Vehicle Line Manager – Chassis

Overview

In this role you will lead the delivery of full Chassis systems for vehicle programmes, ensuring targets align with time, budget, and quality. You will act as the primary interface for the Chassis function, coordinating cross-functional teams to meet gateways and milestones. You will shape technology choices, implement lifecycle thinking, and manage risks to keep development on track. This is an opportunity to influence the chassis architecture and service multiple vehicle programmes within a renowned performance brand.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday
• Enhanced company pension
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Sabbatical after two years’ service

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver Chassis targets and KPIs across vehicle programmes; cascade, communicate, and report progress
• Generate technology and system decisions with business cases and lifecycle approach
• Create and maintain a Chassis High Level Plan and ensure gateway milestones are met
• Deliver projects on time, on budget, and to quality/robustness targets
• Be the primary contact for the Programme and align departmental goals within Chassis
• Own the full budget for the Vehicle Line across Chassis, including tooling and BOM costs
• Prepare and present Chassis MDP content for project gateways
• Represent Chassis in Finance, Project and Attribute meetings; feed back decisions into targets
• Manage design release via ETRS for Chassis Engineering group
• Deliver systems per MDP targets, KPI’s, and milestones
• Maintain RAT for Chassis and ensure DFMEA/DVP as per MDP requirements
• Promote Simultaneous Engineering to maximize early stakeholder engagement
• Collaborate with purchasing, project, and supply chain to monitor supplier performance and shape future strategies

Key requirements

• Engineering degree 2:1 or above
• Significant experience in automotive programmes with project management and system delivery
• Experience in both high-volume and niche-volume OEM or Tier 1 environments
• Knowledge of DFMEA and its automotive application
• Proven project leadership within APQP or similar framework
• Knowledge of automotive technologies, systems and manufacturing techniques
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Demonstrable commercial acumen

• leadership
• problem solving
• cross-functional collaboration
• DFMEA
• APQP
• vehicle chassis technologies

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