REQ ID: 124731
JOB TITLE: Standards & Controls Engineer
SALARY: £36,000-£48,000

POSTING START DATE: 21/06/2024
POSTING END DATE: 05/07/2024
LOCATION: Solihull  

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world’s most iconic brands. JLR is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
 
When it comes to the future, our Global Manufacturing Engineering (GME) team is planning it today. Regularly working up to three years ahead of production, they help translate, plan and implement product development outputs into vehicle manufacture, transforming our ambitious plans into tangible and exhilarating realities.
 
The Standards and Controls team are an expanding department within Global Manufacturing Engineering (GME), responsible for developing, implementing and updating standards for manufacturing assembly equipment. The department manage the delivery of facilities to JLR equipment standards, specifically mechanical, electrical, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) software and robot programming software development in the manufacturing assembly operation areas within JRL.
 
As an Engineer in Standards and Controls, you’ll be working as part of a multi-disciplined team, assisting across multiple sites. Your key focus will be assisting and advising manufacturing engineering on manufacturing equipment technical issues, standards and specification writing, as well as supporting the planning and coordination of manufacturing facility requirements for new model introduction and model year changes. You’ll oversee controls and standards input into new GME-delivered projects in addition to investigating future technologies and feasibility for manufacturing.
    
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
 

• Provide technical expertise to team problem solving activities to accurately identify root cause and corrective actions
• Maintain Technical Standards, Project Books and specifications for all Manufacturing systems in line with the departments Bill of Process, global standard operating practices and JLR quality systems
• Maintain interfaces specifications from Shop Floor PLC’s/Applications to Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Commission and work on machine monitoring/quality systems within Production facilities 
• Developing new suppliers, cost effectively, into the groups Standards for Equipment Manufacture

 
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Experience and expertise in the specification, delivery, installation and launch of Controls Systems, preferably in an automotive or powertrain environment
• Thorough understanding of machine electrical systems and designs in Manufacturing
• Ability to deliver operational plans in a highly demanding environment

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.