Principal Test Engineer based in Motherwell

Our client is looking for a Principal Test Engineer to work on a permanent basis in Motherwell. The salary will be discussed and negotiated, depending on experience.

The Principal Test Engineer level will operate as the most senior level of the non-Management Test & Development Team. The Principal Test Engineer will be competent in all areas of ECH-UK product test and devlopment and will be a domain expert within the Engineering Centre Test Department for an element of machine testing and development (eg strain gauge testing, accelerated durability testing, reliability growth planning).

The Principal Test Engineer must be capable of providing excellent supervision, guidance and coaching to subordinate members of the Test & Development team. The Principal Test Engineer will also be expected to be capable of deputising for the Engineering Test Manager at company management-level meetings on occasion.

The Principal Test Engineer will normally work within the Engineering Centre Test & Development Team under the line management of an Engineering Centre Manager.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

· New product development Test & Development team leadership.

· Preparation of appropriate test plans in co-operation with both the Engineering Team & Test Centre Manager for confirmation of new vehicle designs ranging from vehicle sub-system changes right up to full vehicle.

· Functional testing of components and product systems both in-house and on-site

· Leadership of all aspects of ECH-UK vehicle testing as required. Specifically performance testing, strain gauge testing, durability testing and sub-system bench testing.

· Formulation of new & better test procedures to carry out the above activities.

· Derivation and creation of new Test Standards, in line with continuous improvement of ECH-UK Test practice.

· Preparation of Test Reports including pass/fail judgement decision making.

· Demonstration of “expert” level knowledge in one or more of the fundamental aspects of ECH-UK Test Centre operations.

· Be able to act as cross-alignment leader for EMEAR Engineering in the area of construction equipment testing and development.

· Must be willing to work overtime as necessary to support critical schedules.

You will be measured in terms of effectiveness via;

· Project timescales achieved

· Quality and reliability targets to be achieved

· Unit performance targets to be achieved

· Departmental objectives and targets to be achieved

If you want to apply for this role, you will need to have;

· Demonstrable record of achievement in a similar role within a construction equipment and/or agricultural equipment OEM and/or other mobile machinery OEM. Typically this will require 3~5 years working in the role.

· Demonstrate a record of high achievement in a Senior Test Engineer role. Typically this will require 3~5 years working in the role.

You will be required to travel within UK and Overseas throughout the year.

Please contact Kevin Whalin at Spectrum Personnel to discuss this vacancy. His email is kevinwhalin@spectrum-personnel.com or the telephone number is 0844 811 8991.

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Assembly Inspector based in Motherwell

Assembly Inspector required to work on a temporary, but indefinite period. Client is based in Motherwell.

Overall purpose of the job is to carry out inspection and testing functions on trucks and parts to qualify that finished product consistently conforms to required standard and specification. You will be road testing trucks and completing required records. Carrying out paint inspection and piece part inspection where required. The assembly line will also require inspection and you will be issuing the relevant paperwork.

This role will be liaising with quality engineers and measuring performance via company quality measures and truck schedule and shipping measures.

To apply for this role, you will need to be a time served mechanical engineer and have a good telephone manner, product and industry knowledge and experience of using measuring equipment. You must be able to read and understand engineering drawings and be PC literate.

Cross area skills are advantageous (Assembly, Goods Inward etc).

The pay is £9.54ph on this temporary long-term contract.

Hours of work are: Monday to Thursday 07:45 - 16:15 / Friday 07:45 - 12:45.
Shifts may be required and you must be willing to be flexible.

To apply for this role call 0844 811 8991 or email your CV to kevinwhalin@spectrum-personnel.com

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Machine Shop Inspector - Motherwell based

Standards room / Machine Shop Inspector required for our client based in Motherwell. Ongoing maintenance and updating of calibration system in line with ISO. Stock control of Inspection materials and to raise appropriate purchase orders.

Main responsibilities will be to:
Carry out calibration / Inspection records
Ensure equipment due for external calibration is processed within time deadlines.
Stock control and ordering of materials
Liaise with quality engineers
Inspection of machine shop components and materials
Investigate problems i.e. components, machine errors
Liaise with engineering where required
Raise appropriate compliant paperwork
Train on CMM status and portage table

Qualifications for the role:
Must be a time served mechanical engineer
City and Guilds or Mechanical Engineering Technician

Skills and knowledge required for role:
Good telephone manner, machine shop product knowledge essentail
Skilled in the use of measuring equipment
Ability to read and understanding engineering drawings
Previous PC experience would be advantageous

Experience required for role:
Experience using measuring equipment
SAP system and gauge calibration would be advantageous

You will be working in a shift pattern, subject to change. You will be comfortable making decisions and using your own initiative and be flexible and willing to work within other areas of inspection, if required.

The position is permanent, rate of pay is £9.54 per hour.

Hours of work are: Monday to Thursday 07:45 - 16:15 / Friday 07:45 - 12:45.
Shifts may be required and you must be willing to be flexible.

To apply for this role call 0844 811 8991 or email your CV to kevinwhalin@spectrum-personnel.com

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VOSA to charge £80 immobilisation release fee from 6 June 2011

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency's (VOSA) long awaited introduction of charging for the release of immobilisation devices following prohibitions will go live on 6 June. The circumstances under which a vehicle will be immobilised will not change. The Road Safety (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 2009 granted VOSA the powers to immobilise vehicles and included the requirement for £80 to be paid before a vehicle will be released; to date, VOSA has not requested this payment. The release fee represents some of the costs of VOSA’s immobilisation facilities being funded by those operators who have received prohibitions, rather than being met through the general enforcement fee as currently.

The powers allow VOSA to immobilise a vehicle for any reason. However, in practice the operating instructions to roadside examiners direct that the vehicle should be immobilised in all instances if the following circumstances prevailed.

• Drivers’ hours prohibition with a fixed penalty severity value of £200. Although this does not include '45 minute break' prohibitions
• Overloading prohibition where the vehicle is overloaded beyond design weights
• An immediate roadworthiness prohibition
• Any prohibition for an unpaid deposit
• Any other prohibited vehicle where either there is intelligence that the operator’s vehicles have previously absconded or the behaviour of the driver lends to a belief that they intend to abscond

This policy applies to both UK and non UK vehicles. The policy does allow for a reasonable amount of time to resolve the prohibitable issue before immobilising is imposed.

The charge is to the operator, rather than, as with fixed penalty notices, the driver. Operators will be offered the opportunity to pay the release charge at the time of immobilisation so as to lessen any delay at the end of the prohibition process. An immobilisation notice will be issued detailing the reasons for immobilisation and advising that the payment must be made before the vehicle will be released, even if other prohibitable matters have been resolved. The release of the vehicle is usually made by VOSA examiners in cases where it requires further inspection to remove a prohibition. In circumstances where the vehicle requires no further engagement with the examiner and there is no examiner present, eg release from a drivers’ hours prohibition, the release will be undertaken by a contractor.

Payments can be made to the examiner at the time of the immobilisation or upon removal of the prohibition; this can either be done via the driver or the operator can pay over the phone to the examiner. Payments can also be made to VOSA’s Contact Centre in Swansea. Receipts will be issued. There is no statutory appeal against immobilisation but should it later be deemed necessary to remove the associated prohibition, then a refund of the immobilisation charge will also be made.

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Senior Electrical Design Engineer, based Motherwell

Our client in Motherwell is looking to recruit a Senior Electrical Design Engineer on a permanent basis. Salary will be negotiated, depending on experience.

Purpose of Role:

To provide electrical design capability to engineering activities/projects assigned to the Engineering Centre Heavy UK (ECH-UK).

Main duties and responsibilities:

Design/Development;

• Support Current and New product design and development projects as required.
  

• Prepare new wiring schematic, installation and part designs using 3D CAD tools. Prepare and issue 2D drawings from 3D models according to the required design standard.

• Understand the purpose, usage and worth of ECH-UK processes and document formats (NPPD, FMEA, FTA, Concept Sheets, internal design standards, industry design standards). Deploy these tools effectively in order to clearly conclude Engineering activities and objectives.
  

• Deploy a high degree of competency in the execution of the following core tasks:

o Failure investigation of vehicle electrical control systems to root cause and countermeasure development.

o FMEA of new machine sub-systems and components.

o Technical liaison with suppliers (both new & existing) and other functions, notably Purchasing, Manufacturing and Aftermarket. Design for procurement, Cost, Manufacture and Maintenance.

o Incorporate appropriate company and industry design standards.

• Make use of standard documentation forms to capture and communicate Engineering intent as necessary throughout the business
  

• Support Continuous Improvement activities within ECH-UK and the wider EMEAR Engineering community.

Communication;

• Support customer-facing activity as necessary.

• Support supervision, coaching and guidance of subordinate Engineers in order to facilitate achievement of their goals according to ECH-UK best practice.

Must have a hands-on approach to Engineering Design and development and a minimum of 2 years experience working within this type of role and environment.

To apply for this position, phone 0844 811 8991 speak to Kevin Whalin.

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Logistics Recruitment Consultant, Motherwell

Hours of work: Office hours (0800am to 1730hrs mon-fri) with mobile out of hours on call rota system

Spectrum Personnel are an independently owned recruitment business, established in the year 2000. The Logistics division is our busiest area and we require an experienced recruitment consultant to join the existing team.

The responsibilities of the role include:

· Match and exceed customer expectations offering a reliable recruitment solution service.

BuiBuilding client relationships at all times.

· Develop and maintain a profitable client base through proactive, planned sales to current and prospective clients aggresively.

· Take ownership and have accountability for business, planning business growth.

· Identify tender opportunities

· Selling will be via telephone, face-to-face meetings and networking at business events.

· Interview candidates looking for work and match them successfully to positions within clients’ premises.

· Adhere to client service level agreements at all times.

· Mobile out-of-hours service is a prerequisite of this division.

· Attend logistics sector network events in the U.K.

To apply for this role you should have:

· Ideally a recruitment background as you will need to hit the ground running.

· Strong sales focus with natural tendency to up-sell and cross-sell into other divisions within the business i.e. Engineering and Industrial.

· Financial awareness with ability to work to targets.

· Knowledge of costing models.

· Strong interpersonal skills and be able to work with colleagues and external business partners.

· Excellent organisational skills.

We are offering:

· Attractive basic salary

· Opportunity to earn uncapped OTE

· Flexibility to manage your own time if you deliver results

· Good working environment

· Free parking outside the office in Motherwell, Lanarkshire

· Mobile /laptop provided for flexible working

To apply for this position please send your CV to Gary Dixon BSc (Hons), email address is garydixon@spectrum-personnel.com. All communication will be treated in strictest of confidence.

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