Airbus
Structural Design Engineer (Lead & Senior)
Broughton
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Job Description:
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain BPSS check (including a criminal record check)
TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel within UK and international
LOCATION: Broughton (hybrid working available - subject to role requirements)
TYPE: Full time
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more
Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours, hybrid working and flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday (AP+)
Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation
Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site.
Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity).
Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight ( #ZEROe ) to cleaning up space , sustainability is at the heart of our purpose . So what's your next change?
At Airbus, ambition fuels transformation. We pioneer sustainable aerospace solutions that connect and protect our world. Our innovations unite people and places while advancing groundbreaking technologies.
We are recruiting for two distinct opportunities within our team:
Lead Design Engineers
Senior Design Engineers
In these roles, you will enable the industrial system by leading modifications, rate-enhancements, and corrective design solutions.
By applying to this advert, we will consider your skills for both positions and discuss the best fit for your career growth during the interview process
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM
Lead Structural Modifications: You will deliver high-quality design solutions and technical investigations, spearheading modifications to enhance cost, rate, and quality.
Technical Leadership and Mentoring: You will operate as a key focal point for technical issues, providing authoritative guidance and formally mentoring other engineering team members.
Ensure Compliance and Integrity: You will uphold the highest levels of product integrity, ensuring all design standards are met and solutions are fully integrated to support airworthiness type certification.
Process Improvement: You will identify inefficiencies and drive the implementation of improved methods and processes to enhance team capability and efficiency.
ABOUT YOU
Industry-Recognised Signatory:
Lead Design Engineers: Must hold industry-recognised Design Approval (Check) or the capability to achieve this within a short timeframe (Essential).
Senior Design Engineers: Must hold industry-recognised Design Approval (Check) and Authorisation or the capability to achieve this within a short timeframe (Essential)
Structural Design Leadership: You are adept at leading the structural design process, delivering optimised technical solutions for both structural and system modifications.
Expert Solution Formulation: You possess a strong ability to translate design investigations into well-defined, integrated technical solutions that meet strict airworthiness and safety requirements.
Stakeholder Communication: You excel at synthesising complex technical issues and reporting them effectively to functional and delivery managers to ensure timely problem resolution#
Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Company:
Airbus Operations Limited
Employment Type:
Permanent -------
Experience Level:
Professional
Job Family:
Structure Design & Integration
- By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
- Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
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