Weight Management Engineer

Weight Management Engineer

This is a contract position, running through to January 2025, with the potential to extend.

Outside IR35.

Hybrid working available.

Role & Responsibilities

• Setting and delivering whole vehicle weight targets utilising sound engineering knowledge, lightweight technology trends, BoM weight roll-ups and vehicle/part measurement.
• Managing own project-related activities including creating and presenting reports to Senior Management.
• Planning and managing programmes, leading weight reduction work-streams, working in close cooperation with other functions to ensure achievement of weight targets.
• Constructively challenging & influencing engineering departments to deliver targets.
• Calculating Vehicle weight and mass properties (Centre of Gravity and Moment of Inertias) using a variety of methods and data sources.
• Contributing to the calculation of certification weights for cross-functional agreement, based on multiple data sources and relevant legislation
• Competitor bench marking (including technologies used) and attribute target-setting

Essential skills

• Experience of building strong collaborative and influential relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Good knowledge of CAD and Bill of Materials / spec configuration systems.
• Strong understanding of lightweight technologies and technology trends.
• Strong MS Office skills, including Macro writing.
• Demonstrable knowledge of weight certification requirements for European and global markets.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.