Title:  Engineer - EBOM

Engineer - EBOM

Hethel

Permanent

Hybrid

About the Role:

The Engineer - EBOM will be required to interact across all departments, to ensure the completion of the bill of materials in a timely, efficient, and detailed manner.

This role is critical to ensure the accurate build of vehicles and planning of material into & out of the vehicle plant. The scope exists for challenging the existing methods of working, both within this role / department and in the wider organisation, for example, engineering release to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the design change activities.

The role lends itself to a detail level of operational experience/technical knowledge of product context, product structure, variant configuring, attribute through change management processes, with proven experience of dealing with complex stakeholder requirements/relationships.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• BOM Release status report against each gateway.
• Daily Engineering change status reports (PCR/ECR/ECN).
• Cross balance quality validation, reporting between product context definition and BOM variants.
• Communication log reporting with relevant stakeholders, to coordinate smooth workstreams.
• Business Requirements Documentation, to improve system tools, processes & methods.
• Lesson & Learn knowledge sharing documentation.
• Regular interaction with the project teams and function group engineers.
• Daily interaction with the BOM team members (SBOM; MBOM; CAD Integrity) for uploading, checking, integration, confirmation and reporting of designs in Teamcenter.
• Challenges lie with stakeholder expectations and the acceptance of configuration/change data.
• While no budgetary responsibility is required, this role is critical to ensure the accurate build of vehicles and planning of material.
• The scope exists for challenging existing methods of working, both within the role/ department and wider organisation, for example, to improve the accuracy and efficiency of design change activities.
• Releasing & delivering the BOM structure, configuring variants condition & attributes.
• ECR (Engineering Change Request).
• ECN (Engineering Change Notice) based on PCR (Part Change Request).
• Engaging with Engineering, finance, purchasing, manufacturing, services to resolve issues.
• Validation and improvement of BOM Quality, aligned with the vehicle content and program milestones.
• Tracking and report out the status of BOM consistency, securing the quality.
• Setting up of new options and/or create rules to support various build configurations.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

Essential:

• Recognised automotive, mechanical, or industrial engineering bachelor’s degree.
• CAD Product Structure and Change Control experience.
• Analytic experience of product feature context definition, with balance analysis check.
• Working knowledge of Engineering BOM structuring, with variants configured.
• Working knowledge of Engineering BOM structure change management, with traceability.
• BOM & Change Management analytic skills.
• Timeliness - Release/WBS Setup.
• Completeness - Delivery tracking reporting.
• Accuracy - Quality reporting.
• Consistency - Change Management reporting.

Desirable:  

• Master’s degree.
• CAD Data Management experience.
• MS Package experience.
• PLM system operation and Teamcenter operation experience.
• User operation experience of Teamcenter UA & TC Visualization tool.
• Experience of TC integrated CATIA / NX tool.
• Collaboration - Stakeholder Coordination.
• Improvement - Business docs.
• Alignment - Status & Development Sharing.
• Lesson Learned Sharing.

About Lotus:

Lotus Cars is based in Hethel, Norfolk, UK, and is the global headquarter for sports car and hypercar manufacturing operations, the Lotus Advanced Performance Centre and the iconic 2.2-mile test track.

Lotus builds world-class high-performance cars, born out of legendary success on the racetrack including 13 FIA Formula 1 world titles and many other championship honours. In July 2021 Lotus unveiled the all-new Lotus Emira, its last petrol-powered sports car and best-of-breed, and in July 2019 it launched the Evija, the world’s first all-electric British hypercar.

The latest new model from Lotus is the Eletre. Unveiled in March 2022, it has the soul of a sports car and the usability of an SUV. It is pure electric and represents a clear vision of the future ambition of the company.

The ongoing transformation of Lotus, from a UK sports car company to a global performance car business and brand, is laid out in the company’s Vision80 strategy. It states what Lotus will be in 2028 when we celebrate our 80th anniversary. We welcome talented, creative, and motivated people to join us on our journey.

We offer you all the advantages of working for a prestigious high-tech automotive company. You will find a purpose-built facility; with all the tools and equipment you need to do an outstanding job. You will benefit from our fast-paced learning environment and our track record in designing and manufacturing thoroughbred sports cars over the last seven decades.

What We Offer You:

In addition to a competitive salary, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 6% pension contribution 
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme, based on your contribution and the performance of the company
• Private Healthcare
• Group income protection based on length of service
• Paid time off for medical appointments
• Family Friendly policies
• Exclusive Employee discount, wellbeing, and recognition platform #ForUSLOT 

We reserve the right to close this role early if a high volume of applicants is received.