Job title: Tooling Strategy & Design Engineer Location Warwickshire Contract length: Initially 3 months Pay rate: Negotiable Role summary This is a Jig & Fixture Design Engineer role within Manufacturing Engineering. Responsibilities will include the design of both Body In White (BIW) and Trim and Final (T&F) Assembly Fixtures. The more experience you have, the better. You will be responsible for the Fixture Design from Kick Off to Design Delivery and Successfully physical fixture handover. You will be required to support the continual development of the Department Lessons Learnt (Continual Improvement), and the continual development of the client's Tooling & Design Standards. You will be required to demonstrate a wide range of previous Assembly Fixture experiences. The skills we are looking for are, but not limited to, the following abilities… Engineering Design Skills and Locator Strategy knowledge Concept design and detailed design of Pallets 3D Detail Design and 2D Detail Drawing experience To Project Manage a Design Project with minimal Lead Eng support To Coordinate and Manage Internal Customers and Suppliers (to provide data in a timely manner) To Drive Improvements into our Standards, Processes and Methods of working To Create and Update into our Standards, Processes and Methods of working To gain Customer Feedback, and drive that back into our working practices The Assembly Fixture and Pallet Design Role will sometimes be assigned to a particular Vehicle Programme, whose deliverables timing are governed by the client's Programme Timing framework. The Role could also be assigned to individual Design Commissions, where the timing is governed by the Customer Requirement for Functionality and Timing. Projects could include (but not limited to) … Body In White BIW Assembly Fixtures (Geometry and Non-Geometry) Pallets Grippers (Geo and Non-Geo) Transfer System End Effectors, Put Downs, Take-Outs Trim & Final T&F Assembly Jigs and Fixtures (Geometry and Non-Geometry) Pallets Hand Tools Lift Assistor End Effectors Carrier End Effectors Chassis Engine and Decking area Tooling / Hand Tools / End Effectors Robotic Cells Tooling - Tooling / Grippers / End Effectors Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy