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Aircraft Repair F&DT Engineer

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3 weeks ago
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Are you a Stress Analyst with F&DT experience coupled with the ability to analyse the F&DT requirements of Aircraft Structural Repairs. If so we have a long-term Contract role that may suit your skills and experience.

Working as part of a dynamic and reactive Airbus team you will be responsible for the Fatigue and Damage Tolerance (F&DT) assessment of metallic wing structures. You will ensure adherence to airworthiness regulations, relevant design principles, processes, methods and manufacturing capability guidelines. Your primary role will be to provide Fatigue and Damage Tolerance analysis for the repair/acceptance of damaged aircraft structures, whilst working with Design and Static Stress engineers, within challenging timeframes.

Daily tasks:

Perform Fatigue & Damage Tolerance assessment of repairs using Airbus approved methods and tools.
Create, compile and co-ordinate justification reports and associated engineering documentation required for repair approval.
Ensure all tasks and activities required for Repair Engineering are correctly planned, monitored and executed to achieve customer time scales.
Work in conjunction with the Repair Design and Static Stress Engineers to develop optimum repairs.

About You

An Engineer with an Aerospace Engineering background, with experience of how airframe repairs are developed and justified.
Able to manage multiple priorities to time, cost and quality in a challenging and fast paced environment.

This is a Hybrid role, you will be required to work on-site at Airbus Filton, 60% as a minimum, the Standard hours are 35 per week working 4.5 days per week between 7:00am - 7:00pm as agreed with the department management.

Essential Skills

Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering degree (or equivalent) and relevant engineering experience.
Experience of Fatigue and Damage Tolerance analysis of aircraft structures using a range of hand and computer methods.
Knowledge and experience of using Airbus Fatigue and Damage Tolerance analysis tools and methods (including ISAMI and Mathcad).
Experience of compiling Fatigue and Damage Tolerance justification reports to Airbus standards and ways of working.

Preferred Skills but not essential

Be conversant with technical requirements for repair design.
Working knowledge of Airbus structures.
Delegated signature for structural analysis (or significant development towards).

Candidates must have the Current Right to Work in the UYK (we are not able to provide Sponsorship for this role).

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan

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