Engineering Systems Development Engineer

About the role

The Engineering Systems Team in Group IT ensures JCB’s Engineering Teams have the right software to deliver programs successfully.

As an Engineering Systems Development Engineer, you will be a key developer and configurator of global engineering applications such as Teamcenter (RAC & AWC), NX, Visualisation, and Geolus.

You will lead application development efforts, investigating solutions and implementing configuration changes—including data models, workflows, and UI—aligned with the Engineering Systems roadmap, change requests and project needs.

Working closely with global teams, IT colleagues, stakeholders and third parties, you will deliver software enhancements, upgrades and ongoing improvements. You will manage your own workload across both project and business‑as‑usual activities, gaining valuable global exposure in a varied and impactful role.

• Day‑to‑day running and monitoring of Engineering Systems – generate reports, analyse and interpret application performance, identify potential system improvements and close out identified problems.
• Fault finding to root cause using industry‑recognised methods and techniques.
• Support and development of the global PLM system and its associated applications, such as CAD / CAE / Manufacturing & Business Integration.
• Identify, develop and configure new or improved functionality, applications and upgrades of Engineering Software for the global engineering teams.
• Provide development support to the Group IT Infrastructure Team on Engineering Systems server infrastructure, processes, scheduled tasks and application monitoring.
• Gather requirements and justification for system development and support for the Engineering applications.
• Coordinate and document existing and future Engineering application developments through testing programmes to generate justification and deliver project sign‑off with the Engineering Leaders.

• You have a Degree in IT or an Engineering discipline.
• You have 5 years’ experience of Engineering Systems support.
• You have knowledge of Java, Perl or similar programming languages.
• You can attain UK Security Check (SC) clearance.
• You have a passion for technology and desire to develop and contribute to the delivery of Engineering Systems applications for global solutions.
• You take full end‑to‑end ownership of applications, business processes and capabilities within the PLM solution suite.
• You are responsible for developing PLM solutions and capabilities in the context of the business process, defining and coordinating continuous improvement activities for existing business processes currently managed in Teamcenter or its associated applications.
• You have a technical hands‑on background with application and/or hardware support.
• You are a keen self‑starter with aptitude to learn and be a great team player.
• You have Siemens Teamcenter experience in applications such as Classification, Query Builder, Preference Management or Tc Reporting & Analytics, or you are willing to receive training for these and other applications.

Benefits include a competitive salary, 33 days of holiday, access to company pension, onsite gym, in‑house doctor and dentist, ULEV car scheme, JCB Rewards Hub discounts and a Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies.