Repair Stress Engineer

Location: Filton, Bristol

Hourly Rate: £33.26ph PAYE/£44.00ph Umbrella

Working Requirements: Hybrid - minimum of 3 days on site per week

Contract Until: February 2025 (with the possibility of extension)

Guidant Global is delighted to be partnering with Airbus, a global pioneer in the aerospace industry, in their search for a Repair Stress Engineer. Working as part of an expert multiskilled team, you will be responsible for static strength analysis and justification of metallic and composite structures. Your primary role will be to work closely with design and F&DT engineers to assess and validate repairs to damaged aircraft structures. You will ensure adherence to airworthiness regulations, relevant design principles, processes, methods, and manufacturing capabilities guidelines.

You will be joining a dynamic multifunctional team, delivering structural repairs and repair processes to support the Airbus fleet. They closely together to provide complex repairs in support of planned major repair activities, Major Test programmes and fleet issues. They enjoy the challenge of creating and delivering repairs for any sort of damage, anywhere on the wing!

Responsibilities

• Using Airbus approved methods and tools to perform structural static strength analysis of repairs.
• Creating and compiling justification reports and associated engineering documentation.
• Working closely with skilled designers to develop optimum repairs.

About You

• You are a skilled aerospace structural analysis engineer, with experience of how airframe repairs are developed and justified.
• You enjoy working as part of a team to develop effective solutions to complex technical problems and ensure efficient delivery of tasks.

Skill Set

Essential

• Relevant engineering experience.
• 5 or more years' experience of static analysis of aircraft structures using a range of hand and computer methods.
• An understanding of the fundamental methods of static stress analysis and an ability to develop these methods.
• Knowledge and experience of using Airbus static strength analysis tools and methods (including ISAMI and Mathcad).
• Experience of compiling static strength justification reports to Airbus standards and ways of working.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).

Desirable

• Aerospace Engineering degree (or equivalent).
• Be conversant with technical requirements for repair design.
• Be comfortable working with and manipulating large datasets.
• Delegated signatory for structural analysis.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability.

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.