Customer Ref: 35205

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

Division:
Research and Development

Position Description:
Project Engineer to run a number of technical projects to successfully manage and develop composite technologies in-line with client Research maturation processes in order to successfully roll-out technology for use in client Body Construction

Skills Required:
3 KEY SKILLS

1) Project Management in a research environment
2) Experience in engineering body components (structures or trim)
3) Composite Component Design, Manufacture and Assembly Experience

Experience Required:
- Proven ability to manage projects and write reports
- Ability to work fast and accurately as a member of a small team.
- PC Skills - Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Experience of working in the automotive industry.
- 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.
- Educated to a minimum of degree level in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent technical subject.

Experience Preferred:
- Experience of working in a research environment
- Milestone / TCDS project planning & execution
- Knowledge of automotive technologies and design principals
- Product design experience
- Event planning and execution
- Innovation workshop planning and execution Familiarity of client IT systems
- Clean Driving Licence

Additional Information:
- Broad Knowledge of Automotive systems and Components and Packaging

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

Customer Ref: IEM060 / IEM062

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

Job Purpose
Coordinate the development and integration of Interior trim for Cockpit & Cabin systems and manage interior components on new vehicle programmes as part of cross-functional team.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Represent Body Interior functions in the cross-functional application team.
• Review Body Interior change content in response to Strategic Evaluation Letter (SEL)
• Work with vehicle engineering and functional engineering teams to ensure that Body Interior commodities are fully integrated and achieve vehicle programme targets.
• Assist with the submission of documents including Engineering Concept Matrix, BoM and Final Engineering Sign-Off to describe and report status of parts on the project.
• Work with cost estimating and purchasing functions to establish appropriate piece and tooling cost targets and maintain cost tracker (CMS)
• Coordinate functional actions relating to piece/tooling cost gap closure and challenge and optimise D&D costs
• Work with Purchasing to ensure system selection & sourcing of Interior commodities.
• Monitor closure of all Body Interior concerns (Ecms) at all stages of the programme in line with required build phase implementation.
• Review parts/ designs for all new content and ensure they are available on time and at required maturity and quality for all physical and virtual builds
• Monitor submission of all Body Interior releases for the applicable programme

Qualifications and Experience
• Engineering degree (or equivalent) within an engineering related discipline
• Experience gained within automotive engineering / product development
• Prior experience in development and/or integration of Body Interior Trim components and systems on new vehicle programmes
• Experience of legislative and DV requirements for the design of interior trim.
• A working knowledge of component manufacturing, tooling requirements & lead times.
• Experienced working in cross-functional teams
• Proven skills and ability to deliver engineering solutions on time to cost, quality and targets
• Understands testing and validation requirements for automotive body systems
• Good grasp of engineering fundamentals and familiar with problem solving and failure mode avoidance techniques including DFMEA
• Familiar with technology and industry benchmarks applicable to Interior Trim.
• Proficient in the use of Teamcentre / VisMockup to interrogate designs
• Knowledge of NX an advantage
• Self-starting and self-motivated - Able to work with minimal supervision.
• Able to balance conflicting requirements within cross-functional teams and positively influence decisions on product definition and design.
• Thorough, data-driven approach to solving engineering issues
• Confident communicator – able to present at design reviews and technical forums
• Full driving licence
• Role may require periods of working at other manufacturing site(s) in the UK and occasional travel to suppliers in UK and Europe.

Due to the significant growth our client has experienced in recent years it now benefits from being a true multi-site organisation, and as such this role could be based at a number of sites, including Warwickshire, Wellesbourne and Milton Keynes

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

Customer Ref: 34943

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

Division:
Chassis Engineering

Position Description:
ENGINEERING CUSTOMER ATTRIBUTES DAMPER ENGINEER

Skills Required:
3 Key Skills:
1) Engineering customer attributes damper engineer
2) Significant experience passive and adaptive damper technologies
3) Proven ability to deliver on project deadlines and demonstrate they have made a real contribution in their previous roles, and should have prior experience of leading a team

Experience Required:
Essential:
- An individual who is results driven with the ability to deliver operational plans in a highly demanding environment
- An individual with the ability to prioritise their work load
- A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
- An effective team player who supports team members

Desirable:
Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure

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

Customer Ref: 34613

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

Division:
Special Vehicle Operations

Position Description:
"The Vehicle Engineer: Project Engineer: Armour role is key to supporting the SVO Armour programme delivery, ensuring final product integration and sign-off meet or exceed the needs of the curstomer. This role reports to SVO Vehicle Engineering Manager.

Skills Required:
3 KEY SKILLS REQUIRED
- It is essential that the individual has worked in an engineering delivery role, ideally with whole vehicle experience.
- Excellent communication skills: Ability to negotiate with other functions to achieve objectives and resolve issues is essential
- High drive, self motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision.

Skills Preferred:
Key Responsibilities:
- Chairing all programme technical issues reviews, and resolving attribute trades to deliver a balanced customer proposition.
- Monitor delivery of robust geometric and non-geometric data, to support virtual series test plans, and report out progress through gateways.
- Creation of physical vehicle test plans, and subsequent management of test & development fleet activities.
- Competitor benchmarking activities, including static and driven vehicle assessments.
- Driving and reporting engineering sign off through RMDV
- Supporting engineering teams with issue resolution, ensuring engagement from cross-functional teams to resolve critical issues.
- Ensure all appropriate client standards are met throughout design maturation.
- Key interface with VET team to ensure products meet Statement of Intent through to Job#1.
- Chair VIT meetings, AIMS resolution and be a driving presence in PST meetings for VE deliverables.
- Prototype fleet definition - definition of prototype's specification in order to deliver DV plan.
- Hands on contribution to the unique specification, design and assembly of mule, prototype & show vehicles.

Experience Required:
- Prefereably a degree in an Engineering subject or HNC/HND with significant experience. Minimum 2 years experience of working in a similar role within the automotive, or a related, industry, with a demonstratable track record of delivery .

Experience Preferred:
Special Vehicle Operations is one pillar of the client's Special Operations division responsible for developing the strategy, product and process to deliver Special Vehicles. Operating as a 'business within the business' and set up with a nimble/commercially-minded outlook.

Additional Information:
Primary - Fen End Secondary - Gaydon / Oxford Road.

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

Customer Ref: SSD150

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

Job Purpose:
• Supporting the body engineering Programme Module Sub Teams and Programme Attribute Teams in the generation of detailed component and system level engineering targets – through experience/lessons learnt, interrogation of previous programme targets, and benchmarking of competitor products.
• Creating & updating Design Verification Plans (DVPs) across Body Engineering Systems and vehicle programs.
• Supporting body engineering Programme Module Sub Teams with body commodity related development and testing.
• To execute body engineering development & testing particularly for durability, strength and craftsmanship.
• To provide proactive, creative and practical problem solving to advance the development of body engineering designs.
• Supporting early failure mode detection through the creation and testing of development bucks, sub-assemblies and prototype parts.
• To Create, critique, and execute test plans to ensure design verification and reporting is performed in the most effective and efficient manner.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Participate in the engineering design from targets through development to sign-off & production
• Support Design reviews from target settings through to development of production parts
• Organise both in-house & out-source testing (liaise with suppliers, organise & follow-up component procurement, organise test planning & manage test method specification)
• Support/Execute component, sub-system, system & whole vehicle tests
• Communicate/Present test results & support technical reviews
• Write/Archive test reports & deviations
• Raise concerns where necessary
• Develop corrective solutions
• Attend Programme Module Sub Team meetings & advise on upcoming changes
• Generate new concept ideas
• Source or fabricate pre-prototype/development parts
• Participate in benchmarking activities to support design & target setting
• Design & build test rigs
• Update current test methods, write new test methods

Qualifications and Experience
• Engineering Degree (or equivalent qualification) – Automotive or Mechanical Engineering preferred
• Experience of hands on testing (body systems, sub-systems & components)
• Experience of using NX, Team Centre and Vis Mock-up would be beneficial
• Experience gained within Automotive industry (experience within other engineering sectors will also be considered)
• Experience in Engineering problem resolving (for example body components, structures & systems)
• Pragmatic hands-on problem solving
• Data recording, analysis & report writing
• Technical & practical workshop skills (build of rigs, use of CAD drawings, GD&T)
• Excellent communication skills: Able to communicate ideas clearly & concisely
• Good physical condition required
• Capability of working under pressure
• Good spatial awareness & conceptual abilities
• Ability to manage multiple demands on time & priorities
• Excellent analytical & systematic approach to problem solving
• Ability to take decisions that minimise engineering risk in a solution
• The successful candidate must be able to learn quickly and integrate into a successful and dynamic team, offering strong character attributes as well as the necessary knowledge and experience above.
• The best candidate will be open-minded and lateral thinking in the face of stiff timing and product targets.
• The successful candidate should be able to exhibit creative problem solving ability and commitment to meet stretch targets. The candidate must be proactive and trust their initiative with minimum supervision to produce practical solutions.
• Clear understanding of deadlines and timing plans based on new vehicle project timing. Particularly Programme Start, Programme Strategy Confirmation, Programme Targets Confirmation, Final Data Judgement and Final Engineering Complete gateways.

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