INEOS Automotive: We have one goal: Manufacture, launch and deliver uncompromising, best-in-class vehicles. It’s been an exciting Grenadier journey since our inception in 2017. We’ve flown past many milestones and, despite the global challenge of 2020, we’re on track to deliver our plan. At INEOS Automotive, we’re always looking for people who can bring new perspectives to our teams. People with entrepreneurial spirit, who enjoy taking on new challenges and are comfortable with handling risks and uncertainties. 2021 and 2022 are our years of execution and as an Project Lead you will play a huge part in this. If you are looking to join a scale-up business that values your curiosity, drive, and expertise whilst taking on a career defining role, then INEOS Automotive welcomes your application.
Your Role: The main objective of the Project Lead is to independently lead engineering subprojects of INEOS Automotives current product programme, e.g. complete Model Year Makeovers, new regional derivatives or new powertrain variants.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Management of a defined and self-contained project within the engineering department
- Responsibility to deliver on time, to cost and to quality, responding to required changes to reach the project targets assigned
- Technical lead of internal/external or mixed project teams
- Responsibility to report the status of the project assigned directly to the Senior Manager Project Management and at board level on a regular basis
- Work as an active member of the Engineering team, ensure effective communication between colleagues and positive contribute to meetings and briefings
- Anticipate risks and develop mitigation approaches, especially as regards to scope changes and their impact in the project assigned
- Responsibility for coordination, communication, and transparency within the assigned project for internal and external stakeholder
- Coordinate, lead and work closely with third party suppliers (Engineering houses, Tier 1’s) on all aspects of planning, scheduling, and controlling for his/her area of expertise
- Ensuring proper project documentation
- Resolves problems, identifies trends, determines system improvements, and implements changes.
For the Project Lead, we are looking for:
- 7-10 years’ experience gained at either a Tier 1 automotive supplier or automotive OEM and has knowledge of the automotive design and launch process, from concept over industrialisation until end-of-lifecycle
- Completed engineering degree or equivalent technical vocational training
- Automotive operations know how beneficial
- Excellent automotive knowledge gained over a long career of product launches
- Excellent project management skills, with a track record of delivery
- The incumbent must be able to build effective working relationships with internal clients and external supply chain
- Must have strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Must be able to thrive in a multi-cultural environment
- Should be comfortable interacting with employees at all levels of the organisation, with advanced verbal and written communications skills and should be comfortable giving presentations.