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Role: Engineering Project Manager – Braking
Company:  Global Automotive
Job Type: Permanent
Salary:  Competitive and excellent benefits package
Location: West Midlands
This is an exciting opportunity to join a world-class global automotive company. You will be  responsible for delivering $30-70M revenue programmes.This is a very fast paced sector with the design and development of safety critical braking systems involving the traditional mechanical caliper, friction and rotor interfaces with all the challenges that entails, but also Electric Park Brake systems and actuation systems designed to be compatible with standard, hybrid and electric drive-trains. The products we design and sell are technically advanced and highly developed and the people we are looking for will be key to ensuring that reputation at our customers on future vehicles with our products fitted.

Due to recent business wins, this new opportunity has arisen within the Engineering Project Management Team. Successful applicants will interface directly with customers on all aspects of 3 year automotive product introduction programmes, from application design through to launch support and in-service management, using both local and global engineering and operations resources.

What you’ll do

“ Participate in the promotion of new braking/ chassis systems into UK customer portfolio
“ Lead the Braking Systems acquisition process for a given customer or project
“ Be responsible for requirements management of systems and component projects
“ Undertake Braking Systems engineering project planning and  implementation, including staged design
“ Manage frequent meetings, including liaison with customers in order to progress projects to schedule
“ Responsible for engineering prototype management
“ Responsible for liaison with external suppliers supporting the clients programmes
“ Lead problem-solving teams internally and externally using recognised problem solving tools
“ Contribution to the technical capability of the group

What we are looking for

Essential:
“ Educated to engineering degree standard
“ Behavioural and personality characteristics consistent with significant customer exposure
“ Excellent and proven project management and communication skills
“ Experience of vehicle electro-mechanical and hydraulic systems with excellent problem solving ability
“ Willingness to travel

Desirable:
“ Flexibility in managing varying work tasks in a fast paced, broad ranging role
“ Ability to work with most MS Office applications but especially Excel and Project
“ German language skills advantageous
n.b. To apply for this role you must be able to live and work unrestricted in the UK. Should your application be successful, you will be contacted within the next 7 days.

Tiro Associates Ltd is a specialist Employment Agency and Employment Business assisting with both contract and permanent opportunities in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, engineering and manufacturing sectors. For details of all our current vacancies please refer to tiroassociates.com

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