Paint Facility Engineer

Job description

POSTING END DATE: 03/01/2018

ADVERTISED SALARY: £32,416- £40,000

 

Location: Solihull 

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world’s most iconic brands. Jaguar Land Rover is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

 

WHAT TO EXPECT

When it comes to the future, our Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) team is planning it today. Regularly working up to three years ahead of production, they help translate, plan and implement Product Development outputs into vehicle manufacture, transforming our ambitious plans into tangible and exhilarating realities. From the luxuriously agile Jaguar F-TYPE to the innovative CX-17, our vehicles – famed for the revolutionary technologies they employ – are amongst some of the most desired and revered in the world today. Your constant challenge, working as part of our diverse and multi-skilled AME team, will be to ensure our iconic brands continue to captivate the world tomorrow.

 

Paint Advanced Manufacturing Engineering are responsible for introduction of new facilities, materials product lines and current vehicle freshening programs into Jaguar Land Rover’s Castle Bromwich Paint shop. Paint Facilities Engineering are responsible for the introduction of new facilities and equipment required to process new materials and product programmes through the Paint Shop.

As Lead Paint Engineer, you’ll be responsible for supporting new product introductions into Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull Paint shop. You’ll have involvement in feasibility investigations, prototype build support, project planning, and facilities engineering and modifications.

You’ll be responsible for all aspects of Capital Expenditure Project tracking, focusing on Product and Non Product related expenditure from project conception through to delivery, commissioning, and handover to the customer in line with policies and procedures.

 

What you’ll need

Your proven track record of working within advanced manufacturing engineering will mean you have an existing knowledge of the application of lean manufacturing tools and techniques.

Ideally you’ll have previous Project Management experience and good working knowledge of paint facilities and systems.

 

You’ll also have previous experience of Supplier selection and tender management and must be able to create and manipulate 2D CAD drawings using auto CAD. Being highly computer literate with an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft office package’s including 'project’ will also be an advantage.

 

 

BENEFITS

 

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan, and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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