Senior Design Engineer

Senior member of the mechanical design team delivering innovative design solutions for new concepts & customisation of existing products for our customers. Responsible for ensuring the design teams deliver product to cost, time, quality & adherence to strict aerospace regulations and suitability for manufacturing and airworthiness. The role operates in a dynamic, collaborative environment with inputs from multiple functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver new HOV programme milestones to budget and to agreed milestone gates
• Maintains records or oversees recording of information by others to ensure accurate engineering reporting
• Ensures engineering adherence to company processes
• Supports operational excellence
• Leads troubleshooting and failure investigation initiatives as required
• Coordinates daily reviews with the engineering teams to provide guidance and support
• Feeds learning and product improvement suggestions into the design team
• Coordinates and raises engineering change orders as necessary
• Supports the adherence to correct and timely booking using company time booking systems across the design teams to help ensure bookings are allocated correctly
• Supports the review and development of resource and align goals and targets
• Produces programme specific qualification documents as agreed with the Chief Engineer Design
• Support development of engineering processes to increase efficiency and improved performance

This is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. The successful job holder will be expected to perform varying tasks as required by their line manager & the overall objectives of the organisation.

Key Performance Measures

• Achievement of On Time Delivery (OTD) for engineering deliverables
• Achievement of Right First Time (RFT) for engineering drawings
• Increasing lessons learnt across the business

Key Challenges

• Leadership and inter departmental communication
• Supporting positive culture throughout the business

Knowledge, Education & Experience

Knowledge:

• Experience in manufacturing & design processes
• Experience delivering and reporting of KPIs
• Strong development and problem-solving skills
• Excellent task and people management skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate across multiple disciplines
• Strong attention to detail with ability to ensure all tasks undertaken fulfil company processes

Education:

• Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering degree (desirable)
• Relevant apprenticeship scheme within a manufacturing & engineering environment

Skills and competencies required

• Displays commercial awareness and business maturity
• Strives to ensure that our products can be made cost-effectively and efficiently
• A creative flair and design ability
• Demonstrates practical problem solving solutions
• Supports team working to help strengthen relationships
• Displays positive leadership values and behaviours
• Is focused on continuous business improvement
• Must be receptive to new ideas and concepts and capable of absorbing and interpreting input from other designers or departments influencing the design process
• Must be capable of conveying clearly and concisely concepts and ideas with all members of the design and production organization
• Proficient in general computer skills (MS-Word, Excel, Adobe, photo software, etc.)
• Holds a full driving license
• Professional and confidential in all aspects of the role

Professional experience

• 4+ years’ engineering-related experience
• Strong aircraft interior cabin product knowledge

Key Relationships & Interaction

Internal Relationships & Interactions:

• Excellent inter departmental communication skills
• Works ethically and with complete integrity

External Relationships & Interactions:

• Excellent customer and supplier communication skills.

Other material requirements, such as working arrangements, travel requirements

Base location will be the Bournemouth facility but remain flexible and willing to travel if required to all company and supplier locations.

Please note; numerous positions at AVIC Cabin Systems UK LTD are governed by security and export control regulations. These rules indicate that elements such as your nationality/any prior nationalities you may have held, and your birthplace can influence the positions you are qualified to undertake within the organisation. All candidates must at least meet the baseline personnel security standard. Additionally, certain roles demand elevated levels of National security vetting.

ACS is an equal opportunities employer.