Customer Ref: 35387

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

Division:
Body Engineering

Position Description:
Project Engineer for the Rear Lids Structure and Trim department within Body Engineering to Engineer and launch vehicle programmes with responsibility for trim components.

3 Key Skills:
1) A good understanding of injection mouldings and all stages of the programme delivery - design, manufacture and assembly
2) Proven project management and launch capability within the Automotive Industry demonstrated by recent delivery on time and budget
3) Excellent communication skills at all levels within the business and suppliers including PC literacy - Microsoft Project,

Experience Required:
Successful history of project management and launch within an Automotive environment, preferably with tailgate/doors or trim components.

Experience Preferred:
- Engineering knowledge of BIW and Plastic components, function, performance, production & manufacturing requirements.
- CAD Literacy - ability to manipulate and interrogate CAD data and use associated visualisation tools. Ability to generate CAD data in Catia v5 would be an advantage.
- Significant experience in use of engineering tools - FMEA, Six Sigma, problem resolution etc.
- Valid UK driving licence.
- Working knowledge of project delivery processes - PCDS / GPDS/ FPDS / PRINCE2 or similar
- Working knowledge of change management processes

Additional Information :
This opporturnity is in the early stages of the programme prior to Engineering sign-off and will have responsibility for developing the components across programmes through to launch.

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

Customer Ref: 33267

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

Division: Powertrain

Position Description:
The purpose of this role is to support the management and delivery of the Engine Programme to time, cost and quality, to identify, manage and escalate any risks and to support the control of all activities in order to ensure the programme is successfully completed.
- Deliver projects and work streams; from scoping to delivery and including cross-functional engagement and stakeholder management ensuring project success to required timescale, quality and cost
- Management of required Governance, including milestone reporting, project status reporting, financial reporting and risk and issue management
- Use lean project management principles in order to develop more effective and efficient ways of working
- Manage stakeholders to ensure projects are aligned to stakeholder expectations
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

Skills Required:
3 KEY SKILLS REQUIRED:
1) Ability to present complex data & issues to a varied audience
2) Experience of Problem Resolution using structured approaches
3) Ability to manage programme level risks and issues resolution.

Experience Required:
- Previous Project Management expereince with track record of delivery in Automotive / Engineering firm. Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred.

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

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

Customer Ref: 35222

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

Division:
Chassis Engineering.

Position Description:
The key part of this role is to introduce efficiency improvements to the Driving Dynamics programme planning and document storage and the programme management, resource planning and robustness to automate current processes which are currently done manually.
This role requires close collaboration with the Driving Dynamics Performance FMA team to introduce new functions and to the department SharePoint site.
A key issue needing to resolve is Driving Dynamics resource planning and recording of tasks completed.
You will be expected to:
- Maintain and update SharePoint site software
- Introduce new functionality to the SharePoint site to increase efficiency of the department
- Develop a resource planning tool to meet the Driving Dynamics requirement for people management
- Develop a resource planning tool to meet the Driving Dynamics requirement for programme planning
- Develop a resource planning tool to meet the Driving Dynamics requirement for vehicle planning
- Develop a resource planning tool to meet the Driving Dynamics requirement for resource planning i.e. test site booking require and what has been used

The role is the software development and will be supported on the require functions requirement

3 KEY SKILLS
- Software development using SharePoint and other resource planning tools
- Excellent team working, organisation and communication skills. Applicants are expected to be very self-motivated and demonstrate the ability to identify and carry out tasks independently.
- Planning and delivering tasks on time with great team working to process and a desire for continues process improvement

Experience Required:
Proven successful delivery of projects, as part of a team, which meet target in terms of timing, performance and quality.

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

Customer Ref: 35316

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



Division:
Body Engineering



Position Description:

This position presents an exciting opportunity to become part of a unique and evolving department within Body Engineering, developing advanced feature strategies and leading content delivery across many programs. In this role you will be exposed to a variety of components, systems, suppliers and cross PD functions, playing a key part in driving robustness and quality into the moving glass and side door systems team.
Reporting to the departmental Group Leader and/or Programme Module Leader within Door system area, the Lead Engineer will potentially work across all of the Door commodities.


Key Responsibilities
- Lead definition & design activities from PS through to Job 1, managing the Module Business Teams and interfacing with engineering, purchase, programme team, marketing and manufacturing functions, plus tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers.

- Management of and liaise with other adjacent stakeholders and functions, including suppliers, to ensure system compatibility issues are resolved according to cost and time targets.
- Support system strategy development for components and features.

- Develop and maintain local processes and metrics.
- Delivery of the Body Engineering functional scorecard.



Skills Required:

3 KEY SKILLS


- Excellent first hand knowledge of component design principles within Side door Systems component Design, including component production techniques such as injection moulding / aluminium extrusion / Zinc Casting / TPE extrusion and mouldings. This will involve working with and across many diverse components such as Dynamic Body/Door Seals, Door Glass Run Seals, Body and Door Mounted finishers / Claddings and/or Glass Lift systems involving Glass and Regulators and/or Door mounted module plates among others.
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Project Management skills, delivery of project from concept to full production.

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Good communication & systems engineering skills approach to project development.




Experience Required:

- Be capable of engineering complex parts and / or assemblies, with particular consideration of part to part interfaces and relationships, including CAE, DFM and DFA requirements.
- The Lead Engineer should be able to demonstrate design flair and the ability to be able to engineer a range of solutions to a design problem.
Experience of investigative tools and methods to resolve complex system issues
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The Lead Engineer will be an effective communicator and have strong organisational and numerical skills.

- Lead Engineer should be ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent.



Experience Preferred:
- Previous experience/knowledge of the Body Engineering environment is essential for this role.
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Proven knowledge of client Product Development and business; processes and systems.
- Engineering knowledge of Body Engineering systems, component design, function, performance, production and manufacturing requirements.
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A good understanding of the change management process (PACN and WERS processes), Design Verification (RMDV), Design FMEA and AIMS processes would be advantageous.



Additional Information :
As a Lead Engineer you will manage and coordinate all delivery aspects within the design process, from Initial concept through to volume production.
You will operate in a cross-functional organisation, reporting to a Module leader and a Group Leader. There will be an emphasis on delivering robust systems, such as Moving Glass and/or Dynamic sealing systems within programme defined time-lines and gateways, ultimately delivering components which meet weight / cost and quality requirements against defined targets including delivery all vehicle attributes.
This will involve working with and across many diverse components such as Dynamic Body/Door Seals, Door Glass Run Seals, Body and Door Mounted finishers and/or Glass Lift systems involving Glass and Regulators and/or Door mounted module plates among others.
You will be involved in the detailed development of the components from the Concept phase through the many gateways to production Launch (Job1). You will also have the opportunity to develop new concepts and deliver systems from current Bill of Designs (BoD's).
At the same time you'll be involved in the development of the system and how it interacts within the body architecture, working with partners such as AME, PVT, Purchase, Cost Engineering, Quality, Design, STA, Electrical, BIW, CAE, Optical Quality, Test Area, Manufacturing and others. You will actually manage the way those parts interact with each other and the way they interact with the body architecture. This will be carried out across a range of new and exciting vehicle programmes, where you will also work close with a range of specialist departments and external companies. With excellent communication and relationship building skills, you're able to lead the coordination of a diverse set of tasks.

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

Customer Ref: 35341

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

Division:
Body Engineering.

Position Description:
- Support the delivery of Programmes through to production.
- Lead the planning, co-ordination, delivery and reporting of Key Performance Indicators associated with Programme Delivery Milestones and Gateways.
- Support Design progression and validation activities such as; Bill of Materials (BoM) integrity, Problem Resolution (AIMS), Change Management (WERS), Product Integrity (PCPA) and Parts Submission Warrant (PSW), processes to ensure that all changes are implemented robustly and support programme quality, cost and timing objectives.
- Support launch management activities

3 KEY SKILLS
- Excellent communications and presentation skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels.
- PC Literacy - Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Word etc. Able to assimilate large quantities of data.
- Able to work with very little supervision and takes the initiative.

Experience Required:
Proven project time line management

Experience Preferred:
- Engineering knowledge of Body Engineering component design, function, performance, production & manufacturing requirements.
- Significant experience in use of engineering tools - FMEA, Six Sigma, problem resolution etc. Familiar with 8D process.
- Knowledge of problem resolution processes.
- Working knowledge of project delivery processes.
- Working knowledge of change management processes.
- History of involvement within the automotive sector.
- Ideally degree educated.

Additional Information : Periods of residency at the manufacturing plants during launch phases are expected as part of this role.

Locations: Warwickshire, Birmingham and Coventry.

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