Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

An opportunity exists for an Engineering Program Manager with systems engineering or component / system ownership experience to work for Ricardo on a prestigious new engine project for a customer in the Indian market.

Key Responsibilities:

To deliver engine systems from concept to production as follows:

• Act as project leader in India, working closely with UK-based Chief Engineer and Project Director
• Act as key link between Ricardo, engineering services providers, the customer and their suppliers
• Build strong relationships with Ricardo and customer senior management, and proactively engage with them to ensure effective communication and to resolve issues as they arise
• Mediate and resolve conflicting viewpoints as they occur
• Provide support and guidance to less experienced System Engineers
• Prepare or update Engineering Specifications to define requirements in terms of cost, weight, performance, durability, etc
• Working with the wider engineering team, take responsibility for coordinating the design, analysis and development activities for a given engine system or systems
• Progress the design through the project gateways to ensure that parts are released on time to support DVP activities and production launch
• Manage suppliers of components for prototypes, development and production, including hosting meetings, issuing meeting minutes, and critically reviewing supplier technical data such as inspection reports
• Technical support to engine build and assembly at customer
• Work to agreed project quality procedures and validation processes
• Presenting clear and reasoned status reports to internal and external customers

Requirements:

An engineering degree qualification to a high grade is expected although other qualifications will be considered. The successful applicant will have some or all of the following:

• 10 – 15 years’ experience in mechanical / automotive engineering, with leadership experience
• Good understanding of internal combustion engine fundamentals and knowledge and experience of engine systems and hardware such as base engines, valvetrain, front end accessory drive, manifolds, air handling, fuel injection, pumps etc.• Previous system or component ownership responsibility
• Commercial awareness
• Flexibility in applying engineering knowledge would be a key advantage

Experience in / of:

• A similar role, e.g. release engineer, component engineer, application engineer etc.
• Design and release of components and system through production
• Supporting build and assembly of complex products such as internal combustion engines
• Test and development of prototype systems through production
• Interaction with suppliers and internal and external customers
• Preparing design failure mode and effects analyses
• Supervision of less experienced engineers
• Project management
• Onsite customer working (application engineering / supplier support / consulting engineering)

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

Skills

• Experience in some or all of the following: Component releasing, reading and using engineering drawings, FMEA, DVP, Design & Development, APQP & PPAP, problem solving (8D type), CAD visualisation tools, BOM, ETRS, supplier management.
• Excellent PC skills required.
• Good report writing and presentation skills are essential. Personal Attributes You will be comfortable in meeting environments and be able to deliver clear status updates based upon concise information and robust planning. You will be able to co-ordinate and understand information from multiple engineering functions. You will be a motivated self-starter who manages their time and takes pride in engineering appropriate solutions to complex problems. Additional attributes include:
• Collaborative team player
• Excellent stakeholder management of both customer and Ricardo senior leadership
• Professional attitude and behaviours
• Good written and oral communication
• Attention to detail
• Reliably able to meet deadlines and commitments
• Able to work under pressure, managing large amounts of information
• Able to work proactively without direct supervision
• Strong customer orientation
• Ability to spend substantial time on-site with the customer in Pune. You should also ideally have a full driving license and when required, be prepared to travel within India and occasionally to the UK. Experience of site visits to suppliers and assessment of supplier facilities would be an advantage

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance 

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. 

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.