Major Recruitment

Are you an experienced CAD Design Engineer? Are you passionate about New Programs? Are you looking for a role within a leading automotive manufacturer with exciting growth plans over the next 2 years.

Major Recruitment, in partnership with Polytec Group, are looking to recruit a CAD Design Engineer on a permanent basis to join the team on a hybrid basis with a minimum 2 days on site.

As a CAD Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the delivery of new product designs, from the concept stage through to finished products ready for manufacture. Responsible for those product designs achieving tooling feasibility and design for manufacture. Drive creative thinking, ensure customer needs are considered and collaborate with the operations team to ensure products are designed for efficient manufacture.

Key Responsibilities as a CAD Design Engineer:

• Develop OEM Design concepts, with appropriate CAD systems, to enable the creation of 3D Models to fulfil design / styling / engineering aspirations of our customer.
• Support the management of all Design activities, where appropriate, including Request for Quotations (RFQs), Design freeze / release, Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Design Verification/Product Validation (DV & PV) testing, Engineering testing (RMDV), GD&T where required and Computer-aided engineering (CAE) if appropriate.
• Develop CAD data exchange protocols with customers, suppliers and other Group companies as required to support all aspects of tool and components design.
• Liaise closely with all departments to fully understand design requirements.
• Create and develop design / component feasibility studies.
• Identify and implement design improvements (functionality, cost, tooling & DFM) within the Feasibility Team and external Tool Makers.
• Liaise with Purchase Department to ensure effective selection of supplier for manufacture of tooling.
• Develop and maintain control systems for CAD activities to comply with BS5750 and aspire to ISO9000 design section.
• Create and keep up-to-date tool specifications which will enable suppliers to make accurate quotations based on known data.
• Improve reliability performance to reduce or eliminate warrantable issues in the field.
• Support design in-line with UK/EC/International standards and legislation.
• Guide & support the design & development team to produce a range of concept design schemes for new products, as well as updating existing product designs for a number of automotive customers.
• Support the delivery of the People Strategy within area of accountability.
• Help motivate and coach the team to operational success.
• Monitor the completion of tasks / good performance and record on appropriate systems.
• Consistently promote high standards through personal example, demonstrating to the team so that each member of the team understands the standards & behaviours you expect of them.
• Help guide & support the team in new product development projects.
• Ensure that the function operates in accordance with HSE policies & procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff & visitors.
• Provide technical expertise to the team

Skills required as a CAD Design Engineer:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent NVQ Level 7 qualification.
• Member of an industry related Professional Body.
• Minimum of 10 years working in Automotive component design
• 5+ years in a Product-Development Engineering position
• Proficient in using appropriate CAD systems
• Proficient in customer LCA systems.
• Specific experience in the design/construction of IM/RIM Bumper Assemblies preferred

• GD&T definition
• Location and Measurement Strategies
• Good understanding of Moldflow & CAE tools
• Excellent level of detail, numeracy & accuracy.

What’s in it for you?

• 33 days holiday (25 + BH)
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• 40 hrs per week – early finish on a Friday

Major Recruitment are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

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Are you an experienced Lead Engineer – Test and Validation? Are you passionate about testing and validation within projects? Are you looking for a role within a leading automotive manufacturer with exciting growth plans over the next 2 years.

Major Recruitment, in partnership with Polytec Group, are looking to recruit a Lead Engineer – Test and Validation on a permanent basis to join the team on a hybrid basis with a minimum 2 days on site.

As a Lead Engineer – Test and Validation you will be responsible for leading the Test and Validation department at Polytec UK. This will be a new department and the role will be to expand the team to cover the increasing requirements to support our customers Testing and Validation requirements. It will cover the whole of the process from identifying project costs, understanding customer requirements, generating a test plan to validate the engineering and sourcing and planning the tests with internal and external resource.

Key Responsibilities as a Lead Engineer – Test and Validation:

• Provide the Test and Validation costs for customer quotes based on the RFQ and corporate requirements.
• Work with the Engineering Team to ensure test requirements are considered during the development of the production Design.
• Generate a Test Plan to validate production design – either via CAE or physical testing.
• Source customer approved Test house to undertake testing.
• Review with the Project Team the timing and the required part supply to support Testing.
• Lead the IMDS customer requirements working with the current team in place.
• Generate a budget for each project and manage planned vs actual spend – identifying any savings and overspend to the Project Team before they occur.
• Work with the various Project Team functions to ensure the all testing is only for validation and not development.

Skills required as a Lead Engineer – Test and Validation:

• Educated to degree level (preferably Masters) in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent NVQ Level 7 qualification.
• Fellow or Chartered Member of an industry related Professional Body.
• Minimum of 10 years working in business supporting a team of around 40 personnel
• Working in cross-functional teams / matrix organisations.
• Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements
• Highly proficient in MS Project.
• Proven project management and supplier experience.
• Experience of operating and influencing at a strategic level.
• Track record of successfully managing multiple large-scale projects.
• Excellent level of detail, numeracy & accuracy.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic, with strong interpersonal skills.

What’s in it for you?

• 33 days holiday (25 + BH)
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• 40 hrs per week – early finish on a Friday

Major Recruitment are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

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Are you an experienced Lead Engineer – Tailgate and Closure Systems? Are you passionate about design from concept to completion? Are you looking for a role within a leading automotive manufacturer with exciting growth plans over the next 2 years.

Major Recruitment, in partnership with Polytec Group, are looking to recruit a Lead Engineer – Tailgate and Closure Systems on a permanent basis to join the team on a hybrid basis with a minimum 2 days on site.

As a Lead Engineer Tailgate and Closure Systems you will be responsible for leading the design and development of Tailgate and Closures systems at Polytec UK. The role will require experience in developing Closures systems in a variety of materials including SMC. Based on our customers requirements you will be responsible for approving the initial concept layout to ensure the assembly meets the stiffness and dynamic loading conditions set out in the test plan. While developing the concept layout it will be necessary to work with the manufacturing team to understand the optimum assembly process that can be achieved within the current manufacturing constraints and the production tooling engineers to ensure the single parts can be formed while meeting tough internal cost and weight targets. This will be a leadership role but based on resources requirements it will be necessary to own your own project work ensuring a controlled production release to meet the project requirements, whilst ensuring your team also plan and meet the production release dates.

Key Responsibilities as a Lead Engineer – Tailgate and Closure Systems:

• Ensure you work with the Polytec PEP Process, meeting the Gateway deliverables on time.
• Provide resource plans to deliver the customer requirements in the RFQ.
• Align the team resource to deliver future customer work and highlight areas where resource needs to be increased or reduced based on project requirements.
• Ensure the development of ‘World Class’ Closures systems based on benchmark data, latest design innovation and CAE techniques.
• Lead and manage the system DFMEA’s and support with the creation of the Test and Validation plan.
• Develop the design to ensure it addresses all the failure modes highlighted in the DFMEA.
• Provide technical support to your team when required and challenge the development process to ensure the delivery of ‘World Class’ Closures Systems.
• Work with the project team members to deliver a cross functional development process where the production release has been reviewed and approved cross functionally before the release date – including 2D drawings and tolerances where required.
• Plan out the Prototype and Production Releases and ensure the dates are kept.
• Use the Test and Validation plan as verification of the engineering design and not as a development phase.

Skills required as a Lead Engineer – Tailgate and Closure Systems:

• Educated to degree level (preferably Masters) in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent NVQ Level 7 qualification.
• Fellow or Chartered Member of an industry related Professional Body.

• Minimum of 10 years working in business supporting a team of around 40 personnel
• Experience in materials, Tailgate closure systems.
• Working in cross-functional teams / matrix organisations.
• Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements.
• Proven project management and supplier experience.
• Experience of operating and influencing at a strategic level.

• Track record of successfully managing multiple large-scale projects.
• Excellent level of detail, numeracy & accuracy.

What’s in it for you?

• 33 days holiday (25 + BH)
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• 40 hrs per week – early finish on a Friday

Major Recruitment are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straight forward.

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