Careers

Main Purpose: To lead and manage the UK analysis team. To validate equipment and products throughout their lifecycle in accordance with contracted requirements and to influence their design in a timely manner to ensure they are more generally fit for purpose. As a Supacat Limited employee you should work as part of the team, being flexible in your approach to your work, fulfilling any reasonable request to do any task that arises and is within your capability. However, the information below provides details on the key responsibilities of your role. Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Analysis team and associated paperwork
• Management and maintenance of Analysis software tools in liaison with the IT department
• Management of Analysis contractors on and off site
• Liaison with the SC Australia Analysis team on best practice and sharing resource
• Management of analysis project data
• Report writing and approval
• Presenting results to internal and external customers
• Holding and documenting timely analysis reviews and providing input to wider project reviews
• Scheduling of relevant resource
• Ensure adherence to company procedures/processes
• Liaison with all Project team members
• Ensure compliance with and the application of relevant analysis standards and codes of practice
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of business processes and systems

Other Responsibilities:

• Undertake or provide any training that is necessary within your role.
• To follow the company’s procedures and policies including Quality, Health and Safety, Environmental, Equal Opportunities, IT and Security.
• To ensure Personal Data is managed in compliance with company policy

Work Based Competencies - Essential

• Managing staff
• Structural analysis using first principles and FEA
• Proficient in the use of Hyperworks suite (including Hypermesh, Radioss, Optistrut, LS Dyna) or equivalent software (Hyperworks conversion training will be provided if required)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Good presentation skills
• Good communication skills (verbal and written) at all levels including suppliers and customers
• Generally computer literate and able to adapt to different software
• Good report writing and project information recording
• Able to constructively review, check and approve reports
• Able to resolve basic computer problems with minimal help
• Able to produce system/product verification plans and procedures to allow detailed integration and verification testing of the developed system/product

Work Based Competencies - Desirable

• Experience of PDM
• Experience of the design and function of automotive systems.
• Vehicle testing using data logging and other instrumentation.
• Use of ERP and MRP systems
• Knowledge of drawing standards including BS 8888, geometrical tolerancing, welding specification etc
• 3D Cad skills preferably with SolidWorks
• Use of MS Project
• Proficient in the use of Pamcrash, MotionSolve), HBM nCode DesignLife

Behavioural competencies - Essential:

• Approachable and dependable
• Able to lead and mentor
• Logical and thorough approach to record keeping
• Able to meet deadlines and control budgets
• Drive to achieve quality in all that he/she does
• Able to work effectively under pressure

Qualifications - Essential:

• Minimum of HNC qualification

Qualifications - Desirable:

• Degree in relevant subject

Organisational Fit - Essential:

• Able to work on an informal basis with colleagues and communicate directly.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Communicates honestly, openly and positively.
• Able to work on your own initiative and maintain motivation.
• Able to work on an outcome related performance system.
• Has a positive approach to problems.
• Understands and promotes the company core values

Organisational Fit - Desirable:

• Balances creative flair with a disciplined approach and good organisational skills
• Has the desire and ability to contribute to the company as a whole.

Please send your CV to [email protected]

Main Purpose: To be the interface and point of contact between Design, the Project Manager and all related Supacat departments. Supacat designs complete special purpose vehicles primarily for use by Armed Forces. As a Supacat employee you should work as part of the team, being flexible in your approach to your work, fulfilling any reasonable request to do any task that arises and is within your capability. However, the information below provides details on the key responsibilities of your role. Project Engineer Key Responsibilities:

• Management of design project data.
• Holding and documenting timely design reviews including PDR and CDR.
• Overall system design.
• Management of design resource.
• Ensure team members adhere to Supacat procedures and processes.
• Management of design hours and costs to ensure design is completed too time and budget.
• Liaison with Project Managers.
• Concept design.
• Checking and sign off of drawings for manufacture.
• Contribute to the continuous development of business process and systems.

Project Engineer Other Responsibilities:

• Report writing, approval and project information recording.
• Vehicle testing using data logging and other instrumentation.
• Undertake or provide any training that is necessary within your role.

Company Player Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively communicates with all members of Supacat staff
• Effectively communicates with customers and suppliers.
• Deals with problems and challenges efficiently and effectively
• Administratively effective – keeps business information updated, easily accessible and secure
• A ‘thinking performer’ – challenges/questions the way things are done to find and implement improvements to the way we work. Doesn’t accept the status quo and shares their knowledge.
• Uses initiative and is self-motivated. Proactive not reactive.
• Wants to and does continuously improve themselves
• Embodies the company values of integrity, mutual respect, enthusiasm, quality and quantity.
• Adds something unique to the team (e.g. skills, experience, attributes).

PROJECT ENGINEER PERSONAL SPECIFICATION Please send your CV to [email protected]

Engineering Roles:

• Project Engineer - Mechanical /Automotive
• (Senior) Engineering Analyst - Mechanical/Automotive

Due to current contracted projects and strong future opportunities, we now have the above vacancies to join our Engineering team based at the Group headquarters in rural East Devon. With customers including the world’s leading Special Forces, the RNLI, the nuclear industry, Tier 1 defence OEMs, niche automotive manufacturers and ground-breaking mobility device solutions, our multi-faceted engineering team is trusted to overcome difficult challenges - it’s what we do and what we are good at! Does your future lies in integrating sustainable power sources and intelligent control systems to move precious cargoes and people through difficult environments? Do you have the skills, ingenuity, drive and agility to design supportable, efficient solutions to engineering problems? Are you eager to put you unique engineering skills to the test, to support all our current and future customers’ requirements? If the answer is yes to the above, then come and add your talent to our team, develop your career through high levels of personal responsibility from the outset and make a difference to our innovative, award winning company and the special customers we are proud to serve. Applicants should be able to fulfil all of the key responsibilities and possess all of the essential competencies in the attached job description or equivalent. While the roles are based in Dunkeswell, it is anticipated that periods of remote working/working from home will be possible, with office/remote working patterns to be agreed with your line manager. Please email your CV to: [email protected]

Supacat Ltd require skilled Welder Fabricators to manufacture a range of complex assembly’s manufactured in steel & aluminum. The positions will be based at Dunkeswell for an initial 2 year fixed term contract, with the likely hood of extension or permanent if the opportunity arises. Responsibilities include: • Follow detailed work instructions and technical drawings relating to the welding and fabrication of ferrous and non-ferrous component parts and large assemblies. • Ensure the scope and timing of assigned tasks is understood, completed as per requirements and in accordance with relevant working procedures. • Ensure all supporting documentation is completed correctly and in a timely manner. • Be able to work in different locations, according to the requirements of the business and the delivery of its services. Applicant requirements: • Trained and qualified fabricator/welder • Extensive knowledge of welding and fabrication procedures, processes and equipment • Codification or equivalent qualification in welding (MIG/TIG) • Good communication skills, teamwork with a strong engineering background • GCSE grade 4 literacy & numeracy skills Benefits: • Family owned and run business • Monday to Thursday 8.00am – 5.15pm, Friday 8.00am to 1.00pm • Starting on 23 days holidays plus bank holidays • Group pension and onsite financial advice Closing date: Friday, 15,10,2021 Applications in writing please, to include CV and covering letter to [email protected]

The role is responsible for overseeing the automotive architecture of the next generation of our vehicles and continuing the development of our automotive engineering capability in Australia. A role made for someone with strategic vision, commercial nous and leadership skills, who still enjoys the challenges of hands on engineering and product development.

• Permanent Role
• Strategic Leadership and Hands-on Engineering
• Melbourne location

About Supacat We are a young technology business operating primarily in the Defence sector with a growing footprint in other sectors. Our core business is ultra-high mobility, wheeled vehicles and we are the OEM of a range of vehicles from 450kg to 12T GVM and currently in service with the Australian and NZ armies. We also apply our skills to other areas, such as working with defence primes on large programs and consulting into the automotive industry. We are a relatively small business to be doing all of this and that means we rely on the senior members of our team to be leaders; to work directly with our customers, to bring some industry insight and experience to proceedings, to form and lead teams and to get the job done. About You You will be excited about the opportunity to leave your fingerprints on the business. You’ll be capable of sketching out a chassis and driveline arrangement one day and troubleshooting a radiator attachment arrangement the next. You’ll enjoy working with like-minded colleagues and you’ll be able to form and get the best out of a small team. You’ll appreciate the autonomy to get things done your way, while recognising the accountability to deliver to the customer. You’ll appreciate the flexibility provided by having a focus on getting the job done, rather than clocking in to the office on set hours and sitting through a lot of meetings. About the Role The day to day element of the role is to evolve the automotive architecture of the next generation of our family of vehicles. This ranges from supporting the upgrade of existing automotive systems to leading the development of entirely new drivelines and chassis. You will lead a small team of engineers, mechanics and supply chain to deliver designs, concepts and prototypes in relatively quick time and then to oversee the maturing of those designs to production ready vehicles. All of this will be done with a firm eye to the customers’ needs and processes. The strategic element of the role is to support the development of our engineering team, oversee new diesel vehicle developments and oversee the development of hybrid/electric platforms. The role will require you to have the technical ability, experience and approach to develop great product in a highly regulated, ultra-low volume production market. It requires the ability to lead a small team of engineers, technicians and supply chain people. You will also need to liaise with the technical leads in our sister company in the UK and customer technical leads throughout Europe, North America and Asia. You will be based with our engineering team in Port Melbourne. Absolute minimum criteria for the role

• Sufficient experience to do the role
• Degree qualified in mechanical or similar engineering
• Have, or the ability to obtain, an Australian Defence Security Clearance

Preferred criteria for the role

• Demonstrated experience in automotive systems and architecture
• Demonstrated capability in developing world class product
• Understanding of Defence Systems Engineering and V&V processes

How to apply Please contact Rachael Lynn HR Consultant E: [email protected] DD: +61 03 8645 8300 The Small Print Supacat does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or recruitment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Supacat explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Supacat and in the absence of a signed Agreement, Supacat will not consider or agree to payment of any recruitment fee. Seniority Level Mid-Senior level Industry Defence Employment Type Full-time Job Function Engineering