# Engineering Manager - Finishing **Company**: McLaren Automotive **Location**: Sheffield **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854 **Apply**: https://mclarencareers.mclaren.com/careers/JobDetail/Engineering-Manager-Finishing/59782?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_6ef6efd9-62b ## Description As an Engineering Manager - Finishing at McLaren Automotive, you will lead the introduction and industrialisation of finishing technologies, materials, equipment, and processes. You will manage engineering delivery from horizon (G-2) to Start of Production (SOP), ensuring safe, capable, and cost-effective processes are delivered on time and to McLaren quality standards. Responsibilities: - Represent finishing engineering in launch and business governance forums, escalating strategic decisions to the Head of Engineering Launch. - Lead, coach, and develop the finishing engineering team. - Track launch performance, risks, issues, and mitigation plans, supporting programme governance and reporting. - Coordinate cross-functional engineering delivery to achieve safety, quality, timing, and budget targets. - Deliver manufacturing readiness from G-2 to production handover for all processes from moulded part receipt through to the packaged finished part. - Ensure facilities, equipment, people, processes, and supply chains are ready and validated for launch. - Lead manufacturing feasibility, capacity planning, and production ramp-up across the defined finishing process scope. - Manage the introduction and industrialisation of CAPEX, materials, equipment, and manufacturing technologies for deflashing, surface preparation, post-curing, fastening, bonding, assembly, inspection, and packaging. - Ensure Design for Manufacture (DfM), PFMEA, and APQP activities are completed, with finishing processes capable of meeting agreed takt time, quality, and capacity targets. - Identify technical, operational, and supply chain risks, and implement effective mitigation plans. - Manage assigned launch budgets, forecasts, and capital proposals. - Develop product and process cost models to support business cases and programme decisions. - Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements across all in-scope activities. Personal Attributes: - Effective leader who coaches others and builds strong cross-functional and supplier relationships. - Motivated, resilient, and pragmatic, with a data-driven approach. - Clear communicator who can explain technical and commercial issues at all levels. - Logical problem-solver with strong attention to detail. - Delivery-focused, with a strong commitment to quality and continuous improvement. - Collaborative, trustworthy, and credible under pressure. - Safety-focused and proactive in resolving issues. What You'll Bring: - Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience. - Significant experience in composite finishing, assembly, production launch, or a comparable high-value manufacturing environment. - Experience leading engineering teams and cross-functional delivery through complex product or process launches. - Proven delivery of finishing technology or process programmes from G-2 through SOP and production ramp-up. - Practical experience of APQP, DVA, DFM, PFMEA, virtual builds, readiness reviews, and capacity ramp planning. - Experience introducing CAPEX and industrialising materials, equipment, and technologies across composite finishing, assembly, and packaging operations. - Experience developing cost models and supporting capital proposals. - Able to manage multiple stakeholders and deliver effectively in a fast-paced environment. Technical & Process Skills: - Strong knowledge of composite finishing processes, including deflashing and trimming, surface preparation, post-curing, fastening, structural and cosmetic bonding, assembly, inspection, handling, and packaging, together with associated tooling and automation. - Sound technical judgement and the ability to assess manufacturing feasibility and make timely decisions. - Skilled in structured problem-solving and process improvement methods, including DMAIC, the seven quality tools, and SIPOC. - Competent in risk management, production data analysis, and performance measurement. - Experience working with external suppliers and managing supplier readiness activities. Benefits: - Structured career development framework - 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday - Enhanced company pension scheme - Discretionary annual bonus award - Private medical insurance and health cash plan - Life assurance benefit - Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service - Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping - Generous parental leave policies - A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice ## Skills ### Required - composite finishing - assembly - production launch - APQP - DFM - PFMEA - DMAIC - SIPOC - risk management - production data analysis --- Source: [Apply at mclarencareers.mclaren.com](https://mclarencareers.mclaren.com/careers/JobDetail/Engineering-Manager-Finishing/59782?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)