Design Lead Approver

The job holder is responsible for leading design investigations and formulating technical solutions for a range of tasks, including Modifications to the Type Design, Design / Works Query Notes 'Flow Modifications', Manufacturing Non-Conformance, and none specific tasks ensuring that all Design, Airworthiness and safety requirements are met, where appropriate liaising with other functions to ensure a fully integrated design solution.

The job holder will operate as a lead design engineer with an industry recognised design authorisation signatory and act as a strong focal point in leading and providing guidance on technical issues and governance. There is a clear requirement to lead the structural design process to help ensure an optimised design. Strong support is required to drive on-going continuous improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency through methods, process and other capability improvements, where applicable ensuring a robust lessons learnt and feedback process is maintained. Reporting will be required on critical technical issues through functional management, and lead technical mentoring for engineering team members.

Main Activities

· Lead, guide and authorise design solutions for a range of tasks, including (but not restricted to) Major/Minor Design Modifications, Design Query Notes (work's query notes).

· Provide technical leadership and continued mentoring to the engineering team, assisting the development of team members, assisting in the identification of skill gaps and driving plans to close the gaps.

· Ensuring that design standards and requirements are met, liaising with other functions and projects to ensure the design solutions are fully integrated.

· Operate as a design authorisation signatory.

· Support in area of knowledge the on-going continuous improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency through methods, process and other capability improvements.

· Support and build strong relationships between wider stakeholders including (but not limited to) CVE, Chief Engineer, Configuration Management and Local Programmes Team to enable a satisfactory design solution, and implementation on the aircraft that supports airworthiness type cert and configuration management.

You would be expected to work a 35 hour week whereby the rate ranges from £34.00 to £36.00 Ltd Company or £26.10 to £27.63 PAYE.

The length of contract is to the end of 2019 but a likelihood it will extend in to 2020.

If you would like to pursue the role, don't hesitate to apply within.