Engineering Trainee - Customer Team Inventory Analyst

Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains; Overstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Onsite gym

Staff discounts

Job summary

Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains is seeking an Engineering Trainee to join the Customer Engineering Department as an Inventory Analyst. The role focuses on aligning FIA financial/technical regulations with business processes and documenting accurate financial status for customer team hardware.

You will contribute to data-driven decision making, manage records, and support risk analysis while collaborating with finance and engineering teams in a fast-paced F1 environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Financial, accounting or data analyst qualifications/experience highly desirable.
• Strong analytical and regulatory awareness for FIA frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate alignment between FIA regulations and business processes for customer team hardware.
• Maximise accuracy of financial or engineering records and cost attribution.
• Provide timely visibility of customer team hardware financial status.
• Address root causes in business processes and create early warning indicators.
• Champion adherence to customer team exclusion financial regulations.
• Ensure efficient processes and accurate historical records against programme declarations.
• Apply FIA regulatory requirements to hardware across life cycles and aid decision making.

Skills

Data analytics

Communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Team player

Resourceful

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD NX

Excel

SAP

Team Centre

PLC

Job description

We are recruiting for an Engineering Trainee to join our Customer Engineering Department as an Inventory Analyst. The purpose of the role is to…

• Facilitate alignment between FIA Financial/Technical regulations and efficient operation of business processes for all customer team hardware and/or contractual obligations
• Maximise accuracy of financial or Engineering records to ensure that all customer team hardware costs are accurately recorded and directly attributable.
• Give timely and accurate business visibility of customer team hardware financial status
• To correct and address the root cause of issues relating to customer team business processes, creating early warning indicators where possible
• To champion the adherence to the customer team exclusion financial regulations
• Ensure maximum business process efficiency in relation to customer team hardware exclusion whilst maintaining flexibility in our processes., Actioning of adjustments to historical system records to ensure alignment with the latest programme declarations
• Ensure robust application of Power Unit Supply Perimeter (PUSP) for both contractual and cost cap compliance
• Be the Subject Matter Expert for application of the FIA financial/technical regulations on Customer Team hardware
• Provide accurate information and analysis on F1 customer team hardware throughout their life cycles to facilitate decision making and proactively flag risks
• Perform analysis on adherence of customer team hardware to the Formula One financial and technical regulations
• Work with Finance and other Cost Analysts to ensure consistency of approach and methodologies, aligning processes and standardising practices.
• Close alignment with the overall financial reporting processes and stakeholders
• Able to highlight hardware budget risks based on regulation changes and analyse potential options for mitigation
  Be skilled at…
• All round knowledge of mechanical engineering practices and systems.
• Engineering solutions considering material selection, manufacturability, heat treatment & other process requirements, surface finish requirements, geometrical tolerancing & control over critical features, etc.
• Data analytics and conversion to actionable business insight
• Communication; clear, concise, confident, happy to speak up and challenge
• Simplifying complexity - understanding the fine detail and being able to take a step back to translate that message to others
• Making rational decisions based on available information (even when incomplete), taking appropriate action, prioritising under pressure and understanding when to escal

Have experience of…

• Broad knowledge of internal combustion engines & energy recovery systems, preferably in F1.
• Ability to read and create engineering drawings.
• Ability to use CAD software (preferably NX).
• Large scale business data analysis
• Influencing across departments in order to achieve business requirements
• Working in an equally fast paced/demanding environment (desirable)
• Excel, SAP, Team Centre and PLC or other data management software

Demonstrate knowledge of…

• Process analysis methodologies
• Stakeholder management techniques
• Status tool reporting development
• CAE analysis of components and assemblies. GD&T
• FiA Technical, sporting and financial regulations.

Hold these qualifications…

• Bachelors (2.1 min) or higher degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive, Engineering Management or other related discipline
• Financial or Accounting, Data Analyst relevant qualifications or experiences will be highly desirable

Be…

• Driven to deliver - resourceful, determined and focused.
• Thorough in your approach with excellent attention to detail.
• Pragmatic in your approach to maximise efficiency.
• Well organised and methodical with respect to completing tasks.
• A confident and concise verbal and written communicator.
• A good team player, with a willingness to be flexible.
  A salary of £33,000pa
• 36 days annual leave
• Access to a generous pension scheme
• Onsite Gym
• A variety of other benefits and staff discounts