Customer Ref: 35994347

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

Automotive Test Engineer - £27.21/hr (Inside IR35 - Warwick - 9 Months (potential for yearly renewal

Duties:
In this multi-skilled role, you will have a fantastic opportunity to join a highly skilled, dynamic facilities & maintenance team based at the Advanced Propulsion Research laboratory (APRL) at University of Warwick. You’ll deliver excellence by providing engineering maintenance support to Engine and Vehicle test assets and equipment. Our test technologies include dynamometers, HVAC systems, fluid & gas conditioning and supply systems, safety critical monitoring systems and power distribution.

Through our purpose, vision, strategy and transformation, you will show your maintenance skills, behaviours, and competencies in all you do contributing to supporting the facility generate data for our customer groups.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Take ownership of reactive equipment breakdowns, diagnose and rectify faults and implement long term solutions.
- To work as part of the facilities & maintenance team to ensure a safe and efficient production performance is delivered within the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People and Environment framework
- Perform detailed preventive and corrective maintenance activities in accordance with schedules

Experience required:
- Experience in a similar role with an automotive Engine / Vehicle Test background.
- Good standard of practical electrical and mechanical principles.
- Ability to work to find root cause of failure in reactive maintenance scenarios and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Willingness to undertake projects/continuous improvement works in-line with business requirements.
- Able to record data and analyse trends in faults failures.
- Able to work in a team and unsupervised.
- Able to work a rotational shift pattern

Education:
Minimum of L3 qualification but ideally L4-L5.

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

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

Customer Ref: 35932639

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

Vehicle Safety Test Engineer - £27.21/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire - 9 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Duties:
The candidate will join the Vehicle Safety Test Laboratories test team at Gaydon to conduct physical destructive testing on components, systems and vehicles to meet Passive Safety targets. Working closely with customers, the data is used to progress engineering development, or to be used for compliance evidence by witness authorities and others. With the ability to translate regulation and requirement test protocols, and using a variety of modern test equipment, instrumentation and data acquisition systems, the candidate will manage the test through to completion and produce a test report on time.
Initially on "days", the role may require being on shifts later in the year (earlies and lates).

Skills:
Experience of physical testing in a laboratory.
Working knowledge of passive safety regulations and requirements, Inc. FMVSS and ECE.
Working knowledge of instrumentation and data acquisition systems. E.g. force, displacement, acceleration.

Education:
Degree educated desired but not essential

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

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

Our prestige engineering client is currently recruiting for the following role:

PFMEA Facilitator - £34/hr (Outside IR35) - Coventry - 6 Months (potential for renewal)

Role:
Guiding and consolidation of PFMEA team inputs to ensure adherence to FMEA standards and quality levels. The PFMEA facilitator will evaluate the systems and develop PFMEA and prepare supporting process documentation. They shall interact with a local core engineering team aligned with Global core engineering functional leaders. The engineer will be in the UK but also have the ability to support customers globally.

Primary Job Duties:
- Delivery, workshop leadership and coaching for PFMEA creation
- Guiding and consolidation of PFMEA team inputs to ensure adherence to FMEA standards and quality levels
- Creation of action plans for the team to support capturing or development of relevant input data, documentation or follow on actions (e.g. creation of controls plans, design rules etc.)
- Support the global team to build state of the art core energy storage technology that offers customer base high quality, high performance at a competitive cost.
- Understand regional and global product requirements to deliver effective solutions
- Support engineering team to enable process compliance to ensure high product quality. Tailoring process to meet customer design milestones targets will be key.
- Work with engineering global and local functional teams to Identify required skill sets for excellent product execution.
- Support bi-annual performance reviews for key functional leaders delegated to the development team.

Capabilities and Activities
- Standard documents/Templates/Check-list creation
- Manufacturing Engineering and Process know-how inputs to support PFMEA creation
- DFA/DFM/DFS/FMEA/PFD/Control Plan preparation for design and assembly function
- Study and prepare SOP/SOW document for PFMEA project after joint discussion with customer.
- Train and develop internal team.
- Prepare initial document and get customer approval
- Review documents created by team and submitted to client
- Lead PFMEA CFT review meetings organized by Customer
- Prepare and circulate Project MIS/Dashboard as per requirement.
- Study Risk analysis document and convert to PFMEA
- Attributes, process flow and Migration standard mapping,
- SOPs and check-list creation, Resource assignment
- PFMEA creation/development for vehicle assembly line for Major OEM in UK
- PFD/PFMEA/Control Plan document for Assembly line for Major OEM in Asia

Skills / Experience:
- More than 10 Years experience developing /managing PFMEA and other quality related processes within the Automotive industry.
- Experience building and managing global engineering teams
- Experience with working across global engineering teams where local competencies and engineering costs are considered.
- Experience with automotive systems, thermal cooling systems, HV safety considerations,
- Past Implementation experience Implementing PFMEA process.
- Core knowledge base In PFMEA
- Experience with AIAG/VDA FMEA methodology.
- Expertise of working with standards (IATF 16949).
- Tools – APIS_IQ
- Bachelor of Science or higher in Electrical or Electromechanical Systems.

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Outside IR35 (3rd party assessment at offer stage).
The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

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

Our prestige engineering client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Manufacturing Process Engineer - Battery Assembly - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Wolverhampton - 6 Months (potential for renewal)

Role:
Our automotive client has an opportunity for an ambitious Manufacturing Engineer to join the PTME Battery assembly team. This team supports pioneering electrification developments in support of the client's high profile range of exciting electric vehicles. You will be at the fore front of developing new, technologically advanced, electric propulsion systems. The PTME battery assembly team is responsible for the development and introduction of industry leading processes and facilities incorporating state of the art manufacturing technologies. The successful applicant will be working closely with Product Development Engineers and suppliers to ensure that Battery system designs meet world class quality and efficiency standards.

The role offers the exciting opportunity of periodic European & Overseas travel to work alongside technology leading suppliers.
This role offers an opportunity to be part of a dynamic, inclusive and collaborative team with the benefit of significant scope for personal and professional development.

Key Performance Indicators
- Delivery of robust assembly processes and equipment to safety, quality and cost expectations
- Adherence to all PTME systems and processes for new product introduction
- Support Product Creation and Delivery Systems (PCDS) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) to ensure gateway adherence.
- Zero defect launch
- Zero accident installation in-line with Client's Destination Zero vision.
- Zero Ergonomic Red issues at launch.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- You will utilise your knowledge to develop and implement assembly and in-process test processes and facilities to deliver the safety, quality delivery and cost objectives
- Detailed planning, development and implementation of installation timing plans with key suppliers
- Ensure robust process planning including build simulations and PFMEA’s.
- Support assembly process strategy for manufacturing.
- Feasibility of design to suit modern assembly and test requirements
- Assembly process & equipment verification at suppliers and at manufacturing facility
- Support management activities through development and monitoring of timing plans
- Support new model planning through development of process estimates against study requests
- Manage technical issues and escalate where appropriate.
- Achieve equipment capability and availability targets.
- Support the resolution of technical issues where appropriate.
- Planning, developing and implementation of all written Processes for manufacturing.
- Planning, developing and implementation of all tooling, jigs and fixtures for manufacturing.
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested from time to time.

Skills / Experience:
- Previous experience of Automotive Manufacturing / Engineering processes, tools and techniques
- Hands on approach to engineering.
- Candidates should be self-motivated with sound Engineering, communication skills, ideally with experience within volume manufacturing.
- Experience of automotive facility installation, project management, capability validation, commissioning and product launch.
- Ability to work within cross-functional teams and flexibility to support projects from early concepts to Launch.
- Good IT skills and competent with MS Office Applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Project).
- Ability to use CAD packages to review engineering drawings and models (Catia V6 & Teamcentre etc.)
- Ideally, educated to Degree level, HNC / HND in Manufacturing Systems or a similar engineering discipline. However candidates with relevant experience will also be considered.
- Understanding of safe automated and manual manufacturing system
- Previous project management experience advantageous
- Working understanding of GSPAS or similar process creation systems advantageous
- Ability to problem solve technical and manufacturing issues.
- Highly motivated and able to work under own initiative.

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

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

Our prestige engineering client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Joining Engineer BIW - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire - 6 Months (potential for renewal)

Role:
As a Joining Engineer, you will play a crucial role in the development and application of different joining technologies required for BIW manufacturing. Ensuring that all joining methods are applicable under plant conditions. Your expertise will ensure the quality and performance of all joining solutions.
Working closely with cross-functional teams across Manufacturing, Product Engineering and Materials Engineering, you will play a key role in shaping the future of joining technology applications for luxury automotive vehicles.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Develop new joining technology from concept level to Industrial readiness level. Independently plan and execute experiments, trials, analyse data and report the results.
- Review existing joining processes and find out opportunities for reducing CO2e footprint.
- Carry out Benchmarking & Best Practices studies, analyse competitor solutions, conduct a cost/benefit analysis and value mapping exercise.
- Write joining process standards, develop and maintain PFMEAs for different joining technologies.
- Collaborate with the project team to review CAD and provide technical inputs for joint feasibility for different joining technologies involves in the vehicle program.
- Issue Prevention & Resolution - Root cause investigations (8D/DMAIC), capture lessons learned and embed improvements in foundation documentation.

Skills / Experience:
- Currently holding a degree or equivalent in a joining or material discipline.
- Prior direct experience in the automotive industry
- Background in automotive joining technologies, working at a technical level with any of the following:
- Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
- Self-Piercing Riveting (SPR)
- Resistance Spot Welding (RSW)
- Adhesive Bonding
- Laser welding
- Flow Drive Screw joining

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

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