At McLaren, our mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport. And everyone, in every part of the team, has a role to play. So if you want to test your ideas with the world watching... And measure your progress in milliseconds... And play your part in racing history... You belong here. High performance starts with you.
Purpose of the Role:
To support the planning and delivery of a portfolio of design projects and support the relevant Design Heads with managing any associated resource allocation, under the guidance from the Engineering Project Manager.
Principal Accountabilities:
Support the design team with scoping design projects and the allocation of resource to deliver them.
Support the development of design plans, including mapping and building in cross design team activity interdependencies.
Carry out detailed tracking and reporting of task delivery adherence to the Engineering Project Manager and design leadership.
Support project review meetings between production planning and design, offering status updates and agreeing priorities for the week.
Communicate design milestone risks to key stakeholders (such as design leadership, programme office, manufacturing and build)
Support the engineering project manager with capacity scenario planning in support of upgrades & performance development strategy
Support the creation and maintenance of design dashboards and planning tools
Liaison within key partners to support project delivery (such as programme office, aero, manufacturing)
Provide support to other teams, as workload dictates
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Degree qualified in an Engineering related discipline, or equivalent experience
Experience in a similar position within an Engineering or Motorsport organisation
Excellent team player who can build strong working relationships with the design teams and wider stakeholders
Highly self-motivated and demonstrates initiative
Ability to rapidly understand topics and apply new information in dynamic environments.
Values collaboration and concise, transparent communication
Has a flexible and agile approach to the scheduling of work
Ability to work to tight deadlines
Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced working culture
Experience of continuous improvement techniques would be a distinct advantage
What McLaren can offer?
We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.
We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.
McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.
