Material Forming Engineer

Are you a Material Forming Engineer with hands-on engineering expertise, with real-world experience in materials forming, seeking a new challenge? Expleo are recruiting for a Material Forming Engineer, supporting our client, a Global Luxury Automotive OEM, based in Warwickshire on a contact basis. The Material Forming specialist will be responsible for coordination and delivery of materials characterisation and data analysis, completion of press shop trial activities to support material approval process and support of material-related quality concern resolution and prevention. It is critical that you can maintain the link between engineering, supply base and manufacturing facilities, driving to not only deliver, but to improve standards and processes in a passionate and collaborative manner.

Responsibilities of the Material Forming Engineer include:

• Coordination, delivery, assessment and reporting of press trials to assess new materials against formability criteria and qualify them.
• Deliver raw material related cost-reduction projects
• Contribute to standardising material testing equipment and procedures
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of material related process standards.
• Support the timely delivery of material for Try-Out and Production Ramp-up for all new Model Programmes
• Monitoring non-processed scrap rates
• Benchmarking

Qualifications and skills required for the Material Forming Engineer position:

• Engineering apprenticeship, degree level or equivalent experience in sheet metal forming
• Experience of coordinating and carrying out press trial activities
• Understanding of materials, and material properties and processes specifically relating to forming technologies
• Experience carrying out root cause analysis activities, identifying corrective actions and delivering process improvements
• Excellent presentation skills and strong communication skills
• Valid Driving licence with the ability to travel extensively between sites
• Flexibility is required whilst plant based, candidates would be expected to be mobile with regular travel to other Press Shops, as well as occasional overseas travel.
• A working knowledge of steel and aluminium manufacturing, die manufacturing and buy off experience, and press operational experience is desirable

** PLEASE NOTE ** To meet with current legislation, right to work checks will be carried out to ensure candidates can work in the UK. Regretfully, we are unable to support applications that require sponsorship.

If you are interested in applying for the role of Material Forming Engineer or require further information, please contact: Jacquie Linton 02034797125 jacquie.linton@expleogroup.com