Job Title: Lead Static Stress Engineer (NIGHTS / SHIFTS)
Security Clearance: Eligibility to gain BPSS check (including a criminal record check)
Travel Required: Occasional travel within UK and international
Location: Broughton
Employment Type: Full time
Responsibilities
- Perform, approve or authorise static structural deliverables, ensuring solutions meet rigorous safety and certification standards.
- Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to resolve engineering challenges and introduce disruptive changes to support manufacturing quality and efficiency.
- Define and manage technical project scopes, providing guidance to engineers and suppliers while acting as a liaison for Technical Authorities.
- Influence and innovate the future of aerospace by collaborating across teams to integrate automated workflows and optimisation tools into the development lifecycle.
- Drive the professional growth of the team and shape the next generation of engineers by fostering both technical expertise and leadership behaviours.
Qualifications
- Hold a degree in Engineering with a Structural Analysis background.
- Proficient in static analysis processes, methods, and toolsets (such as ISAMI, GISEH, and Finite Element Analysis).
- Understanding of aircraft structural layouts, loading and mechanics of materials.
- Lead Static Stress Engineers: Industry‑recognised Stress Approval (Check) Signatory or the capability to achieve this within a short timeframe.
- Ability to collaborate and influence within a dynamic team to drive decisions; as a Lead and Senior Engineer capable of collaborating with stakeholders and influencing decisions within a complex network at a strategic level.
- Interest in developing digital solutions associated with engineering activities; Python proficiency is advantageous.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme.
- Free onsite parking, tax‑free technology scheme, shopping discounts and more.
- 35‑hour week with option to buy/sell holiday.
- Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University, access to 10,000+ e‑learning courses.
- Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria and reassignment support); wellbeing benefits and discounted family health/dental/eye tests.
- Cycle‑to‑work scheme, on‑site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga/meditation.
- Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave, adoption/sharing, purpose‑built maternity rooms.
- Wellbeing room, multi‑faith room, employee representative groups for diversity.
Equal Opportunities
Airbus is committed to equal opportunities for all. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
