Senior Paint Manufacturing Engineer

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 25 days

Enhanced pension

Discretionary bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical opportunity

Wellbeing initiatives

Employee assistance program

Discounted shopping

Parental leave

Nursery scheme

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead the development and execution of Manufacturing Engineering practices across PM, Safety, Quality, Cost, and People Development. You will translate vehicle characteristics into robust process parameters and drive end-to-end process improvements.

The role requires leadership in virtual manufacturing, timing plan development, and cross-functional collaboration with design and production teams to deliver high-quality supercars

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree or equivalent in mechanical/automotive engineering.
• Experience with complex vehicle systems and end-of-line processes.
• Proven leadership and coaching skills with a proactive improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of Manufacturing Engineering practices improving PM, Safety, Quality, Cost, People Dev, and Delivery.
• Capture vehicle characteristics and translate them into manufacturing process parameters.
• Create new processes and procedures to manufacture per design intent safely and consistently.
• Support and deliver best operational practices and department budgets within programs.
• Lead virtual manufacturing and process simulations to validate concepts.
• Develop timing plans to support full program delivery activities.
• Coordinate with H&S to ensure processes and materials suit manufacturing environment.
• Investigate and resolve manufacturing issues with timely containment and transfer of knowledge.
• Collaborate on layout design, modelling/simulation, and material flow integration.

Skills

Complex vehicle systems

Vehicle assembly processes

Trim and final processes

End of line vehicle processing

Specification and procurement of assy.

Motivational coaching leadership

Issue resolution

Safe working practices

Education

Mechanical / automotive engineering degree (2:1)

Job description

What to Expect

You will be responsible for supporting and developing a team of engineers, continuously improving, & developing the manufacturing processes that our production team members use to Paint our cars. You will be responsible for accepting new model build processes from our Future Manufacturing Engineering teams and developing them within Series production. This includes continuous process improvement, quality lead investigations and industrial engineering tools and techniques.

• As one of our Senior Engineers you will naturally have an understanding and appreciation for niche vehicle production and brand requirements and will lead by example, working within your own functional area as well as cross functionally inside and outside of Manufacturing Engineering department.
• We work in a fast paced environment so the ability to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought and decisive authority is crucial.
• You will have the determination to drive forward the business to ‘Best in Class’ performance standards in line with brand expectations and be a lateral thinker able to think outside of the box to make structured and objective decisions
• Other traits of a successful McLaren employee will include excellent communication skills both written and verbal and excellent attention to detail
• You will lead your team’s career development and training objectives using our departmental skills matrix and company’s learning and development training opportunities, and ensure that skill gaps within the department are recognised and addressed.

What You'll Do

• As one of our Senior Manufacturing Engineers you will lead the development and execution of all Manufacturing Engineering practices driving improvement in Project Management, Safety, Quality, Cost Management, People Development, and Product Delivery.
• Lead the manufacturing team in identifying and capturing the vehicle characteristics and translating these to define the parameters of the manufacturing processes.
• Generate new processes and procedures to enable end users to manufacture in accordance to design intent in a safe and controlled manner.
• Assist the Manufacturing Engineering Manager in scoping, specifying, and delivering best operational practices in alignment with brand expectations; and lead the team with the development of departmental budgets as contributor to overall program business cases.
• Lead virtual manufacturing and process simulations to validate design and process concepts.
• Support and lead the generation and development of timing plans that support full program delivery activities.
• Liaising with the Health and Safety department to ensure all processes and materials are suitable for the manufacturing environment.
• Lead the investigation to resolve Manufacturing Engineering related issues experienced in production, providing timely containments to ensure that product quality is not compromised and ensuring that operators are familiar with the process changes.
• Collaborate with engineering teams in leading the design of layout, modelling/simulation, and material flow integration to ensure data aligns with the overall plan and vision for the factory.
• Identify, quantify, compare, and execute production process improvements to drive safety and ergonomics, quality (first pass yield), availability (uptime), performance (cycle time variability), capital utilisation, and demand attainment.
• Headcount monitoring and liaison with production management.
• Ownership of the Hours Per Car (HPC) data for series production ensuring plant efficiency and output targets can be achieved.
• Create and implement tools to audit efficiency, and identify cost reduction opportunities.
• Manage and communicate improvement opportunities and implementation plans to all relevant levels and functions in the factory.

What You'll Bring

• A degree in mechanical / automotive engineering or similar (2:1 or above) or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Complex vehicle systems
• Vehicle assembly processes
• Trim and final processes
• End of line vehicle processing / finishing
• Specification and procurement of assembly equipment
• Motivational, coaching and leadership skills
• Identifying resolutions for product related issues, ensuring all quality targets are achieved
• Implementation of safe working practices

What We'll Do for You

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance 4x your basic salary
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies including market leading maternity leave
• Tax efficient nursery scheme benefit
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
• Friends and family day
• Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars
• Qualifying criteria applies

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.