BIW Process Engineers

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Lead the planning, development, and implementation of BIW assembly processes and facilities to meet Safety, Quality, Timing, and Cost objectives.

• Feasibility Analysis: Provide critical feasibility statements for Product Development designs, ensuring alignment with manufacturing requirements.

• Process Optimization: Conduct robust process quality planning, leveraging virtual build simulations and PFMEA’s to enhance efficiency and minimize risks.

• Hands-On Support: Actively participate in physical builds across workshop, pilot build, and Manufacturing Plant locations, addressing issues promptly for seamless execution.

• Technology Evaluation: Evaluate and recommend cutting-edge manufacturing technologies for various applications, such as joining technologies, transfer systems, and logistics.

• Supplier Relations: Manage supplier relationships by preparing, issuing, and evaluating "Request for Quotations," ensuring alignment with project needs.

• Verification and Validation: Verify assembly processes and equipment both at suppliers and in-house facilities, ensuring adherence to quality standards.

• Problem Solving: Provide expert support in resolving complex issues to achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) effectively.

• Project Management: Support management activities by developing and monitoring detailed timing plans, ensuring projects stay on track.

• Compliance and Standards: Ensure strict adherence to company and departmental operating processes and policies.

• Technical Leadership: Manage technical challenges, offer guidance to the team, and escalate issues when necessary to ensure timely resolution.

• Equipment Capability: Drive achievement of Equipment Capability targets for all new and modified facilities, maintaining high standards of performance.

• Engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3 or above, preferably Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or Mech/Elec combined) and/or suitable engineering experience in BIW manufacturing.
• Experience in delivering and launching BIW assembly line facilities.
• Strong complex problem-solving skills & investigation of quality issues, manual station over cycles, effective reporting and stakeholder management.
• Project management experience of delivering new or modified equipment into a production facility.
• Ability to work within cross-functional teams and take task ownership to deliver results.
• Ability to plan & prioritise workstreams to deliver objectives effectively.

• 12 months+ contract (Fixed term or IIR35)
• Location: Birmingham
• Salary/rate will depend on experience
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension
• Team events
• Free on-site parking
• Potential opportunities to work in the UK.

All candidates MUST reside and be legally authorized to work in Mexico