Customer Ref: 35416

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

Division:
Special Vehicle Operations

Position Description:
SVO Motorsport Manager.

- In order to further promote the client Brand, Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) have announced the I-Pace eTrophy race car. This will compete as a single make race series to support Formula E as a recognised FIA race program around the world. It represents the first accredited battery electric international race program.
- We are looking for an individual to lead the engineering team and take the car from the current development phase into race car production and the race program itself.
- The successful candidate will have an overall vision for the car and ensure it meets the race driver expectations and offers a competitive and thrilling competition car.
- They will be the external face of SVO motorsport engineering and lead the race team at each international event.

Skills Required:
3 Key Skills:
1) Motorsport Engineering at management level. F1, WEC, WTC, WRC, LMP, FE or similar
2) Knowledge and experience of FIA regulations and procedures
3) High drive, self motivated, able to work under pressure to tight deadlines

Experience Required:
- Proven history of successful race engineering leadership, vision and delivery
- Knowledge of FIA regulations and previous involvement with writing of regulations
- Design experience in all race commodities
- Network of race commodity engineering partners
- High drive, self motivated, able to work under pressure
- Committed and flexible
- Dedicated and single minded in pursuit of the team goal
- Ability to lead and influence and manage a team

Experience Preferred:
- Relevant engineering degree
- Experience of HV system and BEV systems
- Experience of working with an Automotive OEM
- Ability to negotiate for the best customer outcome
- Ability to understand and manage complex technical issues

Key Interactions
- FIA regulatory bodies
- design team
- SVO engineering team
- build team
- Press and Public

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

Customer Ref: 35414

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



Division:
Special Vehicle Operations



Position Description:

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The Armour Engineering team is responsible for producing products with class leading levels of protection to occupants against extreme attack, whilst retaining the luxury, refinement and off-road capability of the product.
- The team is responsible for specification, testing and sign off, chassis updates, armour cell development, trim development and option development.


- The key role of the Armour Project Leader is to support the Armour Engineering Manager in ensuring that SVO Armouring Programmes are delivered in line with program timing, cost, and quality and to manage engineering issues and to achieve a robust engineering sign off.



Key Performance Indicators
:
- Delivery of strategies inc partnerships

- Technical gateway delivery (IDJ, FDJ, PEC, FEC)

- PSW Phase 1 at TT

- Release status at FDJ that meets programme target

- AIMS status at technical gateways that meets programme




3 Key Skills:

1) Excellent communication skills: Ability to drive the team to deliver on-time, cost & Quality, ability to negotiate with other functions to achieve objectives and resolve issues is essential, then present technical challenges clearly.

2) Good knowledge & experience of delivering Engineering Programmes (PCDS)

3) High drive, self motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision.



Experience Required:
- Good knowledge & experience of delivering Engineering Programmes (PCDS).
- Methodical detailed approach to work context.

- Customer first focused.

- Ability to negotiate with other functions to achieve objectives and resolve issues is essential.
- Ability to present complex data & issues to a varied audience.

- Negotiation and adaptability skills.

- The ability to manage complex technical issues is essential to balance the often conflicting needs of the business, within project timing constraints.
- Both verbal and written communication skills are important to report technical issues across all levels, and these should be combined with a confident attitude.
- Must have a record of proactive delivery and commitment to meeting deadlines.
- Be able to demonstrate high levels of leadership and people development skills.

- General knowledge of whole vehicle architecture and systems
- Understanding of all engineering deliverables required for client processes
- An individual, who works independently, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.
- Resilient and enthusiastic and responds constructively to new ideas and inputs
- A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas

- A effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
- Must be flexible with regard to multiple site working during launch.
- High drive, self-motivated, able to work under pressure
- Ability to lead and influence
- Ability to manage a team.
- Be commercially aware, with a strong `its my business' outlook.

- Have an innovative approach both in terms of product and manufacturing methods (low cost)



Experience Preferred:

- Proven engineering delivery discipline, ideally in a mechanical area.

- Experience within the Armour automotive industry.

- Knowledge of problem solving tools and techniques.
- Good understanding and knowledge of Quality systems.

- Proven experience of managing engineers.

- Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred

- An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way, whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style.


Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Lead the Engineering delivery on all SVO Armour projects on a specific Platform, liaising with the functional managers (Chassis, body, powertrain, electrical, interior), on programmes in the pre-<PS> phase through to job 1 + 90.

- Lead Engineering PDL responses, liaise/ negotiate with core on ownership, develop tech feas (with APC), drive design feas (DPAT), co-ordinate project resources.
- Support core project DPAT, VIT, PST, VLBR as required to ensure SVO interests are covered and issues resolved.

- Liaise with core CoC?s to ensure platform architecture and systems are specified, agreed and capable of delivering features for armoured products.
- Support SVO Engineering launch support and support NML as required.
- Drive/ Support Engineering team on delivery, timing, cost, AIMs, concerns, quality etc.
- Drive SVO innovation projects into delivery, on a specific platform.
- Drive SVO Engineering process improvement, and platform strategy.

- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested.



Locations: SVO Fen End and SVO Oxford Road (Coventry)

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

Customer Ref: 35415

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



Division:
Special Vehicle Operations



Position Description:



- The Armour Engineering team is responsible for producing products with class leading levels of protection to occupants against extreme attack, whilst retaining the luxury, refinement and off-road capability of the core product.
- The team is responsible for specification, testing and sign off, chassis updates, armour cell development, trim development and option development.


- The key role of the Armour Chassis Lead Engineer is to support the Armour Engineering Manager in ensuring that SVO Armouring Chassis content is delivered in line with program timing, cost, and quality and to manage engineering issues and to achieve a robust engineering sign off.



Key Performance Indicators
:
- Deliver roubust Armour Chassis Systems 'on time, cost & quality
'.
- Develop Chassis system DVPs to ensure robust system development
.
- Drive Product Quality (Current & Future)

.

Skills Required:

3 Key Skills:

1) Proven Chassis technical knowledge, to include whole vehicle chassis systems (brakes, wheels, tyres, subframes, exhaust etc) and ability to deliver from concept to production.

2) Ability to work autonomously and deliver a robust whole vehicle chassis system

3) Experience of the automotive industry.



Experience Required:

- Proven Chassis technical knowledge, to include whole vehicle chassis systems (brakes, wheels, tyres, subframes, exhaust etc)

- Experience of Engineering delivery from concept to production.

- Chassis System DV

- Ability to work autonomously and deliver a robust whole vehicle chassis system.

- Experience of the automotive or manufacturing industry

- Experience of developing technical requirements specifications and associated test plans
- Previous experience of managing resolution of business, technical and process issues within a Project Team environment

- Experience of CATIA, Digibuck, Team Centre
- A good working knowledge of product creation & delivery, change control, product definition and change management processes
- Experience of delivering technical products through a team, utilising strong people management skills

- Experience of delivering projects in an automotive or manufacturing environment
- Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and communicate at all levels
- Degree or relevant equivalent experience preferred

- Experience within the Armour/Heavy automotive industry.



Experience Preferred:
- Experience of runflat systems

- Experience of CAE
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong influencing and engagement skills

- Experience of building and managing multiple internal and external relationships in complex stakeholder environments
- Automotive Engineering experience with an understanding of automotive product creation and delivery tools like enovia PLM

- Minimum 5 years experience

- Supplier management

- Software Skills
- PC Literate, MS Office Proficiency, MS Project knowledge

- An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style


- An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.

- An individual, who works independently, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.

- An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning

- A resilient and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs
- A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas

- A effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
- High drive, self motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision.

- Candidates must be committed, flexible and able to work under pressure.

- The candidate must have a record of proactive delivery and commitment to meeting deadlines.

- The candidate must be flexible with regard to multiple site working during launch.


Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

- Responsibility for delivering the chassis system and commodity plan on Armoured products, on time with appropriate quality and at the right cost.
- Liasing with the SVO and core Chassis teams to lead the Armour specific chassis program content.
- Support the planning, co-ordination, delivery and reporting of requirements to support the Cycle Plan programmes and Cycle Plan studies, using Product Creation Delivery System (PCDS) principles in conjunction with other company processes as required.

- Contribute to the negotiation and agreement of targets for the Chassis System and ensure all programme deliverables are tracked, monitored, delivered and reported accurately and on time at each gateway and organise and lead appropriate interim review events.

- Manage Change Request, expenditure forecasting and the relevant supplier teams in support of delivery of the programme milestones

- Manage vehicle test plans, including detailed planning of test and development stages through to sign off and support Engineering test teams with rectification of issues
- Resolve issues with component engineering and vehicle attribute teams to develop designs that meet targets
- Ensure all appropriate client standards are met through-out design maturation

- Provide input into new feature development
? Ensure all programme design solutions meet:

o Programme targets for cost and weight

o Legal regulations and Requirements Management & Design Verification documentation

o Optical Quality and World Class Product Audit requirements

- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job, as may be requested.



Location: SVO Fen End and SVO Oxford Road (Coventry)

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

Customer Ref: 35352

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

Division:
Body Engineering

Position Description:
Component Engineer for Body Engineering, Exterior Systems

Skills Required:
- Successful history as a Project Engineer in the automotive sector, with plastic mouldings.
- Beneficial to include experience of the following finishes - painted, high end self coloured finishes, chrome plating, hot foil stampings, PvD
- CAD Literacy - ability to manipulate and interrogate CAD data and use associated visualisation tools.
- Proven Project management capability - demonstrated by recent delivery on time & budget of complex engineering systems

Experience Required:
- Exterior systems experience (large scale injection mouldings with A class and decorative finishes) - function, performance, production & manufacturing requirements
- Excellent communications skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels
- PC Literacy - Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Word etc

Experience Preferred:
- Ability to generate CAD data in Catia v5 or v6 would be an advantage.
- UK driving licence.

Additional Information :
- Safety shoes needed for workshops and production facilities, OEM and at supplier
- Role will be mainly Warwickshire based but may involve residency at a manufacturing site during programme launch phases.

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

Customer Ref: 35360

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

Division:
Body Engineering

Position Description:
Climate Attribute team. Customer led HVAC system development ensuring system specifications and targets are correct for vehicle lines to ensure delivery of PALS targets and customer satisfaction

3 KEY SKILLS
- Thermal system design.
- Use of data collection and analysis tool, Ipetronik, INCA, ASL.
- Vehicle test experience in climatic chambers and real world.

Experience Required:
Degree qualified in mechanical or automotive engineering with experience of vehicle test and development

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