Resident Engineer - Body in White Upper Structures and Closures

Bertrandt Group; Crewe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international development service provider seeks a Resident Engineer for Body in White Upper Structures and Closures. The role involves project management, interfacing with various departments, and supporting vehicle launch on-site. Candidates should have experience in automotive engineering and effective communication skills.

Benefits

Teamwork and creativity support

Qualifications

• Experience with Body in White, Structures or Closures.
• Ability to self-manage workload and maintain workplan.
• Experience in leading effective meetings.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and coordination of upper body structures.
• Communicate between teams during design and manufacturing phases.
• Maintain status for functional, weight, cost, and quality targets.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Problem Solving

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

KVS

LCA

MMC

Aeko

iQapture

KPM

Job description

Resident Engineer - Body in White Upper Structures and Closures

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What to expect:

Bertrandt is an independent and international development service provider with long years of automotive expertise. With cross-industry know-how and a holistic understanding of systems and products, we create technological solutions at any stage of the product development process. We deal with a focus on hot topics such as digitalization, e-mobility and autonomous systems, mainly for the automotive, aerospace and mechanical engineering sectors, and consistently facilitate the development of tailored solutions in these areas. Our goal: to accelerate technological progress and make a relevant contribution to a sustainable future. We work on this every day – with around 14,000 employees at more than 50 sites worldwide.

We are supporting various customers worldwide in automotive electrical and electronics systems development. We are recruiting for an experienced automotive resident engineer for Body in White Upper Structures and Closures supporting the customer on-site.

The role involves project management - interfacing with design, manufacturing, purchasing and other technical departments at the customer and interfacing with remote Bertrandt solution development teams.

Your responsibilities

• Take a lead role in the development and coordination of upper body structures and closures sub-system designs for new vehicle models
• Lead communication between Bertrandt teams and customer departments during design development, release, prototype and manufacturing ramp up phases
• Plan and lead design review, status reporting meetings and attend appropriate customer led meetings
• Maintain status for functional, weight, cost, craftmanship and quality targets using customer templates
• Liaise with stakeholders and suppliers to minimize complexity and tooling investment
• Collaborate with customer departments to achieve surface, package and manufacturing feasibility
• Communicate CAE feedback on attribute performance and requirements for additional analyses
• Report and interpret results of tolerance analyses and provide input to craftmanship Gap and Rad Plan
• Support DFMEA and identification of SC & CCs
• Coordinate bid specifications for bought-out components/ assemblies
• Maintain product development process look ahead and deliverables planning
• Prioritise timely & accurate delivery of data to support product development project milestones
• Support engineering release and change management processes as well as resolution of pre-production build issues
• Interact with project team members in the UK, Germany and other locations as required
  
  
  

What you bring along:

• Experience with Body in White, Structures or Closures
• Proven ability to self-mange workload and maintain a workplan to ensure project deliverables are met
• Proven ability to comprehend all technical content through previous work developing similar commodities
• Well developed ability to communicate effectively with activists at all levels within Bertrandt and the customer’s organisation
• Demonstrate the ability to be an independent and proactive actor in the interests of the project
• Experience in leading effective meetings (reviews, status report-outs and for issue resolution)
• Used to being flexible to the demands of the working environment
• Experience in KVS, LCA, MMC, Aeko, iQapture & KPM an advantage
• Engineering degree preferred or equivalent experience
  
  
  

Successful candidates need to be eligible to work in the UK, hold a UK driver’s license and be able to travel to Europe and internationally. Support vehicle launch on site as required.

What we offer:

An interesting and varied role with an expanding international company, recognised for its industry expertise, company culture supporting teamwork and creativity.

Contact:

Heidi Williams

Tel.: [phone]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

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