Project Engineer

Project Engineer, Crumlin, Gwent, Competitive salary + benefits

Purpose of Role
Provision of day-to-day customer interface for project management, technical and project related commercial matters. Interfacing with external and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Industrialisation of new products.
  
  
• Day to day customer interface for Project Management and Technical related subjects.
  
  
• Manage APQP (and any customer equivalent) system and internal team for the duration of the project ensuring customer targets are met:
  
  
  • Managing nominated APQP team for each project
    
    
  • Managing and controlling expenditure
    
    
  • Organising constructive & timely meetings and reviews
    
    
  • Oversee the Design and Validation Plan for New Projects
    
    
• Support cost reduction programmes in line with customer expectation.
  
  
• Generate and deliver the Project Timing Plan including overseeing industrialisation of new products.
  
  
• To provide technical support, costing support and proposal documents to respond to RFQs.
  
  
• Assist BD team with completing CERs.
  
  
• Co-ordinate prototype procurement and build.
  
  
• Present / Chair APQP meetings.
  
  
• Co-ordinate technical information and delivery to customers.
  
  
• To complete any administration tasks as reasonably required of the role.
  
  Key Requirements:
  
  
• Preferably the successful candidate will have a Mechanical Engineering (BEng) or related degree. (HND in Engineering would be considered).
  
  
• Seeking a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a relevant field (preferably automotive/ land vehicle).
  
  
• Maintain a high standard of Health and Safety based upon safe working practices and support environmental initiatives.
  
  
• Communicate and support the embedding of customer service imperatives across other functions of the business.
  
  
• Collaborate with other businesses to ensure wider revenue generation opportunities are realised.
  
  
• Ensure that all work activities and records comply with Company Policies, Procedures and Codes of Practice.
  
  
• Excellent Project Management skills.
  
  
• Strong soft skills and an understanding of people behaviour and the self-awareness to react appropriately. Be politically astute.
  
  
• Demonstrate superior presentation and communication skills.
  
  
• Ability to communicate information, whether technical or non-technical to internal stakeholders and customers, in a clear and concise manner.
  
  
• Highly professional and capable of being a strong ambassador for the company.
  
  
• Motivated and a self-starter & able to work on own initiative.
  
  
• Good attention to detail; highly professional, politically astute, and capable of being a strong ambassador for the company who will maintain high standards for delivery, quality & accuracy.
  
  
• Valid UK Driving licence & Passport - Willing and able to travel globally.
  
  Remuneration:
  
  Competitive Salary.
  
  25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
  
  Excellent Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme (Employee Contribution up to 11%/ Employer contribution up to 15%)
  
  Death in Service Life Protection Benefit (x 6 annual salary)
  
  Working from Home Policy (3 days onsite/ 2 days WFH)
  
  Flexible Working Policy
  
  Training and Development (Internal & External)
  
  Share Save Schemes
  
  Salary Sacrifice Scheme - Cycle to work scheme
  
  Introduction to the company:
  
  An international manufacturing group with 26 operations in 12 countries.
  They design and manufacture high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment manufacturers in the worldwide aerospace, & defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets