Customer Ref: 35632

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

Division:
Research and Devlopment

Position Description:
- Delivery of Materials technology research projects to ensure robust processes are achieved on time and to Engineering Specification.
- Develop implementation/activity plans for all Materials research technologies to ensure robust processes are achieved on time and to Engineering Specification.
- Work with cross functional and operational teams to ensure objectives and activity plans are captured in the overall project plans.
- Contribute to the resolution of key technical and strategic challenges.
- Develop early demonstrations prior to final Proof-of-Concept stage.
- Assist in the development of Proof-of-Concept technologies with support from key suppliers.
- Provide assistance and support in recording all data to ensure adherence to relevant procedures.
- Co-ordinate projects towards the development of required technologies and features via the Technology Creation Development System process.
- Provide technical support on projects when handing over to mainstream engineering.

Skills Required:
- Educated to Materials Engineering Degree or similar level
- Multiple stakeholder project management experenience - ideally with design.
- Knoweledge/experience of Automotive/Aerospace/Marine production processes from raw material to component

Experience Required:
- Previous experience in a Research, development or design role in engineering or automotive environment.
- Strong technical and development expertise.
- Ability to resolve key technical issues within a team environment.
- Ability to write reports and the ability to communicate to technical and non-technical audience.
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
- Strong research and analytical skills.
- Experience of program or project management, meeting demanding timescales with budget control and cost effective delivery.
- Computer literacy in Google, PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Project.

Education Required:
- Experience of Technology Creation Development System or equivalent research delivery process.
- Previous experience of working with Universities and Research partners.
- Ability to interpret conceptual Design briefs and apply an engineering approach to evaluating feasibility.
- Good level of knowledge of vehicle technology and A-Surface components
- Appreciation for sustainability challenges and how innovations across the materials supply chain are resolving these.
- Knowledge and experience in the textiles, natural materials and polymers industry.
- Experience either within the client or at a supplier, of delivering body engineering based automotive components.
- Understanding of how new ideas could be delivered internally into proof of concept properties.

Additional Information :
Driving Licence essential - requirement to travel across multiple sites in west midlands to interface with client design teams in Whitley and Gaydon.

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

Customer Ref: 35297

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

Division:
Chassis Engineering

Position Description:
- Chassis SST (Suspension Systems Tuning) department is part of Chassis Product Development and responsible for delivery of Struts, Dampers, Spring Systems, Air Suspension and Antiroll systems.
- This Role is for a Quality engineer.
- The successful applicant will be engaged as a Suspension Systems Tuning - chassis quality engineer, and be responsible for lead specific quality and warranty projects. Challenging technical issues from the field with the support of the internal Technical Specialists and several other departments.

Key Responsibilities:
- Managing Quality concerns related to design, specification and processes using problem solving and 6 sigma tools and methods.
- The quality engineer will carry out complex technical investigations and deploy countermeasure actions that reduce warranty cost and improve customer satisfaction.
- Take hands on approach to locally re producing concerns and analysing defective parts.
- Responsible for leading Quick service Fixes (QSFs) and White Alerts (Safety related issues)
- Managing projects with multi-functional teams (Suppliers, Manufactory plants, Service, Purchasing and Design)
- Reporting problem status and future activities to senior managers as required.
- Develop and maintain a strong team with the suppliers quality and engineering teams as required
- Ensure problems learning is captured using the appropriate FMA documents/process.

Skills Required:
3 KEY SKILLS
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills and methods
- Strong mechatronics knowledge
- Good communication skills

Experience Required:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a quality role.
- Engineering Degree, Mechanical or Automotive.
- Six Sigma trained.

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

Customer Ref: 35469

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

Division:
Body Engineering

Position Description:
Body Engineering is one of the larger teams within the client's PD organisation. The department has complete responsibility
for the design and development of all client Interior and Exterior systems from concept design through
to volume production.

Key Purpose of Role
The main purpose of the role is to support, develop and lead the Seating System Integration for Product Integration
(PI) and Forward Model Architecture (FMA)

Skills Required:
3 Key Skills:
1) Excellent Catia V5 capability
2) Team center
3) Knowledge of Seating system & components

Experience Required:
- At least 5 years automotive CAD experience
- Degree level or equivalent in Engineering discipline
- Catia V5
- Seating System design experience

Experience Preferred:
- Engineering Degree
- Teamcenter experience
- Catia V6
- Vehicle/Occupant packaging/layout experience

Additional Information :
Main purpose of the role is to create & populate new programme CAD trees with seat CAD data.
This will involve from looking for suitable re-use components to developing new concepts.

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

Customer Ref: 35457

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

Division:
Body Engineering

Position Description:
Lead Engineer / CAD Engineer for Body Engineering Door Trim (casings) for new model programmes.

3 Key Skills:
1) Knowledge of automotive door/interior systems , ideally door casings, including design, performance and manufacturing feasibility.
2) Demonstrated ability to project manage / communicate at all levels with all functions and supplier base to delivery complex commodities on time, to cost and quality targets.
3) CAD Literacy - ability to manipulate and interrogate CAD data and use associated visualisation tools. Ability to generate CAD data in Catia v5/v6

Experience Required:
Degree or equivalent.

Experience Preferred:
- Knowledge of automotive door interior systems, ideally door trim (casings), their function (A&U, ambient lighting, PQ, R&S, materials etc) performance as well as production & manufacturing requirements.
- Proven supplier management skills.
- Significant experience in use of engineering tools - FMEA, Six Sigma, problem resolution etc.
- Knowledge of client systems, tools and processes.
- Valid UK driving.
- Working knowledge of project delivery processes
- Working knowledge of change management processes

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

Customer Ref: 35601

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

Division:
Research and Devlopment

Position Description:
- Management and delivery Body Engineering research projects to mainstream component and attribute areas using the TCDS and Milestone project management processes.
- Supporting all formal gateways with presentation material and written reports, which are also used for sharing the knowledge gained and decisions made over the course of each project.
- Manage Project Budgets, timings and paperwork systems for raising, acknowledging payments required.
- Ensure that all client and Departmental processes are adhered to in conducting day to day business.
- Delivering all assigned technology projects on time and on budget with appropriate resource.
- Ability to lead the production of a CFMEA/DFMEA for the project that they are undertaking.

Skills Required:
- Experience of program or project management, meeting demanding timescales with budget control and cost effective delivery.
- Experience in engineering body components (structures or trim)
- Experience and Understanding of the materials, properties, manufacturing and assembly processes uses in the production of Body Engineering components such as Pressing, Injection moulding, SMC/composite production, Casting.

Experience Required:
- Enthusiasm for new technologies and an ability to review and identify future trends
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Ability to lead the resolution of technical issues (and associated business cases) within a team environment, engaging with a wide variety of teams such as the vehicle program teams, component areas, manufacturing and marketing, sales and service.
- Proven ability to manage projects and write reports
- Ability to work fast and accurately as a member of a small team.
- Educated to a minimum of degree level in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent technical subject.

Experience Preferred:
- PC Skills - Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Experience of working in the automotive industry.
- Competent in automotive component development using engineering experience and CAE tools.
- Requires supervision and/or assistance only where the issues or situation faced is highly complex and/or business critical.Experience of working in a research environment
- Milestone / TCDS project planning & execution experience
- Knowledge of automotive technologies and design principals
- Product design experience
- Clean Driving Licence.

Additional Information : Broad Knowledge of Automotive systems and Components and Packaging.

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