Wing Lead Design Engineer

MERITUS are recruiting for a Wing Lead Design Engineer to join our client in Filton on an initial 9 month contract to work within the Aerospace industry. PLEASE NOTE - This is an Hybrid role with 3 days a week expected on site in Filton.

WING LEAD DESIGN ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £50 PER HOUR - 9 MONTHS - HYBRID - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

Responsibilities

Ensure the structural design meets programme airworthiness and product requirements and in line with cascaded Design Quality Assurance Criteria
Define, deliver and enable technical studies, trades and investigations to ensure the delivery of technical solutions in accordance to relevant Design methods and procedures
Support identification, management and delivery of change through Mod opening, DFM release and Stage 3 Closure of Mods on time, to cost and quality
Provide design leadership of Internal and External designers within the team and ownership of Lean Engineering improvements, in particular 'Right First Time', and Lead Time Reduction. This will be key to demonstrating design requirements within the program constraints
Ensure effective organization and governance of design & maturity reviews in line with polices, processes and practices Skill set

Leading a Design or project team
Leading complex or multi value projects
Achieving delivery to Time, Cost and Quality
Finding creative solutions to complex problems
Risk management and taking calculated risks
Able to make or influence decisions in a complex network of stakeholders and customers enabling right first time delivery, achieving all the planned and agreed milestones
Integrate with and influence technical experts and specialists to achieve optimum technical and business solutions
Have a strong track record of maturing new technologies, Implementing Design to cost projects, and initiating strategic technology projects
Knowledge and experience of design toolsets i.e. CATIA V5, ICC, Zamiz, ECM, Solings & PASS
Design Approval/Authorisation Signatory is essential