Chassis Application Advisor - Dorking

Bucher Municipal; Dorking; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pension Scheme

Life Assurance Policy

Profit sharing benefit

Job summary

Bucher Municipal is seeking a Chassis Application Manager to collaborate with chassis suppliers and engineering teams. You will create chassis specifications, perform driveline and weight calculations, and support the sales process for UK products.

The role requires strong English communication, a UK driving licence, and willingness to travel within the UK and internationally. You will contribute to ongoing chassis technology developments and roadmap planning.

Qualifications

• Strong English communication (reading, writing, speaking).
• UK driving licence is required.
• Willingness to travel within UK and overseas.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with truck chassis suppliers and Bucher team to ensure suitable chassis specifications.
• Provide guidance to the sales team and dealer network to steer chassis choices.
• Create chassis specifications including driveline and weight calculations for sweepers and winter products for UK use.
• Maintain up-to-date chassis specifications for reference by product management and engineering teams.
• Support sales enquiry process for truck chassis, advising on specification, weight analysis and drive calculations.

Skills

Communication in English

Relationship building

Windows 11

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Self-learning

Adaptability

Proactivity

Attention to detail

Curiosity

UK driving licence

Travel willingness

Deadline driven

Continuous improvement

Tools

Windows 11

Outlook

Microsoft Office

Job description

About us

Here at Bucher Municipal we manufacture high quality municipal and contractor cleaning vehicles. Our state of the art engineering design facilities and manufacturing techniques ensure that our product range continues to be an industry quality leader. If you decide to join us, you will be a valued part of the ever growing Bucher Municipal family.

Many of our products are mounted onto truck chassis provided by a wide variety of suppliers including DAF, Scania and Mercedes. Therefore, we need to work closely with all chassis manufacturers to develop and produce chassis specifications suitable for our range of products.

It is also important that we proactively monitor the progress of leading truck chassis suppliers regarding zero-emission technologies to help inform the future development programmes for our products.

Our business is growing, and chassis options are becoming more complex. This position is required to closely support the Chassis Application Manager:

What the job involves

• Liaising with truck chassis suppliers and the Bucher engineering team to ensure we have suitable chassis specifications for our products.
• Providing guidance to the Bucher sales team and dealer network to help influence and steer our customers towards suitable chassis choices.
• Create chassis specifications including driveline and weight calculations for sweepers, and winter products (for UK use).
• Maintain up-to-date chassis specifications and ensure they are available in a shared space for reference and use by product management and engineering teams.
• Support the sales enquiry process for truck chassis for all products giving advice on specification, weight analysis and drive calculations to the sales regions
• Check and approve sales orders.
• Create high level chassis part numbers and specifications ready for population by the Application engineering team.
• Support communications and collaborate with all major truck chassis suppliers on an on-going basis.
• To ensure they continue to develop diesel chassis compatible with Bucher equipment (for example sweeper skid units), and that we remain up to date with new truck chassis legislative standards including exhaust emission requirements
• To track and document developments in alternative chassis technologies, including electric and hydrogen power, to help inform internal R&D and product roadmaps.
• Act as adviser to the engineering team on new developments to ensure that any new product is suitable for the available chassis.
• Maintain skid installation manual and supplements.
• Advise Bucher purchasing team on all technical aspects of the chassis to assist with obtaining the best commercial offer.
• Contribute to maintaining a high level of housekeeping and attention to health and safety issues to create a healthy and safe working environment.
• Willingly carry out any other duties deemed appropriate by the Company.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong communication in English language (reading, writing and verbal).
• Ability to build and maintain working relationships with individuals and teams.
• Competent in Windows 11, Outlook and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to self‑learn, ask for help and liaise with colleagues and external suppliers through good communication.
• Transparent, adaptable, resilient and proactive.
• Enthusiasm, intuition, willingness to get involved and to take responsibility.
• Attention to detail and takes pride in their work.
• Inquisitiveness / not afraid to ask questions.
• Valid UK driving licence.
• Willingness to travel within UK and overseas if required.
• Ability to work to a pre‑defined deadline.
• Have a continuous improvement attitude.

Benefits of working for us

• Competitive Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance Policy.
• Yearly Company Profit based Benefit.