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Passion creates innovation

The POLYTEC GROUP is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality plastic parts, with over 3,600 employees worldwide. The Austria-based company is a full-service provider in the field of injection moulding, a specialist in fibre-reinforced plastics and a manufacturer of original accessory parts made of plastic and stainless steel.

We put our maxim PASSION CREATES INNOVATION into practice with absolute conviction and with such success that we are now enlarging our team. Therefore, we are looking for an employee (m/f/d) who is able to start work as a

Lead Engineer – Test and Validation

Ref.-Nr.
5615

ENTRY DATE
as of now

LOCATION
UK

EXTENT OF EMPLOYMENT

As a Lead Engineer – Test and Validation you will be responsible for leading the Test and Validation department at Polytec UK. This will be a new department and the role will be to expand the team to cover the increasing requirements to support our customers Testing and Validation requirements. It will cover the whole of the process from identifying project costs, understanding customer requirements, generating a test plan to validate the engineering and sourcing and planning the tests with internal and external resource.

IF YOU ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT...

Provide the Test and Validation costs for customer quotes based on the RFQ and corporate requirements.
Work with the Engineering Team to ensure test requirements are considered during the development of the production Design.
Generate a Test Plan to validate production design – either via CAE or physical testing.
Source customer approved Test house to undertake testing.
Review with the Project Team the timing and the required part supply to support Testing.
Lead the IMDS customer requirements working with the current team in place.
Generate a budget for each project and manage planned vs actual spend – identifying any savings and overspend to the Project Team before they occur.
Work with the various Project Team functions to ensure the all testing is only for validation and not development.

...AND POSSESS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS?

Educated to degree level (preferably Masters) in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent NVQ Level 7 qualification.
Fellow or Chartered Member of an industry related Professional Body.
Minimum of 10 years working in business supporting a team of around 40 personnel
Working in cross-functional teams / matrix organisations.
Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements
Highly proficient in MS Project.
Proven project management and supplier experience.
Experience of operating and influencing at a strategic level.
Track record of successfully managing multiple large-scale projects.
Excellent level of detail, numeracy & accuracy.
Self-motivated and enthusiastic, with strong interpersonal skills.

THEN WE CAN OFFER YOU:

An exciting employment in a dynamic industry, multifaceted challenges as well as both personal and professional development opportunities in a collegial working atmosphere. We also offer adequate remuneration in line with your realisation abilities and initiative level.

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