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Our OEM Client based in Coventry, is searching for a Vehicle Test Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position until 31st March 2026.
Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.
In this multi-skilled role, you will have a fantastic opportunity to join a highly skilled, dynamic facilities and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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.
Skills Required:
- Experience in a similar role with an Engine or 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 un-supervised.
- Able to work a rotational shift pattern.
