Customer Ref: 39381

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

Automotive Lead Designer - up to £44/hr (Inside IR35) - Gaydon - 6 months contract (potential to extend)

Division:
Design

Position Description:
Creates product designs and develops/uses concept boards to communicate product ideas. Establishes overall design standards and ensures design quality is aligned with corporate branding policy. Monitors the market, competitors, and trends. Level: A Specialist Professional (P4) is a recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Responsibilities typically include:
- Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
- Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower level professionals.
- Problems faced are difficult and often complex

Skills Required:
- Portfolio of designs showing sophisticated appreciation of complex forms and refined details, and how these have translated into production
- Visual creative & presentation skills in both 2D & 3D
- Cooperation with Engineering, Marketing, Programme and other Design specialist to achieve high quality outcomes

Experience Required:
- Degree in ( Product, Transportation, Mobility or Automotive) Design
- Experience in all stages of the automotive design process from initial concepts through to production

Experience Preferred:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Blender
- Alias
- VRED

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
A portfolio is required prior to application submission. Offers post-interview will be aligned to candidates skill set/ experience.

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

Customer Ref: 39363

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

Tooling / Fixtures Development Engineer - £24/hr (Inside IR35) - Coventry - 3 month initial contract (potential to extend)

Division:
Engineering Operations

Position Description:
The Electronic Drive Unit (EDU) factory is the mechanism by which our client supplies the prototype units to the business for testing, to support the development of future commodities. The purpose of this role is to support the prototype manufacturing engineering team in the deployment of solutions to improve the capacity and quality of the line.

Skills Required:
- Automotive Manufacturing Engineering
- Design and deployment of tooling/fixtures to support production
- Problem solving
- Able to implement solutions for the various workstreams to ensure they are able to operate at maximum efficiency
- Self driven / self motivated / proactive
- Proactive and drive the factory / hunt out the opportunities to speed up.

Experience Required:
- Previous experience in tool design and implementation will be vital to the success of this role.

Experience Preferred:
- Any physical product based role (be that build, test, asset management) will ensure they are used to being involved in this style of workstream.
- Stakeholder management will be desirable to this role, an ability to keep people aware of progress

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
This Role can support an element of hybrid working, however, a minimum of 4 days a week would be required on site in Coventry.

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

Customer Ref: 38652

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



Manufacturing Engineer Automotive BiW - £29/hr Inside IR35 - Halewood - 7 Months (potential to extend)

Division:
Manufacturing Engineering



Position Description:
Manufacturing Engineer (BIW)



Skills Required:

The candidate will be part of a team of engineers, the role requires collaboration across functions to ensure there is established compliance with the BOP/BOD to deliver processes that meet basic minute value/ Hours per car (BMV/HPC), quality targets and Capital investment. It is also important to share best practice across the platforms and between manufacturing plants to ensure the client employs best processes available wherever possible.

Relevant previous experience of Manufacturing / Engineering processes, tools and techniques.
Demonstrable ability to create detailed and effective action plans. Proven layout and project management experience on installation programs.



Experience Required:
- Experience of automotive vehicle body assembly process development, joining technologies and body assembly equipment including tooling, automation and robotics is essential.
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Flexible approach to job responsibilities and working hours
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A working knowledge of current Health & Safety legislation, particularly CDM Regulations.

- Past experience with Failure Mode Analysis (FMEA)


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Ideally educated to degree level in Manufacturing or a similar engineering discipline

- Knowledge of and involvement in the product development phase

- You will also possess relevant project control skills with strong communication & negotiation skills.

- Evidence of an innovative approach to technical problem solving and process development.
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The ability to recognise the value of, and employ best-in-class processes wherever practicable.
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The ability to work with financial information with technical decision-making.
- The ability to work within a multi-disciplinary teams in the pursuit of complex technical solutions and commissioning issues.
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Knowledge of New Product Development Systems.

- Project management experience
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Understanding of IPS requirements & Lean Manufacturing



KPIs

- Develop Process cyclograms in line with Bill of Process & Bill of Design for BIW against PCDS gateways & Scorecard pillars.

- Maximise equipment usage to achieve project Capital & Operational Investment targets
Develop Process solutions to meet BMV & Hrs/car target
- Maximise operator efficiency by load window

- Develop Value for money solutions for all Engineering changes against CAPEX & OPEX targets.

- Delivery of Facility Performance buy-off by driving 9 Panel process / 5F process to ensure facility delivers within its Simulated Targets (DES) for MTTR & MTBF ensuring adherence to Design Cycle time.
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Deliver green ergonomic status for BIW facilities.
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Deliver Projects that are in line with Safety Scorecards & Health & Safety @ work act compliance.



Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities


- Application of Lean Manufacturing and Design principles.
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Attend programme meetings at all levels and present where applicable.
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Feasibility of all designs to suit manufacturing build requirements
- Design for Assembly (DFA).
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Build process strategy for manufacturing.

- Planning, developing and implementation of all written Processes for manufacturing.

- Planning, developing and implementation of all tooling, jigs and fixtures for manufacturing.

- Supplier selection and vendor management.

- Process Capability of all processes and equipment, including Dimensional Management applications.
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Quality Planning and Analysis for Manufacturing.

- Involvement in the departments work through development and monitoring of timing plans.
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Ensure adherence to Integrated Production System (IPS) deliverables.

- Manage technical issues and escalate where appropriate.
- Contribute in the development and submission of departmental responses to product letters (PDL) etc.
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Support and lead virtual build events, raising and managing issues where appropriate.
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Support physical builds at Plant locations, raising and managing issues where appropriate.
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Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested from time to time.

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.

Customer Ref: 38215

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

Manufacturing Support Engineer Automotive - £30/hr (Inside IR35) - Solihull - 38 Weeks (potential to extend)

Division:
Manufacturing Engineering

Position Description:
Project manage the planning and implementation of facility solutions for new model introduction within Final Assembly.
- Define solutions to deliver required capability and manufacturing plant metrics to all new & modified facilities.
- Document and manage technical issues using the appropriate problem-solving tool set.
- Lead supplier selection with JLR Purchasing and vendor management activities.
- Represent AME Facilities at programme meetings at all levels and present where applicable
- Co-ordinate the planning of facility requirements in preparation for physical builds at Assembly Plant locations.
- Thorough understanding of H&S procedures including CDM 2015, Method Statements, Risk Assessments, ECPL.
- Understanding of Design for Assembly principles.
- Leading role in a product launch at an assembly plant.
- Project management. APMP desirable.
- Experience and ability in practical problem avoidance / solving (Six Sigma, 8D, 5Y, FMEA)
- Proficient in the following key tool sets: AIMs; AutoCAD; Vis Mockup/TCe; MS Office suite, SAP.
- Presentation skills (preparation and delivery)
- Thorough understanding of Product Creation and Delivery System (PCDS)

Experience/Skills Required:
- Experience and ability in practical problem avoidance / solving (Six Sigma, 8D, 5Y, FMEA, AutoCAD;
- Vis Mockup/TCe;
- AIMs, MS Office suite
- Degree qualified
- Automotive Manufacturing Engineering

Additional Infomration:
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.

Our client who is a Tier 1 supplier within the Automotive and Motorsport sector, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Automotive Crash Analyst - Up to £35/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire - 6 Months (potential to extend)

Position Description:
As an Automotive Crash Analyst you will play a pivotal role the delivery of customer vehicle performance. You will be responsible for using advanced CAE tools and techniques to analyse vehicle structural performance in both metallic and composite materials. The role will include the building of full vehicle FE models and subsystems, loadcase derivation, analysis set-up and execution and post-processing of results to generate design recommendations.

Key Responsibilities:
You will perform finite element analysis (FEA) to assess the structural and mechanical safety performance of vehicle components, assemblies, and systems.
- Impact assessment of major automotive safety load case scenarios.
- Documentation and Reporting: Prepare comprehensive PowerPoint reports and documentation of CAE analyses, results, and recommendations for design changes.
- Run and interrogate models and provide design direction to the senior Design Team
- Be able to use hand calculation to size structures and provide quick guidance
- Assemble pragmatic CAE models with rapid turnaround for design development

Skills & Experience Required:
• Practical knowledge of LS-Dyna software (essential).
• Practical knowledge of pre/post-processing software such as ANSA, HyperMesh, OASYS.
• Knowledge of European and Federal crash and safety legislation and consumer test requirements
• Experience of analysing test data and correlation to CAE results
• Development of data cards for metal and composite materials
• Hand calculations to support the FE analysis
• Experience of full product life-cycle activities and ability to achieve cost, weight and technical targets within specified timescales
• Clear and effective communication skills with internal and external clients
• Excellent problem solver, capable of thinking “outside the box”
• Quick learner with good time management skills

Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Experienced in CAE softwares: LS-Dyna and Ansa as a pre-processor ideally
- Experience and knowledge of working within the Automotive industry
- Knowledge of composites materials
- Knowledge of Ansa is very desirable

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.