PRINCIPAL TEST FACILITIES ENGINEER

We are recruiting an exciting opportunity for an Principal Test Facilities Engineer to join a Battery Testing department in a rapidly expanding engineering business in the North Oxfordshire area : 

JOB TITLE 

Principal Test Facilities Engineer

SALARY

£70,000 (circa)

LOCATION

Banbury

ROLE PURPOSE

To manage the battery test facility, team, capability and capacity, supporting the Manufacturing and Engineering functions. Primary Functional responsibility will be the Mechanical and Environmental areas, equipment and team, with operational responsibility (day to day) over additional test site facilities and functions

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the set up, operation and maintenance of a high performance battery test facility.

• Specification of battery test equipment and associated operational procedures

• Installation, commissioning, set up and operation of battery test facilities and equipment

• Management of a team of technicians, engineers and Lead engineers, maintaining and operating the facility in an efficient, flexible and adaptable manner

• Optimisation of Battery test processes and procedures ensuring facility efficiency and high utilisation

• Work closely with Battery manufacturing team and technical design and development teams

• Identify and implement optimum working practices, risk assessments and capacity plan available test resources. Future facility, equipment and capacity planning

• Technical lead for Mechanical and Environmental testing, including procedures, schedules, protocols and results analysis

• Support, development and training of appropriate team members within the test facility function and wider team.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

• Management and motivation of departmental staff

• Highly disciplined, analytical and organised.

• Ability to plan and balance workload and operational priorities in a fast-paced technical environment

CORE SKILLS:

• Solid Working Knowledge of Battery systems and products (cells, modules, packs and applications)

• Likely to have worked within an automotive electric vehicle environment or similar

• Thorough and demonstrable understanding of battery test systems (with a bias towards mechanical and environmental testing), procedures and equipment

• Ability to decipher and analyse battery test results and provide feedback to technical engineering departments

• Ability to problem solve and work both proactively and reactively

• Proactive and detailed approach to Health & Safety within a HaV working environment

• Knowledge of test shop KPIs and reporting

• Knowledge of electrical schematics and power management equipment

• Fuel cell test knowledge would also be beneficial

• Strong communication skills both in written and verbal

• Ability to establish test set up procedures and run tests to spec

• Flexible, responsive, adaptive and collaborative attitude

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time to time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities. 

Reference ID: 690915