Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:
Senior Engineer - Prototype Test Properties - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire (Hybrid potential) - 12 Months (potential for yearly renewal)
Position Description:
The Body Test Operations (BTO) team is responsible for planning and managing physical prototype test properties that support the development and approval of body components for automotive programmes. These properties, often referred to as 'rigs', typically consist of a painted body shell equipped only with the parts necessary for a specific test, rather than a fully assembled vehicle, and a number of supporting kits' of parts. For some of the new models currently in development we're also planning, building and managing a large number of Instrument Panels & Floor Consoles (IP&Cs) assemblies to support development and sign-off testing. You will be leading the activities relating to these IP&C properties.
Responsibilities will include (but not limited to);
- Overall end-to-end coordination and responsibility for two models worth of IP&C assemblies from planning through to delivery
- Gathering and consolidation of the requirements from the engineering customers
- Planning and management of Bills of Materials (BoM) for these assemblies, aligning them to the required build level and part maturities
- Coordination and management of parts ordering, rate and flow, part shortage meetings and issue resolution related thereto, particularly for content not yet released by engineering
- Coordination of (build planning, rate and flow etc) and support for property build, resolving issues and coordinating logistics of the properties into test
Essential Skills:
- Automotive Engineering and Automotive testing background essential
- Robust and demonstrable Excel Skills with understanding of Bills Of Materials (BoMs) and CAD visualisation
- Project Management with Robust Cross-Functional Working
- Automotive engineering build and/or test experience required
Education:
- Degree level desired, but not essential.
Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
- Position will be Warwickshire based with hybrid potential.
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.
