As Lead Manufacturing Engineer, you will be joining a growing division of Segula. This offers a large potential for personal growth within a consultancy who works with multiple customers and sectors. You will be responsible for developing new, technologically advanced power train assembly facilities that are currently under design and manufacture to support new EV model introductions, and model year changes (within Assembly & Test).

You will be a key part of the EDU, eMachine or Battery Assembly team, working closely with product development engineers, facility vendors and tooling suppliers to ensure that component and whole powertrain designs meet world class quality and efficiency standards.

Key Responsibilities include: -

• Managing a team to plan, develop and implement new or retooled facilities from concept design to stable running production.
• Planning, developing and implementation of assembly and test processes and facilities.
• Providing feasibility statements for product development designs to suit manufacturing build requirements.
• Ensuring robust process quality planning including build simulations and FMEAs.
• Supporting virtual build events and physical builds at workshop, assembly plant locations, piloting build and manufacturing plant locations, raising and managing issues where appropriate.
• Evaluating suitability of manufacturing technologies for a wide range of applications – i.e. manual check, 3D laser scan, vision system. 
• Preparing, issuing and evaluating supplier Request for Quotations.
• Developing assembly systems in house and helping define make vs buy opportunities/risks.
• Assembly process & equipment verification at suppliers and at home manufacturing facility.
• Leading new model planning through development of process estimates against study requests.
• Managing technical issues, offering guidance to the team and escalating where appropriate.
• Representing PTME at program meetings at all levels and present, where applicable.
• Co-ordinating the development and submission of departmental responses to studies.
• Achieving equipment targets of all new & modified facilities.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Competencies: -

Required

• A track record of delivering projects involving multi-skilled teams and solving complex problems.
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of assembly processes and equipment. Automated assembly and rundown cells, manual assembly workstations, in-process test equipment and ability to analyse and interpret performance data output from those facilities.
• Ability to review engineering drawings and GD&T knowledge.
• Experience with non-mechanical joining and sealing methods including structural adhesives.
• Clear understanding of part, assembly and system interaction which involves tolerances, variability, and methods of location and measurement.
• Project Management experience of facility installation, commissioning and product launch.
• Experience and working knowledge of Health and Safety Audits and ergonomics including risk assessments.
• Strong IT skills in MS Office, Minitab (or similar), DC Tool programming, Visualisation Mock Up, CATIA V6, Byteworx and Sciemetric Qualityworx.
• Ability to produce clear instructions, work to tight deadlines and communicate well with stakeholders at all levels.

Desired Skills, Knowledge and Competencies: -

• Experience in facility system validation and handover to manufacturing.
• Fluency in electrical and mechanical machine drawings. 
• Battery pack architecture/appreciation.
• 6 Sigma, or similar problem-solving competence.
• MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), SAP, and Controls (Rockwell or Siemens) understanding.
• Experience of PCDS or similar.