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Chief Design Engineer

Kelly Services
Job LocationWashington
EducationNot Mentioned
SalaryCompetitive salary
IndustryNot Mentioned
Functional AreaNot Mentioned
Job TypePermanent , full-time

Job Description

Chief Design EngineerTyne and WearOur client is one of the UKs leading Automotive Engineering companies and they are looking for an experienced Chief Design Engineer to join their growing team.Main Purpose of Role:Leadership and growth of the Design department, responsible for ensuring design capability and capacity to suit ongoing business needs.Key Activities:

  • Ensure effective department organisation structure with appropriate resource levels and skills, workload planning, clarity of roles and responsibilities including recruitment as required
  • Ensure sufficient departmental tools are available especially around CAD, PLM and Analysis capabilities
  • Technically supervise and support department activities, both on customer and internal projects
  • Contribute to the Engineering & Business Management teams
  • Support business and project planning and budgeting
  • Provide coaching and leadership in technical skills and personal development
  • Ensure quality standards are met and improvements planned to maintain customer satisfaction levels
  • Prepare and present technical papers and presentations
  • Key contribution to the technical and strategic direction of the business taking into consideration market, legislative and customer trends
  • Establish relationships with suppliers, academic institutions, and external resource providers
  • Provide a professional and technically good interface with customers and supplier as required to support business development and project activities
  • Undertake any other duties of which the knowledge, skills and experience required fall within a post holders position in the company.
Education/Qualifications Required:
  • A good honours Degree (2:1) in an appropriate engineering discipline
  • Professional qualification such as CEng with IMechE, IEE or similar is desirable
Experience Required:
  • 10-15 years of industry experience
  • Electric motors, transmissions and/or power electronics is ideal
  • Highly dynamic or rotating machines is desirable
  • Automotive, commercial vehicles or rail sectors is desirable especially within transmission and powertrain systems
  • Working at or with OEMs or as Tier 1 supplier is desirable
  • Extensive experience in a design function including in depth use of 3D and 2D CAD and CAE tools
  • Experience in NVH techniques would be useful
  • Lead or management responsibility within technical projects especially within a design function
  • Working with APQP and ISO9001 processes
  • Manufacturing and assembly processes across components, powertrain and vehicle levels
  • Project experience across the full New Product Development process including with suppliers, prototype testing and series production
Kelly Services are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role. Should you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with Kellys Privacy Statement. For information regarding data protection at Kelly, please visit theKelly website and have a look into the Privacy Statement.As an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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