Principal Engineer – Body Structures in Surrey

Role Guidelines:

General Characteristics:

• Applies a thorough knowledge of current principles and practices of engineering as related to the business and its projects
• Leads significant project tasks and/or oversees elements of multiple projects with respect to a functional area

Typical Technical Responsibilities:

• Serves as a technical specialist for the organisation in the application of advanced concepts, principles, and methods in an assigned area
• Serves as technical authority on one or more functional areas across multiple programmes
• Interprets, organizes, executes, and coordinates assignments
• Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting the organisation, providing recommendations for new practices

Managerial Responsibilities:

• Supervises staff allocated to specific assignments
• Plans , schedules, or coordinates the preparation of documents or activities for multiple major projects, or is responsible for an entire project functional area
• Reviews operational procedures to ensure compliance with applicable policies and performance measures

Direction Received:

• Receives administrative supervision with assignments being given in terms of broad general objectives and bounds

Communication skills:

• Routinely interacts with clients, customers, officials, contractors and others
• Leads project meetings and delivers presentations
• Represents the organisation and maintains liaison with individuals in specific contexts

Typical Experience:

• Engineering council professional registration
• Member of professional practice organisation
• Personally managed CPD portfolio
• Serves on local professional committees

Departmental Responsibilities:

• Ownership of relevant section
• 3D package modelling
• Manage interface with styling
• Engineering responsibility (including design and release) of full vehicle body systems:
  • Occupant cell
  • Crash management
  • Sub frames
  • Structural floors
• Design for manufacture and assembly for responsible components
• Ensuring responsible designs meet legal compliance
• Work Package Management
• Design Sizing Analysis
  • Sub system loads
  • Joints and interfaces
  • Materials selection
  • Bolt calculations
• Cost, timing and mass

Miscellaneous:

• Identify and highlight any areas for continuous improvement
• Ensure that your technical knowledge and expertise is kept up to date
• Mentor and support professional development of all colleagues, particularly junior staff
• To perform any other duties that may well be reasonably expected within the remit of the role
• To ensure compliance with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policy requirements within areas of responsibility

Remuneration:

• Hours: 40 hours - Full time in office (4 flexi WFH days per month)- Managers discretion
• Competitive salary
• Private medical: Employee and immediate family cover
• Pension: 6% employer contribution (matched to employee)
• Life Assurance: 4 x salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car Scheme
• Profit Share Scheme
• Relocation support (if applicable)

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited (ARM). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.