Principal Engineer - Derby, United Kingdom - JCB

Description

JCB is a truly world class, family-owned business. We are proud of our achievements and recognise that future growth and success is shaped by the ambition of the JCB team. If you are looking for a career with a business where people really count, look no further than JCB.

As a result of growing demands for our award-winning range of combustion engines and realising our goal "constructing our road to zero". We are seeking a Principal Engineer. The post will suit an individual looking for an opportunity to develop their career within a fast-paced organisation at the cutting edge of alternative fuel engine design and development.

You will be responsible for supporting current production diesel ICE, leading a team responsible for the delivery of multiple engine systems. Your responsibility will be to ensure a robust product in the marketplace, ensuring all regulatory, quality, cost and timing requirements. Previous experience of ICE design and development, and team leadership is essential.

About your role

Working within a dynamic engineering-focused team, you will be accountable for the end-to-end engineering activities (development, delivery, and launch) relating to in production support of our current diesel engine products. You will lead a team responsible for multiple engine systems, completing all problem counter measure activities and feeding this learning into the concepts for new product.

You will need to support and liaise with internal and external stakeholders, plan and control the systems project progress, manage the resource within your team, offer technical guidance and direction, provide mentorship and leadership, contribute to process development and the overall direction of the team. You will report directly into the Base Engine Mechanical Systems Manager and your team will have global ownership of current support activity.

Responsibilities:

Planning and Organisation

· Create and maintain resource/project plans, providing clear and concise reports to management.

· Facilitate, coordinate and liaise with key stakeholders (e.g. programme, purchasing, supplier, quality, mechanical development) for seamless project delivery.

· Provide support to your team members during stakeholder meetings.

· Support stakeholder reviews with technical evidence, risk evaluation and cost status.

· Provide effective and timely escalation/status report through clear communication to management.

· Provide support to other design workstreams throughout the global JCB design team.

· Drive and coordinate activity autonomously to ensure product delivery.

Research and Development

· Keep on track of the state-of-the-art technical development relating to the engine platform.

· Understand the effectiveness and importance of relevant benchmarking.

· Utilise your experience during development of new concepts and problem solving.

· Utilise the expertise of your team to execute the POC (Proof-of-Concept) assessment either through test campaign or/and first principle analysis and simulation.

Design and Release

· Drive the resolution of engineering issues using structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g. Global 8D, DMAIC).

· Support achievement of business's quality and warranty targets.

· Review, critique and advise on system designs, DFMEA's, DVP's. Promote robust detailed design documentation.

· First level signoff responsibility for all intra-team mechanical systems designs, drawings and reports.

· Provide technical leadership and direction throughout the wider Mechanical Systems Team, primarily focusing on delivery of the systems your team are responsible for.

· Work in a simultaneous engineering environment to support product development, ensuring design for manufacture, assembly and service; Achieving quality by design.

· Agree project requirements based on cascaded performance, durability, quality and cost targets.

· Review and approve system and component specifications and designs based on agreed requirements with key stakeholders.

Team Development

· Provide leadership and clear direction to your team, in support of the wider mechanical systems team.

· Take an active role in the development of your team.

· Support the Mechanical Systems Team Manager in the development of the wider systems team, its performance, processes, and budgeting.

· Undertake performance appraisals and provide guidance and mentorship to promote high performance within your team.

Requirements:

In addition to a passion for engineering, experience of delivery, and a desire to be 'hands-on' with projects from concept to completion, the candidates will:

· Have a degree in an associated mechanical engineering discipline, with a sound understanding of Mechanical Engineering principles (showing an attention to detail, and being data driven).

· Demonstrate a clear history of ICE issue resolution.

· Have a sound grasp of the engine product development cycle, and expertise in engine system and component specification, design, development and sign-off (using relevant tools).

· Experienced in supplier interactions and management, with good commercial awareness and conflict resolution.

· Experience in team management and development.

· Understand and contribute to the management of the project(s).

· Be able to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines.

· Demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly and concisely at all levels.

· Show flexibility - the role requires some travel to JCB, customer and supplier sites.

· Be willing to contribute in a dynamic, collaborative, and cross-discipline team setting.

About you

· Clear experience of team leadership.

· Extensive experience of the full ICE product mechanical design and development from concept to delivery to customer.

· Clear understanding of ICE operating principles (e.g. mechanical/electromechanical design, thermodynamics, and tribology).

· A practical understanding or experience of ICE's and the integration into machines is beneficial.

· Demonstratable experience in use of commercially available data management systems such as Siemens TeamCenter.

· Sound understanding of analysis techniques and their use in analysis lead design (e.g. 1D, FEA, Fatigue Analysis, CFD).

· Sound knowledge of mechanical engineering GD&T and manufacturing processes.

· Demonstrate proven mechanical design project management skills.

Rewards you deserve:

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don't just get a competitive salary, 33 days' holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there's the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There's our Cycle to Work Scheme.

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