Senior Mechanical Engineer - Shirley (KYU-101896)

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Senior Mechanical Engineer
Shirley, Derbyshire, England

The company is a major automotive component supplier which manufactures high integrity, engineered, electro-mechanical systems. With strong vision and investment plans, and an excellent order book, they now seek a Senior Mechanical Engineer.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer to perform the role of Senior Development / Component Engineer for the Gearbox Team for all customer projects. You will work with suppliers, SDE, Quality, Production and project teams to deliver components to meet TRW and customer requirements. You will hold full responsibility for the technical content of the project, including design, specification and adherence to timing to achieve performance criteria.

Develop the component specification and flow down
Communicate any risks or issues back to the Gearbox Team Leader and EPS Core Engineering Team
Apply sound engineering approach to the sub system development
Responsible for design and associated documents e.g.. DFMEA, DVP,DFM
Negotiate with component suppliers to achieve specification requirements
Develop and manage timing and deliverables for the sub-system
Manage DVP, submit test plan, manage component control plans
Supervise junior engineers and students within the team
Control and progress engineering changes and resolve issues (Engineering Issue Resolver)
The role is ideally suited to an engineer with previous experience of product design, development and if possible, knowledge of bearings.

Essential:
Degree level qualified in a relevant engineering discipline with practical engineering experience
Excellent understanding of mechanical component design and development
Rigorous and positive approach to issue resolution and problem solving, e.g. 8D
Demonstrated ability to work proactively
Knowledge of a range of engineering disciplines
Experience with steering and steering products such as bearings and friction

Desirable:
Leadership of projects or programmes
Experiment design experience using DOE or Six Sigma methodologies
Experience of NVH

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.