Design Skill Team Leader

Job content

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Design Skill Team Leader to join the Wing Engineering team at the Airbus Broughton site.

You would be joining a highly motivated team of Engineers focused on constantly challenging the current design and conventional thinking in order to maximise profitability whilst ensuring the quality is not degraded.

Tasks & Accountabilities

• Leadership and people development - You will support the functional development of the design engineers within the team and ensure development opportunities are progressed
• Leadership and day to day support to the team:
• Technical progression of individuals aligned to their development plan and deployed placement requirements
• Ensure wellbeing is embraced and a #weareone culture is fostered
• Monitor goals and objectives to support the team in people rotations whilst supporting the demands of the programme
• Stakeholder management for example with sub-contract work and Offload suppliers (E2S & NEEC) and ensuring all design work is of appropriate technical content and quality
• 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
• Support relevant cross functional working and integration to achieve a ‘Right First Time’ delivery achieving all the planned and agreed milestones.
• 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
• Sponsor development of new technologies and apply new technologies and processes and ensure best practice and lessons learnt from other products / sections are captured and deployed
• Ensure effective organisation and governance of design and maturity reviews in line with Airbus polices, processes and practices
• Produce reports and presentations conveying required messages to Chief Engineers, Airworthiness, Senior IAW and programme
  
  

Skills & Experience

• Ability to interpret and set strategy, vision and navigate the Engineering community and the cross programme business environment
• You have proven track record of :
• 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
• You will 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, Optegra & PASS.
• Proficient in developing IT solutions associated with engineering activities i.e. Python, Macros, Matlab etc.)
  
  

What Airbus Can Offer You

• A competitive salary with annual profit share
• An ever growing list of company benefits including enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Very strong, very real career development options across our transnational, market leading company.
• A working pattern of 2 to 3 days per week in the office and 2 to 3 days remotely
• Flexible hours - 35 per week with no core hours on Friday afternoons!
  
  

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Please let us know if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with the Recruitment Business Partner who gets in touch if you are invited to interview. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company

Airbus Operations Limited

Contract Type

Permanent Contract / CDI / Unbefristet / Contrato indefinido

Experience Level

Professional / Expérimenté(e) / Professionell / Profesional

Job Family

Structure Design & Integration

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.