Chief Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Produce detailed vehicle timing plan and delivers the vehicle project to quality, cost, timing and technical target.
• Provide direction and leadership to project team, suppliers and contractor and all affected functions within the company.
• Presenting the project status, issues and proposed solutions and action plan to executive management.
• Lead and manager engineers and oversee and develop junior project managers.
• Proving professional representations to external suppliers and customers
• Utilisation and development of company new model introduction delivery processes
• Multiple Project management control and prioritisation of resources

Knowledge, Experience and Skill:

• Extensive knowledge and experience of total vehicle engineering, with hands on demonstration of a number of project deliveries.
• Team Leader recognition from peers.
• Excellent engineering project management skill with successful track record.
• Supplier management and negotiation demonstrated successfully.
• Ideally qualified to degree level.
• Excellent IT skills and high aptitude in numeric and verbal skill.
• Dedication and commitment to the role, highly self-motivated and capable of galvanising others to action. Resilient and adaptable to change.
• Very strong communication at all levels in the organisation, good interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Constantly striving for improved way of working.
• Process orientated, flexible and able to meet tight deadlines.
• Strong general management skills.
• Excellent and realistic risk management capability, able to recognise issues and deal with them quickly and effectively.
• Strong planning and targeting setting skills, followed by implementation and post-delivery review.
• Minimum 10 years project management experience essential.
• Experience in EV development and knowledge of EV system architecture preferred.

Personal attributes:

• Professional, credible and responsible.
• Demonstrates great drive to achieve outstanding results and highest standards.
• Resilient and adaptable to change.
• Passionate about the environment and having a strong belief in the electric revolution in the automotive industry.
• Flexibility to work evenings, overtime to delivery deadlines
• Willing to travel and attend meetings and suppliers in the UK and overseas.
• Able to maintain highest level of confidentiality in all aspect of work.

Application Process:

If you are passionate about being part of a groundbreaking initiative in the automotive industry and have the required skills and experience, please submit your resume and a cover letter to JE@morris-commercial.com  include details of your relevant experience and how it aligns with the specified qualifications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Morris Commercial Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.