Customer Ref: SSD010

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

Job Purpose
Manage the overall Passive Safety Attribute team and lead the delivery of Passive Safety Engineering across all vehicle programmes

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Manage Passive Safety Attribute Team. Ensuring Passive safety target delivery across programmes. Support direction and management of the staff in line with department objectives set by the Senior Manager.
• Work with Tech Expert to champion process development, continuous improvement and best practise within passive safety engineering
• Work with Tech Expert to develop company passive safety strategy and safety design guidelines
• Coordinate and develop passive safety targets and the vehicle safety council process within the client
• Approve programme safety target documents, ensuring consistency and a cross programme approach to upcoming legislative safety requirements
• Lead performance and development of Passive Safety Attribute team members
• Support technical engineering issues resolution in line with programme targets and constraints
• Responsibility for cross programme financial management
• Liaise with internal and external testing and CAE partners to form strategic relationships for cross programme safety delivery
• Oversee efforts to standardise safety attribute related Design Verification Plan management and timing

Qualifications and Experience
• Good Mechanical Engineering degree (or equivalent) minimum 2.1
• Excellent knowledge of Safety related regulations and test procedures
• Extensive experience gained within Passive Safety development
• Proven track record of achievement within Passive Safety development and delivery
• Experience of staff line management
• Programme management experience (planning, financial and status reporting responsibility)
• Experience of conducting and analysis of full scale crash tests
• Intuitive knowledge of fundamental Mechanical engineering theory
• Excellent IT skills and working knowledge of MS word/Excel etc
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Full UK Drivers Licence and flexibility to travel in UK and overseas
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence at all levels of organisation
• Experience of working with CAE tools to deliver safety performance.

Location: Gaydon

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Customer Ref: PTN089

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

Job Purpose:
The purpose of the job is to lead, manage and develop the engine dynamic systems group to define and design concepts, and establish system design specifications, to deliver validated engine products into production within the product development process framework.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
• Role Function: Lead, manage and develop the engine dynamic systems group to define and design concepts, and establish system design specifications, to deliver validated engine products into production within the product development process framework. Provide technical direction using comprehensive engineering experience. Seek and evaluate new technology and engage the group in advanced engineering opportunities commensurate with cycle planning.
• Functional Scope: Engine Dynamic Systems include: cranktrain, valvetrain, FEAD, lubrication and base engine cooling. The group function includes: design, component engineering and product delivery. The function will work in conjunction with engine development, calibration and simulation groups.
• Technology/Benchmarking: Steer the engine dynamic systems group to acquire and evaluate industry, competitor and emerging technology information compatible with project targets and advanced engineering direction to ensure modular component platform readiness to support product cycle planning.
• Knowledge & Methodology: Be responsible for engines IPR related to dynamic systems. Protect and enhance knowledge, including patent registrations, research collaborations, engineering guidelines and standards. Enforce assurance measures, within the engines group, that engine product development projects avoid IPR and legislation infringement.
• Resource Planning: Evaluate resource requirements to support engine projects and advanced engineering activity, ensuring capacity and capability. Implement best practices. Recruit, realign and provide training to fill resource voids.
• Programmes: Guide the design and system engineers to plan and deliver systems within the Mission system framework. Validate and ensure consistency of sub-system commodity plans across all programmes ensuring sufficient funding to deliver. Guide the group to work with the engine project managers to track project progress across all dynamic engine systems, highlighting areas of risk and opportunity and resolve conflicts accordingly.
• Quality: Promote and optimise engineering and quality systems (DFMEAs, Robustness Studies, QHR) to ensure process readiness and guide design and system engineers deployment to prevent, identify and resolve potential quality concerns during product design and development.
• Cost: Steer design and system engineers to furnish project managers in definition of programme cost targets, working with component suppliers to deliver systems that achieve project targets (Tooling, Engineering and Piece).
• Weight: Steer design and system engineers in definition of programme weight targets and guide the design process to ensure target achievement.
• Package: Guide design and system engineers in compliance of engine and vehicle package targets and support the project manager to arbitrate mutually acceptable solutions.
• Assembly: Steer design and system engineers to ensure that engine components and units can be assembled into engines and vehicles repeatedly in conformance to manufacturing engineering feasibility.
• Change Management: Validate and approve engine component Engineering Release Notification submissions. Arbitrate the resolution to any releasing issues that prevent completion within planned timing.
• FMA & Issue Resolution: Promote and provide best practice knowledge and appropriate problem solving tools (8D, 5Ys, 6Sigma) and empower the system group to utilise guided processes and reporting methods. Ensure comprehensive and robust use of the eCMS to raise, track and resolve engineering concerns.
• FDJ (final data judgement): Guide the system leaders throughout the design and analysis phases to ensure that each project FDJ checkpoint is successfully approved.
• FEC (final engineering completion): Guide the system leaders throughout the development and testing phases to ensure that each project FEC checkpoint is successfully approved with appropriate documentation.

Qualification & Experience:
• Educated to degree level or higher in a relevant engineering discipline
• Expected to demonstrate technical expertise of base engine dynamic systems
• Affiliation with professional engineering organisations and/or academic establishments
• Previous delivery of engine components and systems, and powertrain units into production using a product development process framework
• Experience in research or advanced engineering.
• Engine system or sub-system design and development experience.
• Operating as a leader within an engineering product development team.
• Managing sub-ordinates functionally and operationally.
• Knowledge of patent application processes and searches
• Experience working within academic or consultancy collaborations
• Define and challenge budgets for the engine systems and resolve conflicts.
• Fluent presenter of technical information to peers, senior management and externally.
• Experienced writer of technical and project reports.
• Competent user of TCe (TeamCentre Engineering) and Visualization Mockup.
• Accomplished in GD&T disciplines
• Experience as CAD user (NX advantageous)
• Knowledge of CAE simulation disciplines (Stress Analysis, Fatigue, 1D, 3D CFD, Multi Body)
• High level of knowledge for FMA processes (DFMEA, DVP, QHR)
• Accomplished user of Engineering Standards and innovator of Design Guidelines
• Proficient in office software (Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Project)
• Office based with engineering support for prototype workshop and production line as required.
• Visits to suppliers’ facilities / testing locations (UK and worldwide) or the engine manufacturing plant.
• Driving licence and medical clearance to use high speed tracks and hot and cold environmental chambers if required to support development activities.

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Our global motorcycle manufacturing client is urgently looking to fill the following role:

Role context and purpose:
As a Senior Design Engineer for Genuine Motorcycle Accessories (GMA) your role will involve working with cross-functional teams in Industrial Design and Product Development. At the outset you will be exposed to the design of retail customer facing products at various points in their product life cycle.

Key responsibilities:
- Design systems and components for new and updated chassis projects, considering function,
cost, manufacture, assembly and quality
- Produce good quality 3D CAD models using Creo (prior Creo experience preferred but not essential)
- Produce good quality 2D engineering drawings
- Follow and help maintain design, operational and quality procedures
- Produce supporting documentation for designs, as required
- Liaise with internal departments such as, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality and Assembly
- Liaise with outside suppliers
- Design components and systems to comply with regulatory requirements where needed
- Have a good understanding of the application of some regulatory requirements for motorcycles
- Manage their own time and workload effectively
- Create and manage timing plans for their areas of responsibility
- Manage any CAD Designers or contractors allocated to help with creating CAD models
- Provide engineering guidance to other team members
- Represent the design team in interdepartmental meetings in the absence of the team leader

Experience Required:
- Should be able to demonstrate good time management and excellent knowledge of
engineering fundamentals
- Good understanding of the design requirements for mass production manufacturing
- Good technical comprehension of at least some areas of chassis layout, design & development
- Past experience in analysis and optimisation of components and subassemblies prefered
- Educational qualifications: Qualified to degree level or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline. Minimum
of 2:1 required.
Proficient in 3D CAD, preferably Creo
- Past experience in engineering design of components and subassemblies
- Good knowledge of manufacturing processes
- Experience of creating and releasing 2D technical drawings
- Understanding of geometric tolerances on 2D drawings
- Good understanding of motorcycle chassis layout and construction
- Practical experience of vehicle maintenance and preparation is advantageous
- Some experience in designing to Regulatory requirements as applied to motorcycles
- Experience in Trim and Structural design preferred

Additional Information:
Our client's GMA team is a dedicated one with 35 people split between the UK & overseas and it sits within the
GCO (Global Commercial Organisation) but also links into the GTO (Global Technical Organisation)
in terms of procedures and operating systems. The Senior Design Engineer is a key role for the business
which ultimately allows the enablement of delivery of new products to market. The GMA Product
catalog will consist of 200+ ‘live’ products in 2018-19 and will expand further beyond that in 2019-20.

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Customer Ref: 35855

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

Division:
Special Vehicle Operations

Position Description:
- Lead Engineer to develop electrical engine harness development onto multiple SVO vehicle programmes for high performance engines.
- Electrical Distribution system for engines (EDSE) is a group within SVO Powertrain organisation responsible for the delivery of engine harnesses and associated end items such as link harnesses, brackets and fasteners for all forward model programmes and unit gateways for engine programmes.
- EDSE also works in close partnership with the rest of EDS organisation to ensure robust integration of engine harness in vehicle applications on all forward model programmes.

3 key skills required
- Strong Project management experience working within an automotive engineering development environment.
- Ability to lead the resolution of business, technical and process issues within the team.
- Previous experience within an automotive engineering development environment in a design position.

Experience Required:
- A good working knowledge of product design life cycle, change control, product definition and change management processes.
- Excellent people management and communication skills, able to lead and motivate teams of local and offshore to work effectively, self confidence and a ""passion for the product"".
- Comfortable challenging with strong influencing and engagement skills - able to challenge existing thinking in a positive way."

Experience Preferred:
- Electrical harness design delivery experience.
- Understanding of design and package of electrical harnessing in to virtual vehicle/engine.

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

Customer Ref: 35734

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

Division:
Manufacturing Engineering

Position Description:
Role Title - BIM Project Engineer

Working within the Global Facilities Engineering function of Powertrain Manufacturing Engineering, the Construction Management team are responsible for supporting the Manufacturing Engineering teams in the development of all new construction projects and modifications associated with new engine facilities and engineering updates worldwide. Particular emphasis will be placed on the following responsibilities:

- Undertake desktop studies and site investigations for prospective projects, utilising in-house or external specialists where appropriate to enable the evaluation of alternative economic solutions and support project justification.
- Manage Contractors in strict accordance with the client Control of Contractors procedures.
- Perform the role of Principal Designer on behalf of the Design & Construction function ensuring that all duties are discharged on behalf of the project team.

Skills Required:
3 Key Skills:
1) Revit, and 3D AutoCAD/Inventor and 2D CAD skills is essential.
2) Proven experience in the delivery of large facility or project installations from the development of concept models through to commissioning and handover.
3) The ability to lead, and to work as part of a team is essential, as is the ability to achieve results by meeting deliverables / commitments

Experience Required:
- You will be expected to produce and develop 3D co-ordinated models using BIM Authoring tools such as Revit MEP and producing schematic and detailed 2D Autocad drawing for the purposes of setting out during installations.
- Liaison with other engineers and technicians is essential so you must have good communication skills.
- Responsible for creating concept & feasibility layouts for new manufacturing processes or facilities that utilise space effectively and have a clear structure for material, people and production flow and support lean manufacturing targets.
- Lead the development of the master layout or zone from concept design through to detailed planning or gateway approval, communicating clearly the requirements of the process / facility effectively to internal process teams, consultant engineer and architect.
- Responsible for coordinating the relevant design parties and disciplines within the project team, to ensure that the facility and building services are installed in a safe and coordinated manner that is fault and clash free.

Experience Preferred:
- Revit, and 3D AutoCAD/Inventor and 2D CAD skills is essential.
- Proven experience in the delivery of large facility or project installations from the development of concept models through to commissioning and handover.

Additional Information:
- Assist in BIM co-ordination meetings and undertake activities such as `live' walkthroughs, clash detection, problem solving, co-ordination or spatial issues and occasional site surveys.
- Model coordination and interrogation ensuring the coordination of the federated model and maintain the master model to enable clash detection, timeline analysis and visualization processes.
- Provide coordination of the incoming & outgoing data models & documents via 4 Projects to ensure that all changes are identified and that the accuracy of drawings/models held on file are updated & maintained.

Location: Primarily based at Coventry but also required at EMC

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