Lead Design Engineer - NCs & Build Support

Job Description: SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check) TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional LOCATION: Site 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, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more * *Work / Life Balance: * 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, 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) *HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM:* *Lead and Approve Design Solutions:* You\’ll be instrumental in guiding and formally approving a variety of design solutions, from major modifications to addressing design queries, ensuring they meet all technical, airworthiness, and safety standards. *Drive Continuous Improvement:* You\’ll actively support and lead initiatives aimed at boosting team efficiency by refining methods, processes, and capabilities, fostering a culture of ongoing enhancement. *Ensure Design Integrity and Integration:* You\’ll be responsible for upholding design standards and requirements, collaborating across functions to guarantee that all design solutions are fully integrated and aligned with wider project goals. *Provide Technical Leadership and Mentorship: *Operating as an industry-recognized design approval signatory, you\’ll act as a key technical focal point, offering guidance, and actively mentoring other engineering team members to foster their development. *Build and Maintain Stakeholder Relationships:* You\’ll cultivate strong relationships with critical internal stakeholders (e.g., Chief Engineer, Configuration Management) to ensure design solutions are not only satisfactory but also successfully implemented on aircraft, supporting airworthiness certification. *ABOUT YOU:* *Design Signatory Authority: *You will hold an industry-recognized design signatory delegation (design approval), enabling you to confidently lead, guide, and formally approve complex design solutions. *Structural Design Leadership:* You will be adept at leading the structural design process, delivering optimized technical solutions for both structural and system modifications. *Technical Problem-Solving:* You will excel at leading detailed design investigations and formulating precise technical solutions that consistently meet all design, airworthiness, and safety requirements. Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solution* s. * 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. LI-CL1 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. 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