Facility Engineer

Expleo is supporting a prestigious automotive client based in Coventry in recruiting a Facility Engineer to join their Product Engineering – Powertrain Facilities team on a contract basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the forefront of automotive innovation, supporting the development of next-generation propulsion systems—from conventional internal combustion engines to cutting-edge electric and hybrid technologies.

As a Facility Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring engineering operations deliver timely, high-quality product releases. You will support testing facilities that validate powertrain systems, ensuring equipment availability, compliance, and performance across development programmes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Performing planned maintenance, servicing, and fault rectification across facility equipment
• Supporting test capability readiness to meet engineering customer requirements
• Maintaining facility compliance to certification and development standards (e.g., ISO / BS EN)
• Diagnosing faults and driving root cause analysis and resolution
• Supporting continuous improvement of processes, productivity, and facility capability
• Collaborating with engineering teams, operators, suppliers, and external stakeholders
• Ensuring adherence to Health & Safety standards (Risk Assessments, COSHH, etc.)

You will operate both independently and as part of a team within a fast-paced engineering environment.

• Level 4 qualification in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Proven ability to plan, co-ordinate and control own workflow and achieve quality results.
• Proven skills in fault finding and resolution, problem analysis and root-cause identification are crucial, as is a methodical, logical approach to work.
• Experience with physical maintenance activities.
• Calibration and Instrumentation knowledge.
• Emissions, Mechanical and/or Electrical skills and knowledge.
• A detailed understanding of electrical/mechanical measurement techniques.
• The ability to validate, prepare and read electrical/mechanical/flow diagrams.
• Understanding of Health and Safety requirements including adherence to Risk Assessments, COSHH and other relevant H&S regulations.
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Office competency to produce plans, presentations, graphs, process and SPL documents.
• Commitment, flexibility, self-motivation, robust clear communication.

• Level 6 qualification in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience of calibration, maintenance and repair of emission measurement equipment and systems.
• Experience in Chassis Dynomometers.
• Experience in the operation of data acquisition and automation systems, and data quality tools including Concerto and Tableau.
• Knowledge on ISO 9001 or ISO TS 16949 and ISO 17025.