Our client who is an Advanced Automotive Engineering Consultancy, is currently engaged in several exciting sports car / motorsport projects and is looking for a a talented and experienced Principal Engineer to lead the Analysis team to deliver efficient structural engineering solutions within the Automotive sector. The role is based at their Midlands engineering centre near Coventry.

Principal Engineer Analysis - £60k-£75k p.a. + benefits - Permanent - Coventry

Responsibilities
- Lead the Analysis team in the generation CAE models of structural components, typically metallic and composite structures for the automotive, rail, aerospace, and defence sectors within quality guidelines and be a hands-on Leader
- Lead idea generation and problem resolution sessions through day-to-day working and structured Design Reviews
- Work closely with Engineering Designers to develop load paths, layout, and optimisation of structures to ensure the lightest and most cost-effective high-performance solutions
- Represent the department with both internal and external customers
- Leverage commercial opportunities with existing and new customers
- Preparation of formal quotations and costings
- Project planning and resource planning
- Provide training, supervision, direction and mentoring for less experienced analysts
- Internal Signatory Authority for analysis, calculations, and reports
- Provide accurate status reports on project spend and timing
- Liaison with wider company engineers at a project level
- Ensure documentation is maintained to satisfy client quality management system and customer-specific requirements
- Support and mentor the engineers within your team with your experience and knowledge.
- Company Policies: Manage and follow the quality, health, safety, and welfare policies of the company

Essential Skills
- Engineering or Maths / Physics degree or higher
- Min 5 years simulation experience
- Experiences of hands-on engineering within sheet metal or composites.
- Experience of leading and managing teams carrying out HR people-based activities (c.10)
- Expert knowledge of NASTRAN AND / OR LS-Dyna or equivalents
- Works under own initiative
- Plans work and cascades to team
- Can manage multiple tasks
- Leads departmental inter dependencies & best practice methodologies
- Integrates departmental planning with other business units
- Leads flexible approach to working
- Demonstrates good emotional intelligence, ethics, and professionalism
- Coaches staff members
- Manages customer interactions
- Advanced levels skills in multiple core disciplines

Desirable
- Knowledge of ANSA & Meta
- Software programming ability
- Knowledge of composites design and manufacture

Additional Information:
Please note to apply for this position, you MUST have a UK passport / valid UK settlement status or a Visa that does not require sponsorship of any kind.

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

Our client who is an Advanced Automotive Engineering Consultancy, is currently engaged in several exciting sports car / motorsport projects and is looking for a a talented and experienced CAE Crash Analyst / Engineer based at their Midlands engineering centre near Coventry.

Lead CAE Engineer Crash Analyst - £50k-£65k p.a. + benefits - Permanent - Coventry

Responsibilities
- Assisting in preparation of analysis quotations to customers
- Meshing and assembly of FE models to internal or customer-specific model quality guidelines using pre-processing software, including application of suitable material models, loads and boundary conditions.
- Use of FEA to perform crashworthiness analysis to guide the design of a vehicle.
- Using appropriate static and dynamic analysis software packages to solve problems involving linear elastic and non-linear elastic/plastic material models, small and large deformation behaviour, and contact.
- Interpreting analysis results using post-processing software and formally documenting analysis methodology, results and conclusions within analysis reports where required
- Presenting analysis results to internal and external customers, providing recommendations on possible design optimisation to save weight and/or improve performance
- Communicating with internal and external customers on a day-to-day basis, as well as the design and project management team.
- Maintaining analysis and project documentation to satisfy the quality management system and customer-specific requirements.

Essential Skills
- Engineering or Maths / Physics degree, higher OR equivalent
- Ability to demonstrate hand calculations to support FE analysis
- Relevant simulation experience and experience of analysing test data
- Ability and project knowledge of HyperWorks, LS-Dyna. Radioss software
- Intermediate knowledge of core FEA codes
- Work with minimal supervision and can work under own initiative, but still work on direct instruction from management
- Ability to lead individuals and communicate clearly and effectively within the internal team and customers
- Awareness: Project deliverables, customer processes.
- Has a flexible approach to working
- Represents the company internally & externally with acceptable professional standard
- Intermediate skills in at least one core discipline

Desirable
- Knowledge of ANSA & Meta
- Software programming ability
- Knowledge of composites design and manufacture

Additional Information:
Please note to apply for this position, you MUST have a UK passport / valid UK settlement status or a Visa that does not require sponsorship of any kind.

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

Customer Ref: 39561

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

Creative Development Trimmer - £38/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire - 12 Months contract (potential to extend)

Division:
Design

Position Description:
For the Creative Development Trimmer role, we require a highly skilled individual with patterning, sewing, component trimming capabilities. The role involves collaborating directly with our designers and the colour and materials team to produce design models and display assets to the highest quality possible.

Skills Required:
- Automotive patterning - seats and components
- High level of machine & hand sewing
- Component wrapping

Experience Required:
- Experience of full trimming full seats from patterning to finishing and flitting.
- Previous experience of working with leather and automotive textiles.
- Knowledge and familiarity of interior soft trimmed parts and their assembly.
- Experience of all sewing techniques Inc. piping, fluting, twinning.
- Ability to be able to read and follow rendered designs, CAD drawings and colour call outs.
- Knowledge and experience of safe working practices adhering to H&S policies.
- Able to communicate effectively to other members of staff and senior management

Experience Preferred:
- Knowledge of mass production process and procedures, In depth knowledge of textiles

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: 39470

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

Prototype Build Engineer - £23.50/hr (Inside IR35) - Coventry - 12 Months (potential to extend)

Division:
Power/Train

Position Description:
The purpose of this role is to provide engineering support to the prototype build team to ensure the required quality levels are achieved.
- Build support
- Build issue resolution.
- Provide regular support to the build CCAR review

Build documentation
- Support BOM updates for Rework units
- Support in PPIR checking
- Support log book to enable documentation of build quality

Instrumentation
- Create and manage FMS for Instrumentation reworks for EDU components
- Support EDU Instrumentation troubleshooting

Rework coordination
- Coordinate the rework of prototype EDU's as required, raising of Wrike request for Engineering reworks
- Creating rework instructions
- Support in ordering components required for rework
- Support logistics for moving units

Skills Required:
- Previous experience with prototype / production manufacturing methods
- Previous experienced with vehicle/ powertrain components
- Hands on experience on assembly line / vehicle workshop environment

Experience Preferred:
- Previous experience with electric drive unit design
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong influencing and engagement skills

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: 39560

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

Embroidery Specialist - £38/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire - 12 Months (potential to extend)

Division:
Design

Position Description:
We are looking for an embroidery specialist to join the team to support a new and growing workstream. The candidate will be expected to develop artwork with a team of designers to create robust embroidery designs with physical, prove-out samples for low volume and bespoke production.

Skills Required:
- Embroidery digitising
- Experience of DG16 Tagima software
- Experience of creating artwork, stitch paths, stitch types to meet a brief.

Skills Preferred:
- Experience of all aspects of machine and handsewing, preferably durkopp experience.
- Previous experience of working with leather and automotive textiles.
- Knowledge and familiarity of interior soft trimmed automotive parts and their assembly

Experience Required:
- Experience of digitising artwork to generate physical embroidery samples.
- Working knowledge of hand embroidery.
- Ability to be able to read and follow rendered designs, CAD drawings and colour call outs.
- Experience of threads, textiles, leather variants and materials suited to the automotive industry.
- Knowledge and experience of safe working practices adhering to H&S policies.
- Able to communicate effectively to other members of staff and senior management

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.