Aerospace Structural Repair Design Engineer
Ministry of Defence
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 4th November 2024
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The MOD needs an experienced aerospace design engineer to work within a small civilian design team at Royal Air Force Wittering. The work is varied, and you could find yourself working on the design of repair schemes or modifications for aircraft as diverse as the P-8A Poseidon, Typhoon, the Hawk Trainer, or the historic aircraft of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
You will work 37 hours per week as part of our flexible and hybrid working schemes. You may also be eligible to apply for compressed working hours.
If you would like to find out more, please contact the Design Team Leader via the job contact or go ahead and apply on the CS Jobs website.
Job description
Person specification
The required skills are as follows:
Essential Criteria:
1. You will have either:
- A minimum of three years’ experience as an aerospace design engineer in aircraft structural repair, modification or stress analysis with the necessary computer aided design skills or;
- A minimum of three years’ experience in aircraft repair or modification installation with the necessary computer aided design skills or;
- Be an aerospace graduate engineer with experience in aerospace repair or structural modification design or aircraft stress analysis with the necessary computer aided design skills.
- Candidates with less than 3 years aerospace design experience combined with other engineering design experience, along with strong transferable skills such as extensive experience in CAD systems such as Autodesk Inventor, stress analysis, finite element analysis or design for additive manufacture will be considered.
2. Experience of Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor with the ability to produce detail drawings to meet the requirements of BS 8888. Experience will be verified by CAD assessment following the interview.
3. An understanding of aircraft structural loads, materials and structural failure.
Desirble Criteria (Not Essential):
- Experience in either a DAOS approved or EASA Part 21(J) Design Organisation.
- Experience of aircraft stress analysis in relation to aircraft structural repairs or modifications.
- Experience of aircraft composite repair design.
- Experience in the use of 3D scanning software and printing.
- An understanding of military and civil airworthiness requirements.
- Understanding of aircraft document set and air system document set.
- Experience of finite element analysis tools such as FEMAP or Nastran/Patran.
- Microsoft office skills.
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Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Computer Aided Design. Ref: Aerospace Engineer Functional Competence 2.1.
- Loads, Materials & Failure. Ref: Aerospace Engineer Functional Competence 2.1.
- Design & Analysis. Ref: Aerospace Engineer Functional Competence 2.1.
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- Market skills allowance of £3000 for new starters increasing to £5000 when authorised as a design check signatory.
- Use of on-site gym and canteen.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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Selection process details
Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count: 1250)
At sift and interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Technical Skills:
- Computer Aided Design. Ref: Aerospace Engineer Functional Competence 2.1.
- Loads, Materials & Failure. Ref: Aerospace Engineer Functional Competence 2.1.
- Design & Analysis. Ref: Aerospace Engineer Functional Competence 2.1.
The Technical Competence - Framework can be found within the attached files named Engineering Aerospace.
At interview, CAD skills will also be assessed. The CAD test is used to verify the candidates experience of part modelling, assembly and extracting 2 drawings in Autodesk Inventor.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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Job contact :
- Name : Mr Graham Hill Design Team Leader
- Email : graham.hill112@mod.gov.uk
- Telephone : 0300 169 5789
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
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