Gas Turbine Design Engineer

Jonathan Lee Recruitment
St161Gy, ST16 1GY, United Kingdom
Last month
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Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
27 Apr 2026 (Last month)

Benefits

Highly competitive salary Extensive benefits

Gas Turbine Design Engineer

Aerospace

A Gas Turbine Design Engineer is required to join an engineering team who are working on the design and development of light helicopters for the global market. The company design, develop and manufacture their products in the UK.

With extensive financial backing and a growing order book they are seeking to grow their engineering team and require Gas Turbine Design Engineers to join their team. The Gas Turbine Design Engineer will drive current and future gas turbine engine programmes forward, working with an engineering team to develop mechanical design schemes and detailed designs of Gas Turbine parts and assemblies .

What's in it for you?

  • An excellent opportunity to work on highly innovative projects using your skills and experience to deliver iconic aircraft to the global market
  • Exciting opportunity to work for a pioneering British owned company and share in their growing success as a fast-growing organisation
  • Work within a smaller engineering team where outstanding performance is recognised & rewarded
  • Highly competitive salary with extensive benefits

As Gas Turbine Design Engineer - you will be required to;

  • Develop mechanical design schemes and detailed designs of Gas Turbine parts and assemblies .
  • Develop rotating and stationary components.
  • Develop cast, fabricated and machined parts and assemblies.
  • Develop schemes for controlling tolerance stacks and critical fits and clearances.
  • Creating high quality 3D CAD models of engine parts and assemblies.
  • Work with the production team to ensure parts and assemblies are robustly optimised for efficient manufacture.
  • Creating high quality technical drawings & documentation.

As Gas Turbine Design Engineer - you will have;

  • BSc/BEng in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or HNC/HDC with equivalent experience)
  • Proficient in modelling parts & assemblies in 3D CAD (ideally, but not essential CREO, training provided)
  • Proficient in producing detailed manufacturing drawings.
  • Experience with a PLM system (ideally Windchill, training provided)
  • Experience with typical gas turbine materials, processes and practices.
  • Experience with small gas turbine engines is considered a major advantage.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
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