At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead design improvement projects and collaborate with engineering and operations teams.
- Company: Join a dynamic team in the aerospace industry focused on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience, develop leadership skills, and work in a supportive environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to build relationships across functions and drive meaningful change.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on aircraft design while enhancing your technical and project management skills.
- Qualifications: Design background with strong communication and project management abilities.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Within the Wing Plant Engineering Team (PET) we are looking to recruit a Wide Body Incremental Design Integrator, responsible for supporting the Head Of multi aircrafts Continuous Product Development & Incremental Development. The successful applicant must have a design background, as they will support technical design investigations within the team for improvement projects, and will act as the main interface for the team to the key stakeholders - namely the Operations management teams, and key engineering stakeholders. They will be required to manage the generation of appropriate design improvements with the Operational teams, and will be responsible for managing the delivery of the projects, either via internal resource, or via alternative sources such as engineering offload suppliers.
Whilst this role is technical, the key strength of the successful candidate will be the ability to project manage deliverables, and establish key relationships with management teams. This will enable the individual to communicate to the Operational teams the progress of the projects, provide updates, and manage any changes to the delivery plan accordingly, in a challenging environment. The successful candidate will be a key player in the team and will use and enhance various skills (technical, project management, communication etc.) to help shape the prioritisation and delivery of activities with the team. The role will provide an excellent opportunity for a committed person to further develop their technical and leadership skills in a positive and supportive team environment. They will also develop relationships with functions such as Manufacturing Engineering, to promote a true co-design ethos.
Aspects of the Role
- Tangible Deliverables to Time, Cost and Quality:
- Lead improvement projects and activities through the LBIP process, ensuring the technical solutions are right first time.
- Act as the main interface between Engineering and Operations, ensuring co-design solutions which are suitable for the industrial system whilst maintaining an engineering, and most importantly, a customer perspective.
- Provide proactive product improvements that support modifications to reduce Recurring Costs, Non-Recurring Costs, Disruption and Non-Conformances.
- Support and/or lead initiatives to further enhance team efficiency and effectiveness through application of methods, tools, processes and/or other capability improvements.
- Intangible Aspects:
- Establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
- Be a role model, exemplifying the Values and Leadership Model behaviours and the team charter.
Required Competencies & Abilities:
- Communicate across teams both internally, across the Plant, and where required transnationally, to influence and drive the improvement projects forwards.
- Strong networking skills with the ability to develop their own and the teams networks further.
- A real sense of ownership - owns a problem and finds solutions to give the best possible outcomes.
- Able to find and work with new challenges and find how to bring fresh ideas and concepts to deliver our business needs.
- Proactively drives towards business delivery on multiple fronts with the operational objectives in mind.
- Anticipation mindset, able to identify risks/opportunities and manage them appropriately.
- Motivated and self-driven with the ability to work autonomously when required, whilst being a strong team player.
- Deliver reliably on time, cost and quality whilst embracing change and challenge when appropriate.
Design Integrator in Eccleston employer: Morson Edge
As a leading employer in the aerospace sector, we offer a dynamic and supportive work environment where innovation thrives. Our commitment to employee development is evident through tailored training programmes and opportunities for career progression, allowing you to enhance your technical and leadership skills while working on impactful projects. Located in a collaborative setting, our team culture fosters strong relationships across departments, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued.
