Principal Engineer - SLED & Safety Systems

UTAC group; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Cover

Perkz reward scheme

Recognition awards

Contributory pension schemes

Family friendly policies

Employee assistance support services

Job summary

UTAC group in Bedford is seeking a Safety Test Manager to oversee the Servo-Sled test facility, ensuring operational delivery and compliance with health and safety standards. The role requires a minimum of 5 years' experience in passive safety testing with a strong understanding of relevant regulations. You will be responsible for managing a small team, liaising with customers, and continuously improving departmental capabilities. The company offers a range of benefits including life cover and discount schemes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in automotive or aerospace passive safety testing.
• Management of teams or business of similar size.
• Demonstrable success in planning and organisation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Health and Safety, risk assessments, and safety observation tours.
• Management of a small team of engineers and technicians.
• Work scheduling and resource management.

Skills

Solid understanding of passive safety test scenarios

Expert level knowledge of automotive passive safety testing standards

Data interpretation and analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an automotive discipline or equivalent

Tools

FARO Arm or other CMM devices

High speed cameras

GoPros and DSLR cameras

Job description

Job Description

Role:

Reporting to Senior Manager - (Passive) Safety Test

UTAC’s Servo-Sled test facility is a sub-department of our Passive Safety test offering located at our Millbrook site. The successful candidate will have responsibility for the performance of the department from a health and safety, and operational delivery perspective. They will support the Senior Manager and Chief Engineer who will have overall responsibility for financial performance and technical delivery. They will ensure that all work is completed in a competent and professional manner to the satisfaction of all customers and will support the development of the department going forward both in terms of capability and capacity. The successful candidate will also work as part of a wider team within the Passive Safety department; supporting the delivery of Systems testing which covers a wide range of static rigs.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Health and Safety, risk assessments and safety observation tours within area of responsibility.
• Management of a small team (<10) of engineers and technicians.
• Work scheduling and resource management.
• Liaise and build relationships with customers to determine future workload and requirements.
• Support the implementation of continuous improvement following established group processes and tools.
• Develop, report and improve department metrics to inform future strategy.
• Financial; including invoicing, purchase order sign off and forecast maintenance.
• Support to maintenance of ISO17025, ISO9001 and other applicable accreditations.
• Staff training and development plans.
• Sled test equipment utilisation, issues and analysis.
• Sled testing procedures.
• Act in accordance with the behaviours for UTAC staff at all times.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Qualified to bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in an automotive discipline.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in automotive or aerospace passive safety testing or development to European/Federal/Global standards (essential)
• Management of teams or business of similar size (essential)
• Demonstrable success of planning and organisation (essential)
• Sled testing (essential)
• Systems (Static Rig) testing (preferred)
• Experience of using FARO Arm or other CMM devices
• Experience of setting up and operating high speed cameras, GoPros and DSLR cameras

Skills:

• Solid understanding of the requirements of various passive safety test scenarios, relevant to Sled Testing, and how that translates to the configuration of test facilities (essential)
• Expert level knowledge of industry automotive passive safety European, Federal and Global testing standards and regulations
• Understanding of human injury levels and the limitations of ATD instrumentation
• Familiarity with passive safety testing tools and equipment, including data acquisition, measurement devices and data processing.
• Data interpretation and analysis

Personal Behaviours

• Agent for change
• Strong leader
• Organised and methodical
• Works well under pressure
• PragmaticShows initiative
• Amicable

Other

• Flexibility to travel as and when required (if applicable)
• Full UK driving licence (if applicable)
• Willing to undergo a Criminal Disclosure check (if applicable)

Additional Information

UTAC is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, valuing inclusion and supporting our people to be themselves and at their very best.

By joining us you will gain access to a broad range of learning relevant to your role and personal development, as well as exposure to leading technologies and expertise.

Our reward and benefit programmes are designed to support our people with competitive and locally tailored packages combined with support for individual health and wellbeing both inside and outside of work.

In the UK this includes;

• Life Cover
• Access to a wide range of discounts and offers via the Perkz reward scheme
• Recognition awards linked to our UTAC values of Expertise, Innovation and Integrity.
• Contributorypension schemes
• Attractivefamily friendly policies; maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, flexible working.
• Access to a variety of employee assistance support services.

Candidates for positions at UTAC must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the country the role is based in. Immigration visa sponsorship is not available for this position.