Principal Engineer - Sled

Role:

Reporting to Senior Manager - (Passive) Safety Test

UTAC’s Servo-Sled test facility is a sub-department of our Passive Safety test offering located at our Millbrook site. The successful candidate will have responsibility for the performance of the department from a health and safety, and operational delivery perspective. They will support the Senior Manager and Chief Engineer who will have overall responsibility for financial performance and technical delivery. They will ensure that all work is completed in a competent and professional manner to the satisfaction of all customers and will support the development of the department going forward both in terms of capability and capacity. The successful candidate will also work as part of a wider team within the Passive Safety department; supporting the delivery of Systems testing which covers a wide range of static rigs.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Health and Safety, risk assessments and safety observation tours within area of responsibility.
• Management of a small team (<10) of engineers and technicians.
• Work scheduling and resource management.
• Liaise and build relationships with customers to determine future workload and requirements.
• Support the implementation of continuous improvement following established group processes and tools.
• Develop, report and improve department metrics to inform future strategy.
• Financial; including invoicing, purchase order sign off and forecast maintenance.
• Support to maintenance of ISO17025, ISO9001 and other applicable accreditations.
• Staff training and development plans.
• Sled test equipment utilisation, issues and analysis.
• Sled testing procedures.
• Act in accordance with the behaviours for UTAC staff at all times.

Qualifications:

• Qualified to bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in an automotive discipline.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in automotive or aerospace passive safety testing or development to European/Federal/Global standards (essential)
• Management of teams or business of similar size (essential)
• Demonstrable success of planning and organisation (essential)
• Sled testing (essential)
• Systems (Static Rig) testing (preferred)
• Experience of using FARO Arm or other CMM devices
• Experience of setting up and operating high speed cameras, GoPros and DSLR cameras
• Data acquisition experience

Skills:

• Solid understanding of the requirements of various passive safety test scenarios, relevant to Sled Testing, and how that translates to the configuration of test facilities (essential)
• Expert level knowledge of industry automotive passive safety European, Federal and Global testing standards and regulations
• Understanding of human injury levels and the limitations of ATD instrumentation
• Familiarity with passive safety testing tools and equipment, including data acquisition, measurement devices and data processing.
• Data interpretation and analysis

Personal Behaviours

• Agent for change
• Strong leader
• Organised and methodical
• Works well under pressure
• Pragmatic
• Shows initiative
• Amicable

Other

• Flexibility to travel as and when required (if applicable)
• Full UK driving licence (if applicable)
• Willing to undergo a Criminal Disclosure check (if applicable)

For you, as a potential UTAC team member, we believe that the international and diverse nature of our business combined with the passion, energy and friendliness of our people create a great place to work. UTAC is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, valuing inclusion and supporting our people to be themselves and at their very best.

By joining us you will gain access to a broad range of learning relevant to your role and personal development, as well as exposure to leading technologies and expertise.

Our reward and benefit programmes are designed to support our people with competitive and locally tailored packages combined with support for individual health and wellbeing both inside and outside of work.

In the UK this includes ;

• Life Cover
• Access to a wide range of discounts and offers via the Perkz reward scheme
• Recognition awards linked to our UTAC values of Expertise, Innovation and Integrity.
• Healthcare cashback plans
• Generous holiday benefits
• Contributory pension schemes
• Attractive family friendly policies; maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, flexible working.
• Access to a variety of employee assistance support services.

Learn more about UTAC and what and how we do what we do at www.utac.com

Candidates for positions at UTAC must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the country the role is based in. Immigration visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Note to Recruitment Agencies :

UTAC do not accept speculative applications from agencies for our open positions and any submissions made will not be accepted and no fees will be accepted or paid in respect of speculative CVs received.