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Motorsport (Automotive) Event and Media Guru required for our sister company Want2Race. 

Based at Donnington Park, DE74 

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (required to work some weekends where the business requires)

As want2race embarks on an exciting year at our new hub at Donington Park, we are looking to grow our team internally to further develop our online presence and customer experience.

As part of your role you would be an integral part of the business & events team, supporting senior management full time from the Donington Park office. We are looking for someone to merge their creative mindset with day to day tasks to ensure the business functions.

A key aspect of the role is to develop and action marketing activity by creating social media, video and marketing content across all areas of our marketing mix. Our guru will be required to support the planning, development and implementation of events and marketing campaigns for all elements of the want2race business. You must have a can do attitude, keen eye for detail and a creative flare.

Duties

• Capture and create exciting social media campaigns and content
• Support the sales, marketing and event teams to ensure high levels of engagement and social media growth
• Providing a high level of customer service at all times.
• Liaise with internal and external teams to ensure that tasks are completed and campaigns are delivered on time.
• Support in the production of all marketing materials, including printed documents, media advertising spots, website content, and social media accounts.
• Perform daily office and administration tasks.

Requirements of the role

• Industry understanding would be an advantage, but not compulsory if you have a creative flare and you’re a good fit for the team. You must have a passion for cars, motorsport or racing.
• Event videography and editing experience.
• Personality and communication skills to provide first class customer service at events and race meetings.
• Marketing, event or social media experience
• Good project management/organisational skills
• Ability to use spreadsheets, sales and crm software.

The LNT Group is a rapidly expanding Yorkshire based group of companies. Under the guidance of Chairman and founder Lawrence Tomlinson it consists of five core businesses across industry sectors including: Healthcare, Construction, Chemicals, Automotive and Software.

Based in Leeds, Ginetta has been building British road and race cars since 1958 - but since its purchase by LNT Group in 2005, the company has grown to become one of the most significant players on the global motorsport scene.

With racing pedigree throughout the business; Lawrence/Team LNT and Ginetta have raced at LMP1 level in Le Mans, with Lawrence himself winning the GT2 class at Le Mans 2006 in a Panoz Esperante.

Job profile

We offer a great place to work with fantastic employee benefits including, Gym, free parking, pension and much more. We are looking to recruit an experienced automotive painter to join our growing production team. Whilst being a key member of the team you must have the ability to work on your own with the flexibility to meet deadlines.

You will have a good background in paint application to a variety of materials/surface finishes, with demonstratable experience of working with crash repairs. Any experience painting carbon fibre is advantageous.

Your key responsibilities include:
• To prepare panels and various other areas of the vehicle for the paint process
• Pouring products in to spray paint mixing machinery
• Use of paint guns and upkeep of equipment
• Ability to identify scratches, pin holes, mould defects, cavities and other imperfections on bodywork
• Ability to complete high quality paint repairs in a quick and efficient manner
• Ability to work unsupervised on both new and used products, achieving the highest standard of finish possible
• Ability to work with wet lay-up GRP and gel coat for minor repairs to fibreglass bodywork.
• Ability to prioritise work and complete it to a consistently high standard, whilst adhering to Health and Safety procedures
• Ability to machine polish paint and gel coat to a high standard for customer handover
• Excellent team spirit and work ethic
• Willingness to develop and learn
• Engineering understanding
• Attention to detail
• General good housekeeping ethic

Salary will be dependent upon previous experience.

This iconic British motorsport manufacturer was originally founded in 1958 by the Walklett Brothers, by the time Ginetta was acquired by current owner Lawrence Tomlinson in 2005, it had already earned a reputation as one of the most renowned British heritage race car brands.

Taking the lead in British race car manufacturing, Ginetta is putting the UK at the heart of world-class competition, selling and racing cars across the world and training some of the brightest stars in motorsport. Our championships provide competitive racing for everyone; from the aspiring driver to the seasoned professional. Combining top class manufacturing with a dedication to teamwork and success, the Ginetta series offer unrivalled exposure for drivers, teams and sponsors both on and off track.

We don’t stop there either. What makes Ginetta unique is our ability to offer design, manufacturer and even professional racing tuition which paves  a genuine route for progression from entry level racing, right the way through to international motorsport platforms for our diverse range of customers. We have also designed and hand-built a handful of road-based cars such as the all new supercar – Akula, launched in February 2019 at the Geneva Motorshow, as well as our hertitage classic car Ginetta G10 remastered – providing a very unique and varied spectrum to the cars we design.

Every car is produced in our state-of-the-art, 75,000 sq. ft. factory just outside of Leeds. With many components hand built in-house, we employ some of the UK’s brightest engineering and manufacturing talent to bring to life not only our full range but exciting new prototypes for the future.

Senior Aerodynamicist :

To add to our expanding technical team we are looking to recruit a Senior Aerodynamicist, the role requirements are:

• 5+ years’ experience in motorsport or a similar industry
• Proficient user of CATIA V5 or similar high-end CAD package
• Good knowledge of race car anatomy and regulations
• Well-motivated with good self-management skills
• Knowledge of applicable manufacturing methods
• Strong attention to detail
• Creative approach to problem solving, thinking outside the box
• Team player both in the design team and company as a whole
• Liaising with internal and external suppliers to ensure design intent is realised

• Developing aerodynamic concepts for all areas of the car
• Experienced with detailed surface design including bodywork splits and assembly methodology
• Setting up and analysing CFD cases
• Ability to manage wind tunnel programs
• Appreciation of the packaging requirements for mechanical systems

We are looking to recruit a Wiring Technician to join our growing electrical department. Although predominantly team based, you must also have the ability to work on your own with the flexibility to meet deadlines.

As a Ginetta Wiring Technician, you will be working to produce wiring looms & harnesses for a number of high-end road and race cars, whilst paying particular attention to the packaging and integration of electrical systems onto the vehicles to optimise performance.

A background in electronics is preffered but not essential, and any experience/competencies in other aspects of automotive manufacture is also beneficial. Under the mentorship and experienced guidance of our senior staff, this is the perfect opportunity for a graduate to begin their career in a forward thinking, faced paced, multi-faceted automotive manufacturer.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Great attention to detail and ability to work to tight tolerances
• Ability to follow work instructions and read technical/electrical drawings
• Ability to manage & maintain a catalogue of electrical hardware
• Strong analytical skills and ability to diagnose and problem solve
• Have good hand dexterity and ability to use a wide range of tools
• Self-motivated and have the ability to work autonomously under pressure
• Have the ability of meeting targets and work in a fast-paced industry
• Be approachable & have a willingness to develop and learn
• Excellent team spirit and work ethic
• Good Engineering understanding and appreciation towards manufacturing practices
• General good housekeeping ethic & abide to Health & Safety policies

Salary will be dependent upon previous experience.

Opportunities for career progression within the department and the wider business are possible. 

We are looking for someone with experience of machining intricate components with a keen eye for detail.

Previous experience using Haas machines would be advantageous but not essential

Further training to become a full skilled programmer using Hypermill may be available to the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities:

•To set and operate the CNC machines and manufacture automotive including motorsport components

•Ability to read and understand engineering drawings including tolerancing of features.

•Use a range of manual measuring equipment in order to quality check parts produced

•Use our CNC CMM to in order to quality check parts produced.

Person Specification:

·Attention to detail

·Able to work to targets and deadlines

·Diligent and conscientious

·Organised

·Friendly, polite and professional

·Able to work on own and as part of a team

An interest in motorsport would be an advantage however not essential

Key responsibilities 

Handle composite materials and follow established safety procedures.

Hand laminate composite components to specifications provided by project engineers.

Prepare components for oven and autoclave processing utilising vacuum bagging practices. 

Preparing tooling patterns and moulds using chemical sealers and release.

Consult and resolve quality issues as they arise, in consultation with project engineers.

Basic requirement’s

Laminating experience preferably in pre-preg but not essential.

Ideally motorsport background but other sectors considered.

Ability to read and understand engineering drawin