Customer Ref: 35945271

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

Group Scrum Master - £50/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire/Hybrid - 12 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Division:
Vehicle Office

Position Description:
- Guiding and coaching team members in self-management and cross-functionality; (Emphasize Importance of Communication)
- Helping Scrum Team focus on creating high-value product increments that meet the Definition of Done
- Helping removal of obstacles to Scrum Team's progress (Managing obstacle board reviews)
- Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive and kept within the timebox
- Helping stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work (from tools and processes usage perspective i.e. change management 1 pager population)
- Evolving new ways to bridge between business tools & processes and Agile WoW
- Ensuring top-down and bottom-up sync between product groups and vehicle group for any activity
- Governing effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management
- Managing group Product Backlog and ensuring clear and concise Product Backlog items which are linked to stories/features/capabilities
- Facilitating stakeholder collaboration where necessary
- Preparation of vehicle team QBR memo in conjunction with SPM, Prog Chief and PGLs

Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART). The GSM major responsibilities are to facilitate the ART events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value. GSM's communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement.
Guide team on introspection to continually improve agile ways of working
Representing impediments to Programme/Vehicle Teams via Obstacle process (JIRA tickets) - support with escalation in Obstacle Reviews

- Support the group in obstacle resolution i.e.. helping removal of obstacles to Scrum Team's progress
- Protects the Team from Outside interference
- Conscience of Product Owner - Backlog creation & refinement, estimation, roadmap development and dependency alignment
- Helping stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work (from tools and process usage perspective)
- Assist in driving continuous improvement, transparency and consistency amongst the teams ensuring clear and concise Product Backlog items which are linked to stories/features/capabilities.
- Ensure that the group members know how to check that stories exist related to their MBIs & how to check the status/ timing of them
- Review performance charts every sprint to pinpoint challenges
- Contributing to the delivery activities for my squad through planning and MBI assessments
- Promoting and soliciting of timely change requests as required
- Facilitate Retrospective (improve team efficiency), Daily Stand-ups and Sprint Planning/ Backlog refinement. Ensure Group remains focused on meeting objectives.
- Supporting/leading resolution of obstacles and align with other squads if necessary
- Ensure AGILE Ceremonies are scheduled
- Help Coordinate Showcase and make sure on time. Prepare meeting materials for Group Sync meetings to ensure effective info flow to team members.
- Support Squad(s) and Group Product Owner to run the BRP and Marketplace sessions effectively. Including any preparation of presentation materials.

Experience Required:
- Prior experience as a Group Scrum Master within the automotive sector.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 35945258

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

Scrum Master - Automotive - £31.50/hr (Inside IR35) - Hybrid/Gaydon - 4 month's initial contract (potential for yearly renewal)

Division:
Engineering Operations

Position Description:
Experienced Scrum Master (x3) required to facilitate and lead teams in transforming to Agile ways of working within the client's business. You'll support the team in solving difficult problems, uncovering challenges, managing relationships, and ensuring deliveries drive and exceed standards e2e. This role is a unique opportunity to help define, support and grow the Agile performance within the business.
In this role you will be providing leadership and oversight on various projects of a complex nature, lead and be responsible for complex initiatives in cross functional and cross located teams. You will also influence, motivate and support other Scrum masters and influence PO and Stakeholders to ensure teams are high performing, engaged and delivering maximum value.
You'll be working closely with multi-disciplined teams with opportunities to learn and enhance your career. You'll have opportunities to contribute to the strategic direction of the products, as well as inspiring and influencing the wider organisation as they transform how they build vehicles and operates, together.

Skills Required:
- Experienced Scrum Master able to facilitate and lead teams in transforming to Agile ways of working
- Ability to communicate and engage with individuals within the cross functional teams, at all levels in the business, from both technical and non-technical backgrounds and present content in a meaningful, clear and concise way
- Strong Problem solving and Leadership skills actively develops and supports team members and able to create and maintain a safe working environment for the team, for example by helping with conflict resolution across co-located & virtual teams.

Experience Required:
- Experience of managing projects & backlogs in tools such as Confluence & JIRA.
- Scrum Master certification is desirable
- prior Scrum Master experience within the automotive industry

Experience Preferred:
- Project management and University Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
Hybrid working: 2 Days a week in office

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 35945301

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

Manufacturing Quality Engineer - Automotive - £30.75/hr (Inside IR35) - Solihull - Initial 3 months (potential for yearly renewal).

Position Description:
Working within the Product Engineering Function, the Plant Vehicle Team (PVT) is based at the Solihull Plant. PVT is a group function of the Product Engineering Quality Domain and is a multi-disciplined team that provides key services to current car quality improvement activities. It provides support to the production plant, providing technical and problem-solving skills, managing external quality signals through Customer Warranty and co-ordinating Engineering Change.
This opportunity is to lead and drive activities that will reduce manufacturing variability on the Solihull vehicle lines, reduce the external functional faults and robustly introduce engineering change, and in turn delivering against the KPI's set out in the Quarterly Business reviews.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
Current Car internal & external customer KPI monitoring & reporting, demonstrating understanding on deteriorating metrics & communicating vehicle line status for review.
PD AIMS Governance, maintaining integrity and robustness of current car aims deck for vehicle lines owned.
Plant Vehicle Team key contact and supporting the Manufacturing plant for Engineering internal customer issues reported from First Time Thorough, Divert Free Vehicles & WCPA.
Reducing functional faults on vehicle lines from external customer issues reported on 0 & 3 MIS Warranty & RSA, by problem solving support and leading X-functional project teams.
Change Management support, Monitoring PH1 PSW and working with PVT/PD Engineers to ensure compliance and coordinating engineering running change implementation.
Coordinating & validating Cost & Fact Sheet with X-functional plant teams resulting from a Solihull Stop Ship, for review at the Customer Satisfaction Review Group.
Agile Product Owner for squads within the PVT Central teams.

Skills Required:
- Applied knowledge of manufacturing and supplier quality operations and processes within the Automotive industry
- Comprehensive problem solving knowledge - Lean Six Sigma Black Belt qualified
- Engineering Degree or equivalent relevant experience in an Automotive Engineering function

Experience Required:
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to build and manage multiple internal and external relationships in complex stakeholder environments.
- Demonstrable business acumen and operational budget control.
- Well organised, methodical, and the ability to adapt in a fast moving, exciting and evolving environment.
- Ability to communicate with individuals from both technical and non-technical backgrounds and present content in a meaningful, clear and concise way at senior meetings.
- Strong understanding of the importance of safety.

Experience Preferred:
- Be able to apply common processes, standards and utilise a back-to-basics approach.
- Must be able to form good working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
- Strong understanding of people and emotional intelligence is a plus.
- Creates a climate in which respect, trust and mutual support are an integral part of working together.
- Ability to multi-task in pressurised situations.
- Experienced with Agile Frameworks, SCRUM, Kanban, SAFE and Agile planning tools such as Jira.

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
The position is offered on a hybrid basis - 4 days in the office, 1 day remote.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 35940872

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

Supplier Quality Management Engineer - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Midlands/Hybrid - 12 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Position Description:
Supplier Quality Management Engineering focuses on planning, organizing, directing, and reporting on supplier provided raw materials, designed/manufactured goods, and packaging materials to ensure they meet or exceed requirements.

Responsibilities:
- Verifying and validating that suppliers and/or subcontractors have received engineering, manufacturing, and quality requirements
- Monitoring quality control activities and systems at supplier and subcontractor facilities
- Ensuring programs are in place to improve supplier performance and productivity
- Reviewing and analysing corrective action reports to reduce/eliminate defects. May perform deviation investigations into quality issues.

Skills/Experience required:
- Ideally degree educated or significant relevant automotive engineering experience
- Must have prior experience within an Automotive Supplier Quality role
- Must be able to travel to client and supplier locations, mainly in the Midlands area.

Additional Information:
- Position will be Warwickshire or Coventry based with hybrid potential
- More than 50% of the time working in supplier sites, some home working can be included but primarily it will be either supplier visit or client site.
- Applicants must have a valid driving license and willing to travel within the UK, mostly around the Midlands.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 35930386

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

CGI Generalist - £30.30/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire / Hybrid potential - 12 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Division:
Design

Position Description:
We are looking for a mid - level Generalist to join our internal CGI Boutique. Delivering highest quality configurable imagery to our end customers with passion and an eye for detail and photorealism. Mentored by your lead, you deliver the highest quality imagery for our configurable assets.

Skills Required:
- Working knowledge in Maya and Nuke
- Understanding of MEL/Python/TCL in similar CGI workflows
- CG Generalist background

Experience Required:
- Pre-existing knowledge of our product portfolio
- Demonstrated will and ability to improve and optimize production workflows
- Shown affinity and understanding on handling complex data structures
- Experience in photography and real-world lighting
- Experience in animation projects
- Interest in realtime Technologies

Experience Preferred:
- production experience in Python/Mel/C++
- Pre-existing knowledge of our product portfolio
- Demonstrated will and ability to improve and optimize production workflows
- Shown affinity and understanding on handling complex data structures
- Experience in photography and real-world lighting
- Experience in animation projects
- interest in realtime Technologies

Additional Information:
This role is on a contract basis and in Inside IR35.
Portfolio required as part of the application process.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.