Automotive Test Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Premea
£27 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Warwick
Summary: The Automotive Test Engineer role involves providing engineering maintenance support to engine and vehicle test assets at the Advanced Propulsion Research Laboratory in Warwick. The position requires diagnosing and rectifying equipment breakdowns while ensuring safety and efficiency in production performance. Candidates should have experience in automotive testing and be capable of performing preventive and corrective maintenance. This is a contract role classified as inside IR35 with a potential for yearly renewal.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of reactive equipment breakdowns, diagnose and rectify faults, and implement long-term solutions.
- Work as part of the facilities & maintenance team to ensure safe and efficient production performance within the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Environment framework.
- Perform detailed preventive and corrective maintenance activities in accordance with schedules.
Key Skills:
- Experience in a similar role with an automotive engine/vehicle test background.
- Good standard of practical electrical and mechanical principles.
- Ability to find root causes of failures in reactive maintenance scenarios and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Willingness to undertake projects/continuous improvement works in line with business requirements.
- Able to record data and analyze trends in faults and failures.
- Able to work in a team and unsupervised.
- Able to work a rotational shift pattern.
Salary (Rate): £27.21/hour
City: Warwick
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:Automotive Test Engineer - £27.21/hr (Inside IR35 - Warwick - 9 Months (potential for yearly renewal)
Duties:
In this multi-skilled role, you will have a fantastic opportunity to join a highly skilled, dynamic facilities & maintenance team based at the Advanced Propulsion Research laboratory (APRL) at University of Warwick. You'll deliver excellence by providing engineering maintenance support to Engine and Vehicle test assets and equipment. Our test technologies include dynamometers, HVAC systems, fluid & gas conditioning and supply systems, safety critical monitoring systems and power distribution.
Through our purpose, vision, strategy and transformation, you will show your maintenance skills, behaviours, and competencies in all you do contributing to supporting the facility generate data for our customer groups.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities - Take ownership of reactive equipment breakdowns, diagnose and rectify faults and implement long term solutions.- To work as part of the facilities & maintenance team to ensure a safe and efficient production performance is delivered within the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People and Environment framework- Perform detailed preventive and corrective maintenance activities in accordance with schedules
Experience required:
- Experience in a similar role with an automotive Engine / Vehicle Test background.
- Good standard of practical electrical and mechanical principles.
- Ability to work to find root cause of failure in reactive maintenance scenarios and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Willingness to undertake projects/continuous improvement works in-line with business requirements.
- Able to record data and analyse trends in faults failures.
- Able to work in a team and unsupervised.
- Able to work a rotational shift pattern.
Education:
Minimum of L3 qualification but ideally L4-L5.
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.