Chief Engineer - Mechanical Engineering in Leamington Spa

Our client, a global engineering consultancy, is looking for a Chief Engineer – Mechanical Engineering, to join their team in Leamington Spa. This is a permanent position working 3 days on-site and 2 days at home. They specialise in rapid engineering and development of sustainable electrified propulsion systems and associated technologies, working directly and collaboratively with automotive, commercial vehicle, off-highway, aerospace and defence OEMs, Tier-1s and industry research bodies through their technical centres in North America, the U.K. and India.

Position Description: You will be applying innovation and initiative daily to design and prototype propulsion and actuation systems for a new age of sustainable technology, within a refreshing and focused team. The systems they develop range from 1 Watt to mega-Watts and power vehicles and applications on land, in the air and on water, enabling their global customer base to do things that have not been done before.

Key Responsibilities:

• The delivery of technical work packages and whole projects to as sold margins or better.
• Propose innovative R&D projects to the CTO.
• Checking and approval of precision 2D manufacturing drawings to the relevant standards.
• Business development activities within the Mechanical Engineering function, able to propose appropriate scope of work, timing, resource and cost estimates in line with customer RFQs.
• Utilising / overseeing state of the art simulation techniques and design tools to design, develop and prototype transmission, driveline and actuation systems.
• Developing new methods to solve industry problems, generating market leading solutions.
• Leading by example implementing DSD's technical processes to ensure it is executed to the highest quality when developing others in standards of drawings and technical reporting.
• Managing multi person/cross functional projects to achieve budgeted margin and maintain an excellent relationship with customers, whilst being accountable to the operations board for their outcome.
• Developing and maintaining strategic relationships on behalf of the function with key account responsibilities to maintain and build revenue streams in your sector.
• Taking an active role in the professional development of others within the function.
• An active stakeholder in the Mechanical Engineering function's quality system, generating and developing technical and procedural capabilities and ensuring their continuous development.
• Marketing DSD through technical and commercial forums, conferences and white papers.
• Managing challenging proposals and quotes that define the strategy of the project while mitigating technical and commercial risks.

You will need:

• Extensive experience in developing different types of transmission systems in at least two main sectors: automotive, aerospace, off-highway, commercial vehicle, defence, clean energy and/or marine.
• High levels of competency in design and CAE analysis of rotating systems.
• Adept in applying appropriate GD&T for prototype and production manufacturing processes for a wide range of components and materials.
• Evidence of successfully executing system integration projects.
• Ability to understand, collate and own the creation of compelling system propositions of engineering activities/scope outside the Mechanical Engineering domain e.g. hydraulics, development, test, controls electrified powertrain components.
• Solved challenging problems by developing new capabilities or techniques.
• An understanding of market trends and challenges, and applications of existing technology within the industry.
• A track record of successfully applying non-standard technical solutions and coaching others to achieve the same.
• Developed a strong technical reputation and relationship with customers and suppliers.
• Mentored others in their technical development and the quality and value of their output.
• Successfully managed large, multi-person and multi-discipline projects through their complete development cycle.
• High level of expertise or appreciation in some of the key software packages within drivetrain engineering (SMT MASTA, Romax, Creo, UGNX, Catia, Amesim, Recurdyn, Matlab, Altair and Ansys packages).
• Generated and managed commercial opportunities to a successful conclusion.
• Awareness of the commercial approach of a consultancy business will be advantageous.