Stampings Engineer - AUTOMOTIVE - £30-£45, 000 - West Mids

Stampings Engineer - AUTOMOTIVE - £30,000-£45,000 - West Midlands

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world's most iconic brands. Jaguar Land Rover is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.


The Stamping Engineering team are responsible for managing the press tooling programmes into the 3 press shops. The team are involved from the die design through to home-line commissioning and has full responsibility for all technical elements relating to tooling and stamped parts. Working within a matrix organisation the team is also charged with overseeing the timing and cost elements to support project milestones and deliverables.

Interfacing daily with Product design Engineers, Stamping Engineers and the plant operational teams to ensure clear and concise flow of relevant information to progress status against all open and relevant AIMS (Automated Issue Management System) and WERS (Worldwide Engineering Release System) alerts

Responsibilities of the Stampings Engineer:

* This role will have responsibility for Stamping Process for JLR products
* Technical delivery of processes, tools, fixtures and parts into volume production
* Support Product Development using experience of pressing feasibility
* Support the definition of stamping manufacture processes
* Lead the Buy-off of Processes, Tool Designs, Patterns and Dies to required specifications.
* Manage the Toolmakers delivery through to tool commissioning in Home Line
* Manage suppliers to deliver the tooling programme (Buy-Offs and Die delivery)
* Manage suppliers to deliver overall project timing and deliverables (Panel supply)
* Provide resolution of process, design, manufacture and try-out issues
* Delivery of Tools and Parts through to volume production
* Work with press shop personnel and Toolmakers to support the introduction and commissioning of tooling into the press shop, both JLR and external

Requirements of the Stamping Engineer -

* The successful applicant should be a flexible, self-motivated, organised and confident team player
* Able to understand the needs, desires, aspirations and priorities of competing customer
* Able to communicate affectively to all levels of the business, both with internal / external stakeholders
* Have a sound administrative / accounting background
* Experience in a Stamping Engineering role, with experience of understanding of press shop processes, equipment and related technology
* A working knowledge of Team Centre and Catia v5
* Conversant with Microsoft applications, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
* A relevant engineering degree is not essential but would be an advantage, as would time served in related engineering disciplines
* Aspects of this role can require travel to Suppliers (overseas and UK based) as well as periods in JLR and other Press Shops during launch period

In return you will receive an excellent package including the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, access to a privilege car purchase scheme, membership of a competitive pension plan, performance related bonus scheme and 26 days holiday entitlement.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.