Lead Engineer

1 month ago

Ryton, United Kingdom Jaguar Land Rover Full time
Ryton

In a commercial role at JLR, you can reimagine the future of modern luxury. In teams focused on extraordinary customer experience, sustainability and forward-thinking. You’ll work alongside strategically-minded problem-solvers supporting the transformation of our iconic house of brands – Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, and Jaguar – and our heritage-rich JLR Classic range. Becoming a proud creator of the exceptional starts here.

WHAT TO EXPECT

We are currently hiring for a Lead Engineer – Classic Components & Systems to join JLR in a fixed term contract position for 12 months. In this position, your role will be to coordinate the design, development, testing and introduction of new systems and components or commodities for Classic JLR projects. This will require you to deliver the end to end solution including defining & leading a commodity plan to quality, cost and time, as well as lead on the technical content and integrity of specific components and systems across specific programmes & related project activities. The role will also encompass continuous improvement project support including process generation & roll out where necessary.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Deliver the commodity plan to quality, cost and time, including maintaining the Worldwide Engineering Release System (Classic)

Own and deliver the Engineering Advanced Product Quality Planning deliverables (Classic)

Manage Change Request, expenditure forecasting and the relevant supplier teams in support of delivery of the programme milestones

Manage vehicle test plans, including detailed planning of test and development stages through to sign off and support Engineering test teams with rectification of issues

Resolve issues with component engineering and vehicle attribute teams to develop designs that meet targets

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

In order to be considered for this role, we are looking for someone with a broad range of experience across various commodity types within the automotive industry, including but not limited to Chassis, Powertrain, Electrical Engineering, etc.

Previous commodity/component engineering experience

Previous experience of managing resolution of business, technical and process issues within a Project Team environment

A good working knowledge of product creation & delivery, change control, product definition and change management processes

Previous experience within engineering or programme planning departments

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs. 

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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