Richard Santhouse

Senior Design & Development Cost Engineer @JLR

Gaydon, GB

Managing operational and delivery tasks of the Cost Engineering D&D Team across JLR vehicle architectures. Providing accurate, timely should cost estimates and analysis. Supporting technical and commercial conversations to reduce costs. and budget Leading a diverse team to ensure successful project outcomes. Completed JLR Mentoring Programme offering growth and support to a Mentee.Key Responsibilities• Leading a diverse, multi-disciplinary team, overseeing cost estimation, cost analysis and team performance for D&D Cost Engineering across JLR vehicle programmes.• Oversaw financial target setting, meticulously reviewing multi-million-pound budgets and approving costs, resulting in significant cost optimisation.• Support supplier negotiations and relationships to achieve cost savings and efficiencies. • Provide guidance and support to D&D team on cost engineering best practice and procedures.• Review and assess engineering change requests to ensure cost, design, and process alignment.• Conducting comprehensive reviews of test plans, identify optimal cost outcomes.• Supporting the efficient and timely delivery of test projects in D&D, ensuring success.• Engineer, Design and Test Policy owner aligned with JLR best practice Cost methodologies. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for technical and commercial discussion to identify cost saving opportunities. Working closely with Engineering, Procurement and JLR Test Facilities• Maintain D&D Test Should Cost Tool with economic updates and industry test equipment trends.• Integrity as team player, participating in team discussions, sharing knowledge and information.• Develop and deliver cost engineering reports and presentations for management team.

Kingston University

Bachelor of Science (BSc) With Hons, Mechanical Engineering

Oxford Cherwell Valley College

Diploma and National Award, Motorsport Engineering