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

Facilities Engineer – Emissions Testing - £27.21/hr (Inside IR35) - Coventry - 7 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Job Description:
In this role you will work within the Emissions Facilities supporting the development of the next generation and current generation state of the art of automotive products be it conventional Combustion Engines or new Technology such as Battery powered with Electric Drive Units and Control systems or a mixture of both in Hybrid systems. You will work as an individual and as part of a team to keep the facility and equipment within the facility compliant for Certification and Development testing across all Product Development sites.

This role will operate across the facility conducting activities to ensure that the team provide the capability to accurately measure vehicle/engine emissions and deliver a high-quality facility to fulfil customer testing requirements. The core responsibility of the role will be performing scheduled maintenance, servicing and fault rectification activities across the facilities, and any other activities assigned by its reporting manager. They will be responsible for providing and maintaining processes and ensuring that productive capability is maintained. The main activities need strong technical capability and require critical and analytical reasoning, robust planning, co-ordination and control of own workload. As an Engineer you will be supporting a wide range of engineering customers, skilled test facility operators, suppliers, external agencies and organisations in order to provide continuity of testing and assurance that the facility and output meet the requirements of established international standards for laboratory accreditation, and as established in local requirements (e.g. BS EN versions).

Key Performance Indicators
- Troubleshoot faults with measurement equipment and resolve eTrackers raised to the Facilities team swiftly.
- Perform routine maintenance and calibration tasks across equipment, completing scheduled servicing in a timely manner as per pre-defined schedules.
- Create processes and operating procedures for tasks to standardise maintenance tasks.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Diagnose equipment issues, own the issue and use available resources resolve.
- The raising of eTrackers, tracking and managing them through to closure, to minimise facility downtime.
- Analysis of data and evaluation of findings to provide solutions and move test activity and pilot build forward.
- Interpretation of data and communication to customers. Data driven diagnosis and rectification of issues, engagement of support teams to facilitate resolution.
- Perform routine maintenance on facilities equipment during scheduled down time.
- Perform periodic calibration on facilities equipment.
- Function test and service of facilities equipment.
- Perform TPM (preventative maintenance) of facilities equipment.
- Identify and ensure the right equipment is available at the right time with key information to enable test delivery.
- Adhere to Health and Safety guidelines.
- Setup of ancillary systems and equipment, adjustment of limits and parameters for safe running and quality output.

- Guidance and training of testers and apprentices, creation of internal test instructions and local process documents.
- Adhere to quality standards.
- Engineering Hygiene through 5s methodology
- Work shifts as required to meet business needs.
- May be required to travel to and work at other sites as required.
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested.
- Maintain the 5S of the facilities and other areas as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Level 4 qualification in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
- Proven ability to plan, co-ordinate and control own workflow and achieve quality results.
- Proven skills in fault finding and resolution, problem analysis and root-cause identification are crucial, as is a methodical, logical approach to work.
- Experience with physical maintenance activities.
- Calibration and Instrumentation knowledge.
- Emissions, Mechanical and/or Electrical skills and knowledge.
- A detailed understanding of electrical/mechanical measurement techniques.
- The ability to validate, prepare and read electrical/mechanical/flow diagrams.
- Understanding of Health and Safety requirements including adherence to Risk Assessments, COSHH and other relevant H&S regulations.
- Computer literate, including Microsoft Office competency to produce plans, presentations, graphs, process and SPL documents.
- Commitment, flexibility, self-motivation, robust clear communication.

Desirable:
- Level 6 qualification in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience of calibration, maintenance and repair of emission measurement equipment and systems.
- Experience in EDU / E machine or Break rigs.
- Experience in the operation of data acquisition and automation systems, and data quality tools including Concerto and Tableau.
- A full UK driving license with less than 6 penalty points, no disqualification, 2 years accident free.
- Knowledge on ISO 9001 or ISO TS 16949 and ISO 17025.

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.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

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