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

Lead Project Engineer - Towing - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire (hybrid potential) - 10 Months (potential for yearly renewal thereafter)

We are currently looking for an experienced engineer to join us as a Lead Engineer in an engineering integration team that delivers a Durability, Robustness and Towing Customer Experience.

The team sits in Vehicle Engineering and is responsible for the confidence we have in the whole vehicle, for the length of its life, wherever they go in the world. This role will aim to enhance the customer experience through the design, development, measurement and balance of customer attributes for the vehicles. Utilising your engineering experience, you will take the lead on Project Managing vehicle programmes and/or technology projects. The scope of the role could include the whole vehicle development lifecycle from benchmarking, developing design solutions with delivery teams through virtual/physical verification/validation phases to Job#1 delivery.

The ideal candidate will have experience and enthusiasm for the automotive sector with desire to learn, build and apply technology and/or competitor knowledge.

Responsibilities:
- Project Manage Vehicle or Technology programmes.
- Detailed strategy & delivery planning for the attribute utilising CAE, RLD, rig and/or driven DV activities with status reporting.
- Produce solutions for projects and be able to apply technical subject matter expertise to new knowledge into Foundation knowledge and vehicle programs.
- Working with system and component areas to define and maintain cascaded target requirements in support of overall vehicle level targets (RMDV, Doors as required)
- Work with component engineers and suppliers as required to drive implementation and resolution of all engineering solutions.
- Research concept ideas using complex modelling to work out whether new developments and innovations would work and be cost effective.
- Deliver technical recommendations and reports.
- Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices, industry movements and future trends.
- Produce solutions for projects by Leading Subject Matter Expert groups to resolutions.
- Working with system and component areas to support of overall vehicle level targets.
- Support Programme Team to ensure all technical issues are identified and resolved.
- Many opportunities to share and convey knowledge, experiences or innovations to a progressive forward-thinking team.

Experience Required:
- Broad appreciation of Automotive vehicle technologies.
- An individual with a customer first mindset.
- A baseline engineering understanding of Engineering Principles.
- Drive to learning and contribute to Durability and Robustness Team.

Desirable:
- Knowledge of Durability & Strength principles
- Experience in project management of engineering test activities.
- Previous use of problem-solving including application of Root Cause Analysis, DoE etc.
- Understanding of Systems engineering principles
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- Ability to effectively explain complex ideas.
- Microsoft package elements Power Point and Excel.
- Knowledge of whole vehicle engineering.

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.