McLaren

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

With innovation at the core of all we do, every challenge starts with the same question. How can we do it better? This restless spirit runs right through McLaren Automotive. And the search for perfection is evident in everything we do.

• Reporting to the Vehicle Line Director, managing all aspects of a new ultimate series vehicle including; design, engineering, manufacturing and associated commercial elements.
• Be responsible for the successful approval of all vehicle gateways
• Deliver program Bill of Material, Investment & Business Case Targets
• Deliver programme cash / expenditure targets
• Project managing the introduction to new markets to ensure certification compliance.
• Manage vehicle prototype programs to meet sign-off requirements.
• Assist and provide day to day direction to the principle stakeholders to achieve a successful vehicle launch that supports Quality, Cost and timing targets.
• Assist and provide direction to the marketing, sales and service team to ensure the vehicle program delivers voice of customer needs and requirements.

• Manage, to agreed priorities and targets, engineering content to deliver the business requirements set about in MDP (McLaren Development Programme)  and manage cross functional teams from Function Groups, purchasing, logistics, manufacturing, service, quality and after sales.
• Chair Project meetings and manage the all cross functional activities to meet timings.
• With the project chief engineer, lead the design and development of components and systems to ensure optimised vehicle performance.
• Support and manage system and component, design, release, development and validation plans in association with functional experts.
• Respond to requests for information or specification change with assessment of risk and cost and ensure full documentation via the glide path.
• Control DFM and FMEA as required.
• Preparation and presentation of material to support external and internal project status reviews

• Programme management within an engineering function
• Leader of high performance cross functional teams
• Extensive experience of automotive design and development
• Excellent systems design and development knowledge
• Proven problem solving and change management capability (PPS)
• Experience of high and niche vehicle (low volume) programmes

• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks and time efficiently
• Excellent organisational skills
• Natural leader, able to take responsibility for delivery
• Team player and team builder
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to build good relationships at all levels, internally and externally
• Resilient, able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Flexible attitude. Ambitious and self reliant. 
• Intrinsically self motivated.