Tool Room & Model Making Supervisor
Coventry (West Midlands) Design / Civil engineering / Industrial engineering
Job description
SALARY: £38,000 - £47,000
POSTING END DATE: 24.08.2018
LOCATION: Whitley, West Midlands
We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Our Product Engineering team is one of the most experienced of its type in the UK, and has the knowledge and talent to hold its own against the best engineers anywhere in the world. From iconic body styling to interior detail, from doors and windows to whole cabin systems, everything about our vehicles has to be perfect. It is what customers expect from a luxury brand. It's what this team makes happen. Join them, and you’ll help us to stay at the forefront of vehicle innovation and research, and to build on our position as a highly competitive brand in a highly competitive marketplace.
In your new role as a Tool Room & Model Making Supervisor, you’ll be operating in a reactive prototyping environment you'll have responsibility for the supervision of a high performing team of 70+ skilled associates performing a broad range of prototyping tasks including: CNC Machining, Fabrication, Stamping, Sheet Metalwork & Model Making. Using your leadership skills you’ll support with managing the facilities, liaise with management, project managers and schedulers to understand their requirements and ensure workload co-ordination in the workshop and plans are met.
To achieve success in your new role, you’ll:
- Maintain and adapt internal processes to improve efficiency and quality
- Support the development and making of parts
- Work as part of a team with good attention to detail
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
With your good listening skills and communication skills, you’ll join us with experience of supervising a large team. You’ll have a track record of successfully delivering products with focus on planning and scheduling projects.
You'll have expert knowledge across a range of metalworking processes such as CNC Machining, Stamping & Fabrication alongside this you'll have experience within a supervisory or leadership role as well as a proven record of working to deadlines. Jaguar Land Rover has invested significantly to develop its in-house prototyping capabilities and you will work in a modern and highly capable prototyping facility.
You’ll need to be:
- Highly knowledgeable within a manufacturing environment
- Detail oriented
- Able to demonstrate computer proficiency.
Jaguar Land Rover considers that this role does not meet the criteria to be considered within the Home Office Shortage Occupation list. Therefore, Jaguar Land Rover will not support an application for visa sponsorship and all applicants for this role must have an unrestricted right to work for an indefinite period in the UK.
SO WHY US?
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.
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Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunities for all.
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