Technical Manager - Vehicle Safety Certification

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Function: Technical Conformity -Certification
Contract: Full time - Permanent
Location: Pyms Lane, Crewe, CW1 3PL with flexible hybrid working

Bentley Motors is combining a world of luxury and progressive technology to embrace an electrified future. Join us as we embark on the most transformative phase in Bentley's history.

Purpose of the Role
Join the Technical Conformity - Product Certification team as the Technical Manager - Vehicle Safety Certification where you'll provide technical strategic leadership, guidance and in depth knowledge to support and ensure vehicle safety compliance. With a focus on the EU, North American and South Korean markets and supporting the China market team to ensure delivery on time and within budget, for current and future projects. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that the team have the necessary technical direction to allow them to deliver safety certification. Reporting to the Functional Manager your main responsibilities include;

• Developing strategic technical direction working closely with the Functional Manager to shape future safety certification delivery strategies
• Ability to interpret specialist technical knowledge to communicate and justify appropriate technical decisions
• Management of project costs against forecasts, capturing the spend to date and reporting this to the Functional Manager.
• Principle liaison with technical services and where applicable government agencies
• Analysing new project content and creating costing evaluations
• Leading the team through worst case processes and associated quality gateways
• Creating detailed test plans for delivery of all projects, using inputs from engineers and in line with departmental project plan
• Technical lead for subject delivery in all applicable markets
• Identification of project delivery risks and developing appropriate mitigation plans
• Managing internal key performance trackers and reporting status to the Functional Manager
• Supporting/training Engineers with implementation of new legislation

About the Team
Engineering Technical Conformity ensure compliance of all Bentley vehicles with applicable legislation to enable their sale. In addition, we safeguard the end customer and the Bentley brand by ensuring errors in the design and development process are prevented from becoming consequential.

About you - Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will be an Engineer / Senior Engineer with demonstrable knowledge in the application of vehicle safety regulations ideally within the automotive industry. You will have established influencing skills that can be utilised across a range of stakeholders, including our VW Group partners to advise on recommendations. You will also be the technical point of contact for your internal team and as such, must be able to translate technical information into an understandable format according to your audience.

• Demonstrate a broad understanding of safety certification subjects
• Able to understand specific technical issues relating to the application of safety regulations and effectively communicate findings at all levels within the business
• Able to co-ordinate the team's day-to-day project delivery plans, support planning of test work and liaise with external technical services
• Proven experience of negotiating with internal and external suppliers
• Ability to lead on technical strategy inputs working with the wider R&D departments and colleagues
• A Higher Engineering degree or equivalent relevant experience
• An eye for detail and a structured approach to work

What Bentley Offers

• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working options
• 35 days annual leave inclusive of UK bank holidays
• Progression pathways and programmes, mentoring, and study support opportunities available
• Optional car lease scheme with discounted access to brand new VW Group cars (VW, Seat, Skoda, Audi) up to every six months
• Health and life assurance benefits providing up to five times annual salary
• Annual salary reviews and competitive bonus scheme
• Contributory pension scheme - you put in 6% we put in 10%
• Access to a wide range of resources to support your health and well-being including an online GP, the choice to join BUPA health plans, a mental health counsellor, and onsite physio
• Paid volunteering days dedicated to community giving

The Bentley Campus
Our campus is going through an exciting transformation offering unrivalled facilities including green spaces, free parking, an onsite restaurant, coffee shops and Legends gym.

#BelongingAtBentley
Motivated to be the most diverse, inclusive luxury car company, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and empowered.

We firmly believe in equal opportunities for all, helping all colleagues thrive as their authentic selves and reach their highest potential. We believe that everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs, belongs at Bentley. Everyone is entitled to respect and dignity and we positively celebrate the differences between people.

Beyond100
Announced in 2020, Bentley's ground-breaking Beyond100 strategy targets sustainable luxury mobility leadership, reinventing every aspect of the business. Building on over two decades of forward-thinking, join us as Bentley moves towards a sustainable future.

Closing date: 25 November 2024

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