Senior Airworthiness Engineer

Job title: Senior Airworthiness Engineer

Location: Warton / Brough / Prestwick / Hybrid

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: GBP47,683 - GBP52,426 (Commensurate with skills and experience)

What you'll be doing:

• Support the Lines of Business and the Airworthiness and Product Integrity Centre of Expertise in the delivery of the initial airworthiness activities in a professional and timely manner, challenging inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the operation
• Support the Airworthiness Discipline to develop and expand their expertise and influence through supporting internal community of practices and external engagements as appropriate
• Problem solving of Airworthiness issues identified in a timely and professional manner, engaging with Engineering teams and subject matter experts as appropriate. These will generally involve collaborating across a virtual team influencing individuals to deliver

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• A degree in a STEM subject, HNC / HND (or equivalent relevant experience)
• MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint
• SharePoint
• Knowledge / experience in one or more of the following:
  • Engineering Integration
  • Systems Engineering
  • Airframe Engineering
  • Qualification and Certification
  • Airworthiness

Desirable:

• Experience of using DOORS, JIRA and DPDS/EDSRS

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Airworthiness Team:

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a Senior Airworthiness Engineer (Continued Airworthiness), based at Warton, however Brough or Prestwick locations will be considered.

This role is responsible for delivering the Continued Airworthiness activities in a timely, consistent and professional manner across multiple platforms including Hawk, Tornado and Typhoon, and involves the following: -

• Delivery of Investigations (Accident and Defect) in an efficient and timely manner engaging with customers, suppliers, and BAE Systems personnel (pan-functional) providing a clear and concise analysis of the investigation with recommendations for lessons learnt
• Delivery and management of technical instructions post investigation of issues ensuring clear and concise instructions are provided to the operators of the product to re-establish the integrity of the product until such time that a design change can be implemented.
• Deliver the Product Flight Safety Analysis assets on a monthly basis to the appropriate stakeholder community providing potential product integrity hot spot information for the Design Organisation to investigate further

Career progression and development is encouraged within the team and the wider business.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments."

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 24h March 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.