Through Life Support in Pitstone

In order to develop and expand the capabilities of SAFRAN Engineering Services in the UK, we are looking for some contractor support to join our growing team at Pitstone. The role is initially for 6 months, inside IR35 and based onsite. You will be the focal point for any technical Engineering investigation support requirements to support on-time delivery of product/customer technical queries.

Key responsibilities & duties:

• Be the focal for engineering to operations and product support within SEP to maintain status and priority information so that stakeholders have a clear vision of engineering activities relevant to them.
• Ensure engineering investigation action plans are well structured, managed and substantiated to enable clear and quick program decisions to avoid line stops.
• Accountable for the technical quality of the work delivered by themselves and other less senior or external engineers assigned to them to support their work.
• Represent the engineering function at daily production escalation stand-up meetings (module QRQC) to provide proactive engineering support and engineering action feedback to minimise line stops.
• Build & maintain good working relationships between all key stakeholders and the Engineering function to allow effective and efficient communication.
• Maintain close alignment with the Configuration Management team and participate in the required change management board reviews to ensure in-service product modifications are properly addressed and controlled.
• Provide engineering input to budget forecasting activities as needed to support accurate budget forecasting.
• Depending on the paretos, run/lead projects to improve reliability and FTPR.
• Support SQA and SRPM in supplier investigation for design issues.
• Ensure the Local Bond MRB is supported and QNs actioned in a timely manner.
• Lead and complete PRs/CRS and Permits in a timely manner.

Requirements:

• A Mechanical, Automotive or Aeronautical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
• Must be self-sufficient and largely self-motivated.
• Ability to communicate clearly through written and verbal means to all levels of staff e.g. direct reports, interact with other Engineering teams and the external customer.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet program deadlines.
• Extensive design experience, especially with rotating equipment, shafts, bearings, seals, structures, etc.
• Experienced with state-of-the-art 3D CAD software.
• Good working knowledge of MS Software i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project.
• Knowledge of electrical machines.
• Must have an understanding of engineering materials and production methods relevant to them.
• Must be able to produce designs with consideration of design to cost, and ease of manufacture and assembly.
• Good time management, proactive with an ability to prioritise.
• Must have the ability to plan work efficiently to meet agreed monthly milestone tasks.
• Must be able to produce and deliver technical presentations to employees and customers at any level.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management at all levels internally and externally.

Benefits:

• Onsite subsidised canteen.
• Midday Friday finish.