Job Title:-Joining / Manufacturing Engineer

Location:-Solihull

Rate:32.78ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or24.45ph PAYE

Employment Type: Contract (12 months)

Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week

Reference:-J(phone number removed)

-As a Joining / Manufacturing Engineer, you will be at the heart of our manufacturing process, ensuring our joining methods are robust and efficient.

Your proactive approach will be key as you:

• Collaborate and Influence: Actively contribute your insights and provide vital feedback to our lead Joining Engineer, BIW Process Engineering, and Product Development teams.-Your input will directly shape how our joining methods become manufacturable under real plant conditions.
• Analyse and Optimise: Dig into the results of feasibility trials, providing incisive technical inputs to ensure data validity. Your analytical skills will be crucial in finding areas for improvement and driving optimal solutions.
• Foster Strong Vendor Relationships: Proactively manage vendor engineers, ensuring all responsibilities are met, technical reviews and timing adhered to, and any deviations are raised promptly.
• Ensure Project Consistency: Function as a project co-ordinator, championing consistency across all initiatives. You''ll ensure every project aligns with our best practices and established methodologies, guaranteeing high-quality, standardised delivery every time.
• Drive Digital Transformation: Use your data and digital Systems Proficiency to find opportunities for automation, create insightful dashboards for real-time monitoring and perform sophisticated data analysis using formulas, macros, PowerApps and even AI tools. Your ability to harness technology will streamline our processes and enhance decision-making.
• Co-ordinate Manufacturing Excellence: Partner with the project team and co-ordinate seamlessly with Line Builders/vendors to advance each phase. You''ll ensure strict adherence to joining technologies buy-off procedures and standards, contributing to seamless production.
• Understand the Big Picture: Develop a solid understanding of how various interfaces interact with joining technologies in a manufacturing environment and ensure parameters are perfectly aligned for applications such as adhesive, FDS, RSW, and more.

Who You Are:

We''re looking for someone who brings a blend of technical curiosity and strong people skills. You''re likely:

• A Collaborative Team Player: You thrive in a team setting, actively listen to others, and bring genuine enthusiasm and passion to your work. You understand that collective success is built on individual contributions and strong teamwork.
• Initiative-taking and Purposeful: You''re a natural problem-solver who doesn''t wait to be told what to do. You take the initiative, drive tasks to completion, and consistently meet deliverables and commitments with a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Digitally Savvy: You''re highly proficient with computer applications and eager to apply your skills to automate processes, build dashboards, conduct data analysis and explore the potential of AI to improve efficiency.
• An Effective Communicator: You''re confident and articulate when communicating with project stakeholders at all levels, possessing strong written and spoken communication skills. You can convey complex technical information clearly and persuasively.
• Technically Curious: Ideally, you''re working towards or already hold a degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline. This will give you a foundational understanding of joining technologies or a strong desire to learn, with technologies such as:
  - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
  - Laser Welding
  - Self-Piercing Riveting (SPR)
  - Resistance Spot Welding (RSW)
  - Adhesive Bonding
  - Flow Drive Screw (FDS)
• Knowledge Transfer Champion: You can transfer knowledge and best practices from the engineering industry into the automotive environment, or a strong aptitude for doing so.

Additional Information:

This role is INSIDE IR35