• Billion Dollar Parent Group Dominating the Automotive Space;

• Leadership Opportunity with a Clear Succession Pathway | Technical & People Leadership; and

• Highly Diverse OE Product Development | Mentor a High-Performing Engineering Team.

Your new Company:

Your new company is a progressive specialist in vehicle accessories and towing solutions. Delivering best-in-class, highly engineered automotive products, your new organisation is recognised as an industry leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of premium automotive solutions throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.

With an expansive product portfolio including nudge bars, bull bars, sports bars, side steps, roof racks, cargo barriers, and other functional accessories, your new organisation forms part of a billion-dollar global parent business renowned for innovation, engineering excellence and continued investment in product development.

As part of ongoing growth within the Functional Accessories division, an exciting opportunity now exists for an experienced Lead Engineer to provide both technical and people leadership across a highly capable engineering team. Support organisational growth while providing a genuine succession pathway into further opportunities into Engineering Management.
 
Your new role:

Located within Melbourne's South Eastern suburbs, your new role will see you reporting directly to the Engineering Manager – Functional Accessories, leading a team of three Mechanical Design Engineers whilst remaining actively involved in the design, development and delivery of complex OE accessory programs.

This is a genuine technical leadership position where you will continue to apply your engineering expertise whilst providing guidance, mentoring and oversight across multiple concurrent projects. Acting as the senior technical resource for your team, you will be instrumental in ensuring products are designed for performance, manufacturability, quality and successful industrialisation.

Working closely with engineering teams across Australia, Thailand and South Africa, you will collaborate with leading OEM customers and cross-functional stakeholders throughout the complete product lifecycle, from initial concept through to production.
This is the type of opportunity ambitious Senior Mechanical Engineers aspire to as the natural progression into engineering leadership, whilst remaining hands-on with highly technical product development.

Your new role will see you:

• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and engineering oversight for a team of Mechanical Design Engineers;

• Reviewing and approving product designs, engineering documentation and technical drawings to ensure quality, manufacturability and compliance;

• Leading the design and development of functional automotive accessories from concept through to production;

• Managing a portfolio of engineering projects whilst supporting the wider team to deliver against critical customer and production milestones;

• Working collaboratively with Project Management, Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain teams across multiple international locations;

• Leading technical discussions and customer meetings with major global OEM manufacturers throughout the product development lifecycle;

• Working closely with FEA specialists to evaluate simulation results and optimise product performance;

• Applying Design for Manufacture (DFM), continuous improvement and value engineering principles across new product development;

• Remaining hands-on throughout vehicle fitment, prototype validation and product testing activities; and

• Demonstrating an uncompromising commitment to quality, engineering excellence and workplace safety.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering & registered with NER or CPEng;

• Minimum five years' experience within mechanical product design engineering, ideally within automotive, vehicle accessories or complex manufactured products;

• Advanced SolidWorks experience across both 3D modelling and detailed engineering drawings;

• Demonstrated experience designing fabricated steel, aluminium, plastics or cast components within a manufacturing environment;

• Understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) & fasteners;

• Proven experience delivering products from concept through to industrialisation within structured product development environments;

• Previous experience leading, mentoring or coaching engineers, either formally or informally;

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to engage customers, suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams;

• Practical mechanical aptitude with experience supporting prototype assembly, vehicle fitment or similar hands-on engineering activities;

• The ability to successfully manage multiple concurrent engineering projects whilst supporting the development of others; and

• A collaborative leadership style with the commercial awareness, technical credibility and communication skills to influence positive engineering outcomes.

What you'll get in return:

• Join a billion-dollar automotive enterprise recognised globally for engineering excellence and innovation;

• Secure a genuine leadership opportunity with potential future pathways into Engineering Management;

• Lead the development of premium OE automotive accessories supplied to some of the world's leading vehicle manufacturers;

• Work alongside highly experienced engineering professionals across Australia, Thailand and South Africa within a collaborative international environment;

• Enjoy significant variety across technical design, customer engagement, mentoring and project leadership, ensuring no two days are the same;

• Build your long-term career within an organisation renowned for exceptional employee retention, internal promotion and ongoing investment in engineering capability;

• Modern engineering facilities, prototype development and vehicle testing capabilities all available onsite; and

• Local to Dandenong – work close to home in a role where you can apply your skills to multiple kinds of designs, executed to perfection. Please note there is no work from home in this hands-on role which sees a portion of the role on the manufacturing floor, juxtaposed to solely being computer based.

How to Apply:

For more information or a confidential discussion please call Lauren Gruescu at u&u on 0422 803 494 quoting reference number 45630.

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