Stress Engineer (Intermediate) (2744401)

Job Title: Stress Repair Engineer
Location: Filton, UK.
Work Type: Contract / Freelance
Rate: £42.94/Hr
Duration: ASAP – 12 Months +
 
Our client is a global pioneer in the aerospace industry, operating in the commercial aircraft, helicopters, defence and space sectors, leading the designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a worldwide scale.

Working as part of a dynamic and reactive team you will be responsible for analysis and validation of metallic and composite structures for static and fatigue strength to support structural repairs according to validated methods. You will ensure adherence to airworthiness regulations, relevant design principles, processes, methods and manufacturing capabilities guidelines.

Your primary role will be to provide stress analysis for the repair/acceptance of damaged aircraft structures in addition to performing monitoring/guidance and support to sub-contract suppliers providing structural analysis work.
 
What you will be doing:

• Ensure all tasks and activities required for Repair Engineering are correctly planned, monitored and executed to achieve customer time scales.
• With good customer skills, provide responses for repairs queries, giving advice and guidance on repair matters as required within Customer Support processes and procedures.
• Create, compile and co-ordinate engineering documentation to achieve valid technical data for repairs.
• In conjunction with the Repair Design and F&DT Engineers, be a member of an integrated engineering team, ensuring its strategy, policy and direction is maintained.

Essential Skills

• Minimum HNC/HND qualification and relevant engineering experience.
• Static analysis of aircraft structures using a range of hand and computer methods.
• An understanding of the fundamental method of static stress analysis and an ability to develop these methods
• Ability to liaise/negotiate with Design, Customer Services and suppliers.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent PC skills.
• Be conversant with technical requirements for repair design.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into operational deliverables.

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of all Airbus Structures would be a benefit
• Some knowledge of the application of FE analysis
• Stress Engineering background, Aircraft preferred.
• Already holding stress approvals.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability