Guest Engineering Manager

Duration: Permanent

Location: Hybrid Working 3 days on site 2 days WFH

About the company

I am currently recruiting on behalf of a leading supplier of automotive wiring harness and associated components, based in Milton Keynes, who are seeking a Guest Engineering Manager to join their team.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Guest Engineering Manager will manage Our Clients' guest engineering activities for the business group throughout vehicle development and mass production phases in any location where the Business Unit has a guest engineering presence. They will ensure customer satisfaction with support provided by supplying skilled personnel to manage all aspects of vehicle design change and release of information both onsite with the customer and within the Client. Tasks will consist of but not be limited to:

• Provide a main point of contact for guest engineering for both management group as well as the customer.
• To ensure that the guest engineering function is running efficiently and meeting its targets for vehicle development schedules.
• To manage vehicle development design release timing in conjunction with the Client to ensure they are provided with high quality information to support, manufacture and deliver.
• To ensure that effective communication takes place with relevant Client departments to provide advance information of all program timing and key activities and outputs from customer design departments.
• To constantly review and develop guest engineering systems and procedures to identify areas of improvement to achieve greater efficiency both inside the customer site as well as interaction with the business group.
• Periodically review with customer all aspects of guest engineering support, for example: timescale adherence, quality of data release and so on.
• To drive to effective management of all Monozukuri activity for the Client business through guest engineering and ADO functions to ensure the creation of feasible cost reduction proposals and provide accurate and complete data internally and to customer.
• To support the Business Manager in identifying guest engineering and customer requirements in line with vehicle RFQ and ongoing projects, including identifying budget levels for CAD, facilities and additional training requirements for team members.
• Carry out other comparable duties as required by the Line Manager.

Skills and Qualifications

• HND / degree level in an Electrical / Electronic / Mechanical Engineering and have knowledge of vehicle electrical systems and circuits.
• Computer literate in MS Office.
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels with emphasis on a high degree of Customer contact / liaison.
• English language skills (written and verbal).

Experience required

• Minimum of 5 years extensive experience in harness design environment and vehicle EDS.
• Experience / knowledge of wire harness build and manufacturing processes.
• Proven experience of Client specific engineering systems and knowledge of the Clients' business.
• Management experience and demonstrate capability to manage remote teams as well as local resource.

Special Conditions

• Applicants for this position should have an existing right to live and work in the UK.
• Be willing to travel overseas as required.
• Driving licence.

Competencies Required

• Safe and ethical working.
• Quality.
• Customer and commercial focus.
• Technical capability.

Job Related Competencies

• Personal organisation.
• Teamwork.
• Communication.
• Problem solving and decision making.
• Attention to detail.
• Commercial awareness.

How to Apply

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