Engineering Programme Manager in Heathfield

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Programme Manager to join Cosworth to support our internal combustion engine projects. The role involves ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while serving as the primary point of contact for all internal and external communications.

The Role:

• Be the key point of contact with all internal and external customers, answering questions directly or liaising with relevant personnel to provide effective answers.
• Determine and define project scope and objectives with inputs from all areas of the business, including engineering, manufacturing, testing and development to meet the customer brief. This will include key items such as emissions performance/conformance and interfaces to key vehicle components.
• Lead the Project Planning phase, working closely with all departments to deliver robust Project Plans that accurately reflect the scope of work and include appropriate costs and timescales for engine development.
• Revision of Project Plans where appropriate to meet changing needs and customer demands, ensuring that out of scope work is accurately costed and recovered where necessary.
• Lead key supplier interactions for project-critical or at risk suppliers to the project.
• Work closely with the engineering team during the design phase to ensure all parts are released on time and all critical analysis and simulation work is completed in time.
• Follow and support the DVP and testing programme to ensure that the results meet the customer demands and tasks are completed to project deadlines.
• Manage the delivery of engines to the customer to fulfil their requirements for build phases and testing schedules.
• Updating of resource planners for each project and negotiating resource with competing programmes.
• Identify key test cell resources for the duration of the project and manage needs against competing programmes.
• Presenting regular updates to both internal and external customers (including Senior Management) on project progress.
• Monitor the project progress against planned budgets, optimising and revising where necessary.
• Ensure the programme meets BoM cost targets.
• Manage the handover of the project into Production.
• Consider the health and safety, environmental and energy impact of all activities.
• Support the Company’s compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 by following company policy and best practice.

Candidate Profile:

• Previous experience of engineering management and/or project management in an automotive or aerospace engineering environment.
• Recent experience in powertrain programmes is required, ideally in low volume/niche applications.
• Competent level of working knowledge of IC engines and basic system/component functionality is required.
• Demonstratable experience of project budget creation, monitoring and analysis.
• Engineering degree preferred but not essential.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and able to work with a large range of colleagues from Technicians to Senior Leadership.
• Self-starting and motivating attitude and extremely resourceful.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget and timeline.
• Ability to problem-solve and use lateral thinking to identify alternative paths where standard solutions do not exist or cannot work due to time/budget pressures.
• Keen eye for detail and ability to question established working methodologies and practices where required, in a constructive manner.
• A broad range of supplier contacts in various industries is desirable.
• Proficiency in MS project and other MS office programmes.