Overview
Team Leader - Stress
Salary from; £49,047
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the France, and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
The Opportunity
Spirit AeroSystems – where flight begins.
Spirit AeroSystems is actively developing technologies that will enable zero carbon emission flight. As our research in this field expands, we are growing the Prestwick team based at our state-of-the-art research and technology development facility, the Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC). The AIC showcases Spirit’s distinctive capabilities as a global centre for design and digital manufacturing of current and future aircraft. Partnering with Universities, industry leaders, and the UK’s CATAPULT network the AIC is a focal point to collaborate, innovate, train and develop skills for today and tomorrow. Spirit is developing structures and systems technologies to enable our industries transition to net zero emissions.
This exciting opportunity requires candidates to work in an agile, diverse and fast paced environment developing cutting edge technologies for aerostructures and future fuels integration. The successful candidate will deliver expert structural analysis leadership and integrate across our design, R&D, systems, and test teams in a rapid design, build and test environment. R&D areas of focus include metallics, composites, future fuels storage and integration, digital factory & harnessing new developments in IT. Diversity and inclusion are key to innovation. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in the industry.
Role Purpose
The role provides the technical oversight for the design to ensure that the stress aspects of major design/build packages are compliant with all specified technical requirements.
This opportunity, based at our Prestwick campus, offers:
1. 37 hour working week (half day Friday).
2. 33 days holiday per year, rising with service.
3. Annual Bonus related to company performance.
4. Defined contribution pension scheme (default contributions; 4% employee and 8% employer).
5. Virtual GP Service 365 days per year.
6. Employee Assistance Program.
7. A wide range of flexible benefits.
8. Death in service payment (default 4 times basic salary).
9. Cycle To Work Scheme.
10. Professional development and growth.
11. A collaborative, dynamic working environment.
Responsibilities
12. The delivery of completed & approved documentation to customers on time and on cost. · To ensure the structural integrity of all projects.
13. Adherence to all Type Approvals and requirements.
14. Adherence to all governing bodies (CAA. EASA, FAA).
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
15. Supervises the work of engineers and contractors to fulfil customer expectations
16. Plans and organises training to ensure engineers are appropriately skilled to carry out their responsibilities
17. Reviews and approves the analysis of engineers, ensuring customer requirements, safety and environmental standards are met
18. Ensures work programmes are delivered within budgets and deadlines and in line with customer requirements
19. Develops and specifies analysis methods to be used by the team
20. To define with the Customer the structural analysis requirements and agree means of compliance
21. Prepares resource schedules and defines packages to be off loaded
22. Defines and structures project requirements for work packages
23. Plans and agrees with the customer, work sequences and timescales and develops project programmes
24. Monitors the execution of key projects and contracts to ensure plans and timetables are met
25. Ensures purchase requisitions are in place to undertake the project
26. Assesses and selects sub-contract staff
27. Signatory approval holder
28. Project Management skills essential
29. Degree qualified in relevant Engineering Discipline
Decision Making Authority
30. Approves others work to ensure Company, Customer and Regulatory requirements are met.
31. Identifies and implements methods and techniques to be used within own particular work area.
We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented team members with the skills and passion to become the best at what they do.
Closing Date; Monday, 9th June at 12pm
External applicants should be aware that as part of our pre-employment checks, preferred candidates must complete:1) Right to Work in the UK check2) Employment Reference check 3) Disclosure Scotland check4) Pre employment MedicalSpirit will facilitate these checks via our chosen service provider.
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.