Project Lead Engineer
Posted Today by Futura Design
£34 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Gaydon, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Project Lead Engineer role at an OEM Client in Gaydon focuses on leading the design and development of HV battery enclosures and structural components. This position is a maternity cover contract, requiring strong management and execution skills within a complex team environment. The engineer will ensure that all programs meet technical requirements and attribute targets while managing component design and supplier tooling releases. The role is classified as inside IR35 and offers an hourly pay rate through an umbrella company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and development of HV battery enclosures and structural components.
- Ensure delivery of in-flight programs to meet technical requirements and strategy.
- Achieve targets for component/system cost, weight, NVH, dynamics, safety, and function.
- Manage design and tooling releases to suppliers.
- Report to the Technical Group Leader and collaborate with project engineers.
Key Skills:
- Proven management capabilities with excellent execution skills.
- Highly experienced in HV Battery, Body or Subframe structural parts.
- Experience in mechanical design of safety critical structural components.
- Ability to lead engineering in a complex team environment.
- Self-motivated with minimal supervision required.
- Experience in component design for performance attributes (durability, stiffness, NVH, weight, cost).
- Mechanical design background / structural engineering.
- Degree in Engineering or comparable qualification.
Salary (Rate): £33.64 hourly
City: Gaydon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Project Lead Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a maternity cover contract position with a proposed end date of 12th February 2027. Please read the information in this job post thoroughly to understand exactly what is expected of potential candidates. Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.
Duties
This role is within the Vehicle Structures team as a Lead Engineer, reporting to the Technical Group Leader. The role will mainly focus on the delivery of HV battery enclosures, Frame, Lid, sealing and venting and bracketry. Responsibility for ensuring all in-flight programmes are being delivered to the latest technical requirements and strategy. This will include ensuring efficient integration and compatibility of the structure, to deliver the necessary attribute targets. As a Project Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and development of components on a given platform during the delivery phase, with platform & project engineer responsibilities. Achieving targets for component/system cost, weight, NVH, dynamics, safety, and function into the Vehicle and Power Unit program teams, as well as making the design and tooling releases to suppliers.
Skills Required
Proven management capabilities with excellent execution skills and the ability to multitask. Highly experienced in HV Battery, Body or Subframe structural parts, and the associated delivery of these components. Experience in mechanical design of safety critical structural components. Proven ability to lead the engineering of components and systems in context within a complex team environment. Self-motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision. Experience of component design to deliver performance attributes (durability, stiffness, NVH, weight, cost).
Education Required
Mechanical design background / structural engineering. Degree in Engineering or comparable qualification