Customer Ref: 35435

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Division:
Special Vehicle Operations

Position Description:
- Experienced Brakes Engineer required to lead delivery of the braking system on a new SVO project.
- Working within the SVO Brakes team, the successful applicant will own the design, development, testing and introduction of various brake system components. - Client systems & process knowledge is also desired to aid speed of work start. You must have experience of developing complex hydraulic systems as well as carbon ceramic braking systems through the technical gateway process to production, able to work in small teams and with other Functions.
- Good overall projects skills are required as well as being able to present complex technical issues and solutions to senior engineering management.

Skills Required:
3 Key Skills:
1) Proven chassis engineer able to deliver complex hydraulic systems & carbon ceramic braking systems from initial concept right through to production. Experience of FMEAS,DVP, Design development, testing knowledge: component, system and vehicle (working with a CAD team), load case analysis, good knowledge of materials.

2) Candidates must have a solid understanding of first principles in order to lead problem resolution sessions and reach compatible cross functional solutions. Able to work with and manage suppliers where required in all engineering aspects

3) Client processes

Experience Required:
Relevant Degree, or substantial relevant experience

Experience Preferred:
Package, RMDV, CAD. Knowledge of whole vehicle systems and architecture

Additional Information : Knowledge of client systems and processes (RMDV, PCDS)

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: SSD149

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose:
Identify, highlight and support the mitigation of significant failure modes using virtual and physical tools across a selection of body commodities, systems and attributes pre-tooling kick off. Ensure accurate and appropriate targets are an integral part of the product creation process for each programme, from concept to delivery, using a combination of experience, lessons learnt, benchmarking and an awareness of relevant industry research/best practice

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Active involvement in engineering design from target setting through development to sign-off
• Support design reviews for body components, systems and attributes
• Work with component owners to define high level requirements, load cases and acceptance criteria
• CAD based failure mode detection
• Develop corrective solutions
• Generate new concept ideas
• Update and create target documents and test methods
• Active involvement refining correlation between virtual and physical systems/targets
• Support component, sub-system, system and whole vehicle test analysis
• Communicate research results and support technical reviews
• Write reports, presentations and deviations
• Prepare design briefs for pre-prototype/development parts
• Raise engineering concerns
• Undertake benchmarking activities to support design and target setting
• Design of test rigs/physical bucks
• Maintain and update Design Verification Plans across Body Engineering systems
• Identify opportunities to increase detailed technical knowledge within Body Engineering
• Support commodity development across the wider business as applicable

Qualifications and Experience
• Mechanical Engineering Degree (or equivalent qualification)
• Previous experience of Product Development beneficial
• Experience of using Team Centre and Vis Mock-up advantageous (though not essential)
• Experience in Automotive industry desirable (although other disciplines will be considered)
• Ability to manipulate and interpret data, spot trends, anomalies and outliers
• Broad understanding of vehicle architecture and manufacturing processes
• Analytical and systematic approach to problem solving
• Ability to understand/balance engineering risk and prioritise workload with minimal supervision
• Appreciation of technical & practical workshop skills (build of rigs, use of CAD drawings, GD&T)
• Knowledge of Rapid Prototyping techniques/applications
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to stay motivated under a variety of pressure and time constraints
• Understanding of deadlines, timing plans and build phases based on new vehicle project timing
• Interest in future industry trends, technology, research and legislation

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: MBO118

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose:
The purpose of this role is to support the late shift (20:15 to 06:30), maintain manufacturing process systems at Warwickshire.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks :
• Support, manufacturing interfaces to systems such as Goldcrest, Siemens PLC, FLAGS etc.
• Support manufacturing systems with other systems such as EASE, FLAGS, FUEL, RFID & Secure gate system.
• To provide advice and assistance to production technicians, maintenance and systems in relation to system enquiry’s.
• To support Production via radio, telephone & email enquiries.
• To ensure continuation of build through the production facility, with minimal downtime by adopting preventative maintenance philosophy.
• Provide training of Flags,RFID,EASE System to members of staff as and when required.
• Investigate the use of new technologies and software to improve user experience of Ease
• Attend interdepartmental meetings to resolve problems, coordinate changes when requested.
• Ensure shift handover documentation is fully up to date.

Qualifications and Experience:
• ONC minimum qualification with HNC / Degree or equivalent preferred, or extensive experience in a Manufacturing Engineering environment and experience in an IT/ software related environment.
• An extensive understanding of manufacturing Engineering practices is desirable.
• A good understanding of the software packages listed below is advantageous, training will be provided to the successful candidate.
• Ease Applications including Beacon
• Internet information services (IIS)
• SQL database knowledge.
• Windows Server
• Teamcenter
• AutoCad
• Microsoft Office
• Kepware OPC software Packages
• SQL Server Management Studio

The hours of work are: 20:15 to 06.30am Monday - Thursday.

Location: Warwickshire

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Agency.

Customer Ref: 35430

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Division:
Manufacturing Engineering

Position Description:
The Project Control & Diagnosis Teams are divided into three sub teams, one designated to each of the three main vehicle architectures: D7a, D7u and D8. This role is to collaborate as a Project Control Engineer in the D7a team ensuring high motivation and skill throughout to deliver the project throughput with precision and accuracy, using tests only where necessary and with defined objectives to define the resolver for the emerging issues identified in the Warranty Transformation Process.
You'll be an experienced Engineer keen to work in a team of Engineers who are experts in Powertrain, Electric and Chassis. The team will work collaboratively and nimbly to meet the demanding tasks set of them. This is to be an exciting high profile challenge capable of providing immense job satisfaction through high obvious deliverable customer benefit.

Skills Required:
3 Key Skills Required:
1) Process Analyses, Process Capability, Control Plans, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Drawings & Specifications, FMEA, PFMEA and Control Plan.
2) Lead Problem Solving analysis and Standard Problem Definition creation using Problem Solving Techniques which must define where the issue liability seat recommending a resolver for the quality issue based problem solving analyses findings.
3) Analytical skills

Experience Required:
- Experience and/or training in manufacturing environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), 8D Disciplines, - 5 Why's and Pareto Analysis,
- Strong organizational skills
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills, work well with diverse groups of people and be able to function independently of direct supervision.
- Analytical skills
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others
- Assertive, optimistic, resilient and welcomes change
- Must have a valid driver's license in good standing
- High level of IT literacy, especially Excel skills (data analyse using pivot tables

Experience Preferred:
- Experience and/or training in manufacturing environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), 8D Disciplines, - 5 Whys and Pareto Analysis,
- Understanding of project management
- Proven application of Green Belt Certified 6-Sigma methodology.
- Understanding /experience of some or all of PD PVT, PD Attributes, PD CoCs, Manufacturing, STA, Service and Marketing.
- Experience of Product Development & Launch processes.
- Experience using Microsoft Project, Minitab
- Holds a degree in a technical discipline.

LOCATION: Based in MIRa + client's Plants

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 35403

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Division:
Body Engineering

Position Description:
- Development of cockpit performance for new products using CAE to meet defined performance targets, support design confirmation, support physical test definition and achieve test-to-CAE correlation.
- Operating in a small team, including some level of planning and controlling delivery of work.
- Work effectively with design teams to develop solutions within defined deadlines and time constraints.
- Have an awareness of potential design constraints (packaging, manufacturing etc.) and ensure due consideration is given in developing solutions.

Skills Required:
3 Key Skills:
1) Ability to carry out automotive component performance development using CAE codes - LS-Dyna explicit is essential. Additional knowledge of LS-Dyna implicit and Optistruct/Nastran is desirable) and associated pre and post processing software (Oasys suite preferred) to meet defined performance targets and support design confirmation, conduct test support and test-to-CAE correlation
2) Able to run baseline CAE analysis, summarise results and feedback conclusions to the component Lead Engineers in an efficient manner.
3) Able to interpret component requirements, understand design solutions/constraints and define/assess proposals to meet requirements based on sound engineering principles.

Experience Required:
- Demonstration of the knowledge and skills required.
- Experience of working in the automotive industry preferably with experience of working with Cockpits and plastics.
- Very competent in automotive component development using engineering experience and CAE tools.
- Requires supervision and/or assistance only where the issues or situation faced is highly complex and/or business critical.
- Experience in other fields of development using LS-DYNA may be acceptable if combined with appropriate software skills.
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline.

Experience Preferred:
- Ability to use ANSA pre-processing tools, Experience of working with ANSA DM Database management.
- Knowledge and experience of LS-OPT or similar software to develop solutions and optimise designs.
- Knowledge and experience of NVH software (Nastran, Optistruct)
- Geometry creation in Catia.
- Excel macro programming.
- Familiarity and experience of working practices relating to CAE methods and processes.
- Familiarity and experience of CAD systems to enable efficient data download
- Familiarity of IT system

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.