Change Control Engineer

This role is required to coordinate the McLaren Automotive change process, which is applicable on changes to vehicle parts and the associated production processes. The core objective of the role is to manage and implement changes to vehicles in development and in series production that are the best-balanced solution to improving quality, protecting production plans, delivery time and the cost of McLaren Automotive products.

What You'll Do

Implement engineering change to the product in line with the PCM processes to ensure accurate and appropriate change to McLaren Automotive products

Liaise closely with all departments across the business involved in the product change management process to progress changes for the vehicle project and block changes

Facilitate the product change management meetings to drive completion of actions from change stakeholders

Generate progress status reports and communicate to the business effectively including preparation of daily, weekly, and monthly KPI’s and investigate all deviations from agreed standards

Responsible for coordinating a change control process for vehicle projects in development to ensure successful vehicle launches

Responsible for coordination of activities required to deliver the McLaren Automotive Block change process to allow for controlled implementation of change to vehicles in series development

Conduct regular process and system reviews to ensure continuous improvement of the product change management process as part of the process ownership

What You'll Bring

Business Knowledge

Experience of automotive production processes including vehicle manufacturing processes and supply planning (advantageous)

Experience of vehicle product development life cycles including prototype build phases (advantageous)

Knowledge of automotive parts and McLaren products advantageous (advantageous)

Essential Functional / Technical Skills

Experience in Product Change Management/ Change Control

Experience in Product Data and Bill of Material Management

Degree of technical/analytical nature required or specific change control experience

Experience of using SAP advantageous

Experience of indirect stakeholder and workflow coordination

IT skills (MS Office)

Personal Attributes / Competencies

Effective communicator at all working levels

Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills

Have structured logical and analytical approach

Self-motivated to deliver excellence

Delivery focussed - with demonstrable track record of on-time delivery

Ability to work within deadlines and under pressure

Team player

Keen/ambitious for personal development and learning

Capable of representing a world class automotive brand