Lead Stress Engineer

Lead Stress Engineer

Location: Bristol , Avon Salary: Unspecified Date posted: 07/06/2012 18:02 Job type:Permanent Company: EADS Contact: Sorry, no contact available Ref: Totaljobs/EADS_80528_EN Job ID: 53683722

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EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2011, the Group - comprising Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter - generated revenues of 49.1 billion and employed a workforce of over 133,000.

Lead Stress Engineer

Assignment / Location: Airbus Filton
Target group: Professional staff - engineer
Functional Area / Specilalities: ENGINEERING / Materials y Processes
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.

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 Stress Engineer
Reference Code: 10161566 S EN TJ 2

Description of the job
The Wing & Pylon CoE - Engineering (TWE), require a number of Lead Stress Engineers to work across programmes to support the required ramp up of the A350 XWB Programme.

Tasks
As the successful candidate, you will be responsible for the following:

- Either directly, or via team, carry out static stress calculations to assess design solutions for a whole range of tasks, ranging from concept design to manufacturing Concessions against the Aircraft Design requirements
- Liaise with other functions and project to ensure stress requirements are fully integrated
- Operate as an approval signatory for stress
- Assist in the structural design process to help ensure optimised design quality
- Resolve critical technical issues through functional management
- Ensure methods and processes are followed and support on-going continuous improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency through methods, process and other capability improvements
- Provide technical leadership and approval for team members, new participants; supply base and other sub-contracted work
- Liaise with fatigue and damage tolerance to ensure requirements are met
- When required, undertake appropriate, associated project management tasks.

Your skills
As the successful candidate, you should be able to demonstrate the following characteristics:

- Substantial experience working as a stress engineer involved in the analysis of structures using a broad range of standard hand and computer methods
- Knowledge of composite materials would be of benefit.
- The ability to rapidly and confidently assess structural problems under pressure and to provide the appropriate direction and guidance to team members
- The ability to develop and coach less experienced stress engineers
- Aeronautical Engineering degree, Chartered Engineer or equivalent
- Signatory Level or capability within 3 months
- Excellent communication skills, including both verbal and written English
- A pro-active approach to problem solving and the ability to demonstrate good leadership skills.

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.

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