Lead F&DT Engineer, Outer Wing Repair (AP)

Lead F&DT Engineer, Outer Wing Repair (AP)

Location: Bristol , Avon Salary: Unspecified Date posted: 24/05/2012 18:02 Job type:Permanent Company: EADS Contact: Sorry, no contact available Ref: Totaljobs/EADS_84544_EN Job ID: 53672725

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Lead F&DT Engineer, Outer Wing Repair (AP)

Assignment / Location: Airbus Filton
Target group: Professional staff - engineer
Functional Area / Specilalities: ENGINEERING / Structures, mechanical & dynamic systems
Work Contract Type: Permanent contract

Working Time: Full time
Education:

Airbus, an EADS Company headquartered in Toulouse, France, is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats.

We have a constant requirement for professional Engineers at all levels within the disciplines of Design, Analysis and Integration both at Systems and Component level. We would invite you to visit our website: www.airbus.com/work.

Airbus in the UK is responsible for the design, manufacture and assembly of all wings for the Airbus family of aircraft. Airbus in the UK has a workforce of around 12,000 people based at two sites; Broughton in Flintshire, North Wales and Filton in Bristol. Broughton has 6,500 employees and at Filton there are 5,500. More than 400 UK companies supply to Airbus and 100,000 jobs in the UK are secured by Airbus work.

Lead F&DT Engineer, Outer Wing Repair (AP)
Reference Code: 10154824 S EN TJ 4

Description of the job
As Lead Fatigue & Damage Tolerance (F&DT) Engineer your primary roles will be to approve repair justifications and manage technically a small Daily Repairs Team of engineers of varying experience. In addition you will be responsible for the personal performance and development of individuals within the team. You will also be expected to contribute to the continuing development of the F&DT processes used for repairs and to support the development of generic repair solutions.

Your skills
You will require an in-depth knowledge of fatigue and damage tolerance principles and their application within an aircraft structural repair environment. The position requires signatory status at approval level; where this is not the case the candidate will have the experience and capability to attain this within a short period.

A robust knowledge and understanding of certification documentation and maintenance procedures is highly desirable. You will be performing and reviewing fatigue, crack growth and residual strength analyses of metallic repair solutions and will ideally have a working knowledge of Airbus policies, methods, data, and tools to ensure that all repairs conform to the relevant airworthiness requirements. Increasingly, the role will include the F&DT assessment of repairs to composite structures.

You will be expected to fully understand the nature of any repair and, through discussion with the Chief of Fatigue and liaison with the Static Stress and Design engineers within the repairs team, ensure that the F&DT analyses performed are appropriate and that all relevant implications of the repair have been considered.

Competence with PC based programs is a requirement and experience with mainframe computer systems would be of significant benefit.

As Lead F&DT Engineer you will be expected to work in an independent and proactive manner, offering constructive input to any repair situation. Additionally, you will be expected to support the repairs department in more global initiatives such as LEAN, and to ensure the continued advancement of the department to the benefit of the business. The role may include a transnational element, supporting the Airbus Repairs Knowledge Centre. You will have good communication skills, be a team player with a high regard for internal and external customers, and have an ability to deliver to tight timescales.

Work Experience
Mid-career (5+ to 10 years of experience)

Start Date (earliest)
2012-07-02

Contact
Applications should be made via the EADS website. All applications are to be made on-line no later than the closing date.

NB: all roles within the EADS group are advertised for a minimum of two weeks to ensure maximum visibility to potential candidates. However, if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

We are working towards providing equal opportunities and becoming a benchmark diversity employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

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For internal use only: this position has been banded AP Level.

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