Value Engineering Lead Engineer

Join a successful automotive OEM and oversee the design and implementation of Value Engineering across the Design and Development phases of a wide range of components or areas of a vehicle.

This highly technical role combines engineering expertise with leadership responsibilities, providing both strategic vision and day-to-day guidance whilst ensuring delivery of high-quality outputs. Collaborate too with the wider business to plan team activities, as well as monitoring progress against your plans.

You will promote best practice at every level, organising or delivering training, prompting unity, integrity, ingenuity and agility in working practices, and conducting formal performance reviews. Get to act as a technical authority within the team, demonstrating sound judgement and the ability to escalate issues or request additional support when necessary.

As a Value Engineering expert, you will be responsible for delivering enhanced value across time, cost, quality, and specification. This is a highly technical role, focused on detail and delivery, but also includes planning and leadership, communication and collaboration across the entire supply/value chain to maximise team working and effectiveness.

You will offer significant experience in a mechanical design role, have a highly technical approach, with emphasis on attention to detail. Your technical judgement and decision-making skills allow you to navigate and direct complex problems, presenting concise information up the chain to project stakeholders.

If you are a strong collaborator, able to communicate with transparency about risk and issues throughout the project lifecycle, with agility and flexibility to lead on challenging tasks and changes of direction, this is a perfect opportunity for you to further your career in a senior capacity.

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