Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for an Mechanical Engineer to join our team at our Bishops Cleeve site.
Ontic is a more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.
The Role:
As a Mechanical Engineer, you will provide technical support across the full product lifecycle, ensuring product integrity, compliance, and performance within a highly regulated aerospace environment.
You'll work closely with internal stakeholders and external customers to maintain design conformance, support engineering changes, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
* Provide mechanical engineering support across products from NPI through to retirement
* Review and adhere to technical documentation to ensure design conformance
* Assess alternative materials in response to obsolescence or regulatory changes
* Implement engineering changes via Engineering Change Notice processes
* Support redesign activities, ensuring technical, quality, cost and time objectives are achieved
* Conduct root cause investigations and deliver corrective actions
* Produce high-quality engineering documentation and reports
About You:
You are a technically capable Mechanical Engineer with experience working in a design or manufacturing environment — ideally within aerospace or another regulated industry.
* A degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
* Experience in a Mechanical Engineering or Technical Support role
* Ability to interpret technical drawings and understand original design intent
* Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
* CAD proficiency (SolidWorks & Windchill preferred)
* Understanding of GD&T, tolerance analysis and quality-critical design principles
* Knowledge of engineering materials and manufacturing processes (castings, fabrications, mouldings etc.)
* Experience conducting engineering calculations
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience in design evaluation or NPI would be advantageous.
Benefits:
At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.
Our benefits package highlights include:
* Up to 29 days annual leave + bank holidays
* 10 hours paid volunteering time
* Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Discounts and offers from a range of retailers
Best place to work
We are more than the sum of our parts. And we've been recognised internally and externally for being so:
* We were ranked #9 in Best Companies' Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
* 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic
We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us