotion expected within 2 years.

CDS Recruitment and Training ltd are actively looking for a mechanical design engineer from within the automotive and automation industry. Ideally someone who has worked in a similar role with in JLR.

Job Description: This is a professional position, requiring planning and resource management skills to direct and monitor tasks of others. Short term travel (possibly international) may be required.
The candidate will be responsible for the complete technical solution to be provided to meet / exceed customer expectations within clients timing and cost constraints.
Utilizes planning, resource and task management skills and directs engineering staff in successful implementation of project assignments.
This is a demanding role for an experienced mechanical engineer, who will be responsible for leading a team of engineers for the duration of a project.

Key Duties and Responsibilities during Design phases:
To manage and monitor complex projects to ensure they are running to specification, on time and to budget
To plan, organize, assign, review and evaluate the work of the engineering project team
To analyze information and assess the results enabling the effective implementation of solutions to complex problems
To maintain, and where appropriate apply, an up-to date awareness of new and developing technologies
To create quality supporting data to demonstrate productivity, resources, and facility output
To promptly report probable and actual process changes to reduce the potential cost of manufacture
Can delegate and manage multiple projects at any given time.
Is capable of making autonomous decisions based on experience and project requirements.
Is Responsible to drive and understand customer specifications both corporate and plant.
Customer specifications are adhered to/or signed customer deviation received.
Is Responsible to work with customer to finalize design requirements, reviews and approvals throughout design phases, manufacturing and completion.
Is Responsible for the solution Design, volume, quality, Risk Assessment, PFMEA, Safety & CE Risk Assessment and MFMEA.
Works with the Technical Leader to ensure cross functional communication is taking place when there’s a “process change” that affects engineering and/or other departments.
Works with the Technical Leader to track and report project status.
Capable to work as a designer when not assigned any projects as Technical Leader.

Essential Skills/Abilities
Degree in Engineering or Mechanical Design
Considerable experience within the Automotive/Manufacturing industry (eg. JLR)
Ability to design tooling for the BIW Automotive Sector including welding & riveting and all other joining.
Good working knowledge of CAE programs including Catia, Solidwork, Vision MockUp etc
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 2013 particularly Excel & Powerpoint
Knowledge of FEA and stress analysis. Desired Skills/Abilities
Knowledge of Jaguar Land Rover’s working practices and procedures/specification
Ability to manage and lead a design engineer.
Ability to work on own initiative and take responsibility for decisions
Good organizational and planning skills; ability to delegate tasks and reassign work as required
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Good interpersonal skills

Strong knowledge of JLR specification. – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Ability to write technical documents and reports for use as reference by engineering and technical writers as well as documentation for the project.
Originality: the ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem
This includes the ability to curb or limit creativity when customer requirements and /or commonality of designs dictates. – Mechanical: strong knowledge of machines, tools, and print reading
An understanding of solutions / systems, their components, and the relationship of those systems to the controls Design
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret customer specifications, electrical controls schematics, technical procedures and governmental regulations.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Contact Chris with an upto date cv asap.