BIW Process Engineers (New Facilities Introduction)

Company Description

Are you interested in new job opportunities outside of Mexico? We are looking for engineers with a wide background in BIW Manufacturing processes who are eager to move to the UK.

As BIW Process Engineers, you will be joining a growing division of Segula. This offers a large potential for personal growth within a consultancy that works with multiple customers and sectors. You will be responsible for the development, introduction, and launch of all new/modified processes & facilities associated with new vehicle model introductions and model year changes, within the Bodyshop assembly facility.

Job Description

• Utilising your knowledge to plan, develop, and implement BIW assembly processes and facilities to deliver the safety, quality, timing, and cost objectives.
• Providing feasibility statements for product development designs to suit manufacturing build requirements.
• Ensuring robust process quality planning including virtual build simulations and PFMEA’s.
• Supporting physical builds at workshop, pilot build, and manufacturing plant locations, raising and managing issues where appropriate.
• Evaluating the suitability of manufacturing technologies for a wide range of applications – i.e., joining technologies, transfer systems, logistics, etc.
• Preparing, issuing, and evaluating supplier “Request for Quotations.”
• Assembly process & equipment verification at suppliers and at home manufacturing facility.
• Supporting problem-solving on complex issues to support the achievement of KPI’s.
• Supporting management activities through the development and monitoring of timing plans.
• Ensuring adherence to company and departmental operating processes and policies.
• Managing technical issues, offering guidance to the team and escalating where appropriate.
• Achieving equipment capability targets of all new & modified facilities.
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

• Engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3 or above, preferably Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or Mech/Elec combined) and/or suitable engineering experience in BIW manufacturing.
• Experience in delivering and launching BIW assembly line facilities.
• Strong complex problem-solving skills & investigation of quality issues, manual station over cycles, effective reporting, and stakeholder management.
• Project management experience of delivering new or modified equipment into a production facility.
• Ability to work within cross-functional teams and take task ownership to deliver results.
• Ability to plan & prioritise workstreams to deliver objectives effectively.
  
  

Additional Information

You will start your role in a remote position in Mexico and eventually move to the UK on-site.

• 12 months+ contract (Fixed term or IR35)
• Location: Birmingham
  
  

All candidates MUST reside and be legally authorized to work in Mexico.