Provision of day-to-day customer interface for project management, technical and project related commercial matters. Interfacing with external and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
The appointee will be based in Crumlin, South Wales.
Key responsibilities
- Industrialisation of new products.
- Day to day customer interface for Project Management and Technical related subjects.
- Manage APQP (and any customer equivalent) system and internal team for the duration of the project ensuring customer targets are met:
- Managing nominated APQP team for each project
- Managing and controlling expenditure
- Organising constructive & timely meetings and reviews
- Oversee the Design and Validation Plan for New Projects
- Support cost reduction programmes in line with customer expectation.
- Generate and deliver the Project Timing Plan including overseeing industrialisation of new products.
- To assist with technical support, costing support and proposal documents to respond to RFQs.
- Assist BD team with completing CERs.
- Assist with prototype procurement and build.
- Present / Chair APQP meetings.
- Assist with technical information and delivery to customers.
- To complete any administration tasks as reasonably required of the role.
Key requirements
- Preferably the successful candidate will have a Mechanical Engineering (BEng) or related degree. (HND in Engineering would be considered).
- Maintain a high standard of Health and Safety based upon safe working practices and support environmental initiatives.
- Communicate and support the embedding of customer service imperatives across other functions of the Flexonics business.
- Collaborate with other Senior Plc businesses to ensure wider revenue generation opportunities are realised.
- Ensure that all work activities and records comply with Company Policies, Procedures and Codes of Practice.
- Excellent Project Management skills.
- Strong soft skills and an understanding of people behaviour and the self-awareness to react appropriately. Be politically astute.
- Demonstrate superior presentation and communication skills.
- Ability to communicate information, whether technical or non-technical to internal stakeholders and customers, in a clear and concise manner.
- Highly professional and capable of being a strong ambassador for the company.
- Motivated and a self-starter & able to work on own initiative.
- Good attention to detail; highly professional, politically astute, and capable of being a strong ambassador for the company who will maintain high standards for delivery, quality & accuracy.
- Sound IT Skills, including proficiency with MS Office applications.
- Valid UK Driving licence & Passport - Willing and able to travel globally.
Remuneration
- Competitive Salary + Benefits
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Excellent Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme (Employee Contribution up to 11%/ Employer contribution up to 15%)
- Death in Service Life Protection Benefit (x 6 annual salary)
- Working from Home Policy (3 days onsite/ 2 days WFH)
- Flexible Working Policy
- Employee Events
- Recognition Awards
- Training and Development (Internal & External)
- Share Save Schemes
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme - Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme/ Financial Support
- Access to pool cars for travel
- Company laptop
- Free Parking
Introduction to Senior plc
Senior is an international manufacturing group with 26 operations in 12 countries.
We design and manufacture high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment manufacturers in the worldwide aerospace, & defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets. The Group is split into two divisions, Aerospace and Flexonics, servicing five key sectors.
Our purpose is "We help engineer the transition to a sustainable world for the benefit of all our stakeholders." We do this by:
- Using our technology expertise in fluid conveyance and thermal management to provide safe and innovative products for demanding applications in some of the most hostile environments.
- Enabling our customers, who operate in some of the hardest-to-decarbonise sectors, to transition to low carbon and clean energy solutions.
- Staying at the forefront of climate disclosure and action by ensuring our own operations achieve our Net Zero commitments.
Our vision is to be a trusted and collaborative high value-added engineering and manufacturing company delivering sustainable growth in operating profit, cash flow and shareholder value.
About Senior Flexonics Crumlin
Senior Flexonics Crumlin offers expert product design, development, testing and manufacturing capabilities and is the Primary European Design and Development centre for thermal management, fluid conveyance and flexible connectors.
We focus on serving our customers with the latest technologies and provide unique & diverse Engineering solutions. We are experts in designing, developing and manufacturing solutions for combustion, hybrid and electric drivetrains. We also provide high performance, efficient heat exchangers for fuel cell energy applications.
We offer a fully engineered solution, from design concept through to high volume manufacture, and work with many of the leading global OEMs to supply a range of world class products from our global network of companies.
We scrutinise every part of our customers’ requirements which enables us to provide a truly bespoke solution that delivers real value. Our products are designed using the latest predictive techniques such as FEA and CFD and validated through extreme testing in our test and development department to ensure excellent performance, durability, and lifelong functionality.
Our technologies
Electric – Combined with clean, renewable energy sources, the rapid growth in electric vehicles is making emission-free mobility a reality. We are using our wealth of knowledge to implement creative solutions which enable our customers to maximise vehicle performance.
- Battery Thermal Management
- Electronics Thermal Management
- Fluid Transfer Tubing
- Fuel Cell Heat Exchangers
Hybrid – Global demand for mild, full, or plug-in technology is on the rise, driving a requirement for multiple drive architectures. Our expertise in a vast array of applications gives us the flexibility to develop efficient, market leading propulsion technologies
- Battery Thermal Management
- Electronics Thermal Management
- Fluid Transfer Tubing
- Fuel Cell Heat Exchangers
- EGR Coolers
- EGR Tubing
Combustion – Our core focus for combustion engines is to improve fuel efficiency and reduce harmful emissions. Increasingly strict regulation requires innovative engineering, and we combine decades of manufacturing expertise with the latest technologies.
- Gasoline & Diesel EGR
- EGR Tubing
- Fluid Transfer Tubing
- Flexible Connectors
- Turbo Dampeners
Energy – As the need for clean and efficient energy sources becomes greater than ever before. We are working with some of the world’s leading companies to develop clean, local sources of energy generation which dramatically increase efficiency and energy security
- High Efficiency Gas-Gas HEX
- Fuel Cell Heat Exchangers
- Fluid Transfer Tubes
- Flexible Connectors
Our values
We firmly believe that successful businesses are value driven. Our values support the vision and shape our culture and are the essence of our company identity, our principles and beliefs. Core values not only look after what our people do and deliver, but how they go about delivering. Our shared values provide a framework for how we work together:
- Safety – We operate safely, protecting people and the environment
- Accountability – We do what we say
- Respect & Trust – We work together with mutual respect and trust
- Integrity – We operate with integrity and in an ethical manner
- Excellence – We continuously strive to do better
- Customer Focus – We put the customer at the heart of everything we do
Senior Flexonics Crumlin is an Equal Opportunities employer who is committed to creating a working environment where our people will grow and thrive. We strive to create the conditions for our employees to develop their potential in a workplace where there is respect and value for diversity and wellbeing.