Job Title: Lead Engineer
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire
Rate: £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.26ph PAYE
Employment Type: Contract (12.2.2027 Maternity Cover)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J37047794
Department: BODY & EXTERIORS
Duties:
As a BEV Technical Project Leader working in the Powertrain Technical Delivery team, you will act as primary point of contact for one or more Vehicle Programmes, building and maintaining strong relationships with the large number of people needed to make a car a reality across many departments, such as Engineering, Commercial, Quality, Procurement, Prototype Operations and Industrial Operations programme teams.
In this role, you will support the Technical Delivery Manager to manage all Powertrain content for your programme(s) through all stages of development, from concept, through prototype builds and validation, to Launch and into volume production. You will be responsible for ensuring that risks are identified early and issues are resolved quickly, keeping the Product Creation Process on track and to budget.
You will cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders, helping your colleagues to understand programme requirements and manage the delivery of their commodities through procurement and validation activities, considering tooling and development budgets. Your excellent communication skills will help Management to reach robust, well-informed decisions in a timely manner. You will champion programme assumptions, resource and change management, responding proactively to difficulties but ensuring any necessary changes are introduced in a controlled fashion with sufficient time for validation.
Skills:
Essential:
- Demonstrable experience of working in a Project Management role with a track record of successful delivery
- Demonstrable experience of stakeholder management Methodological approach to work Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
- Ability to travel independently between sites throughout the West Midlands
Desirable:
- Fundamental knowledge of the key components constituting vehicle powertrains, whether utilising internal combustion or electrified propulsion systems
- Knowledge of commercial aspects of project delivery, such as requests for information, requests for quotation, supplier selection, capital asset management and budget management / earned value analysis
- Experience of working within a Product Creation and Delivery System, programme management, risk management or structured problem-solving environment.
- Some examples may be qualifications like PRINCE2, PMP, APMP / ChPP, AgilePM, Six Sigma or similar
- Experience with Project Management or Agile toolsets, such as JIRA, Confluence, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project or similar
Education:
- A degree, or equivalent knowledge and experience, in an engineering or project management or related field will offer a distinct advantage.