Weights Engineer

We are hiring for a Mass Property Engineer to work on site in Warton.

Salary: £47,683-£52,426 – depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Defining and carrying out engineering tasks within your span of responsibility for you and any subordinate staff under your control
• Agreeing your work plan with your line manager and applying the most efficient engineering methods available
• Ensuring the technical content of your work and also that of subordinate staff, including deliverables, is acceptable to your line manager
• Ensuring effective interactions with your team, customers, and others, to promote the best interests of the team, department and company
• Providing efficiency and effectiveness suggestions for the development of Weights Engineering toolsets and processes within the discipline capability development framework
Your skills and experiences:
• Comprehensive knowledge of aircraft structure and systems Weights Engineering processes and methods, including early lifecycle weight, centre of gravity and inertia property assessment, and the management of weight targets
• Degree/HND/HNC in a STEM subject or equivalent professional qualifications in terms of formal education
• Relevant experience working within a Weights Engineering, Structural Engineering or Airframe related discipline
• Previous experience of managing staff would be advantageous

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 Mass Property Engineering Team:

Join our team and work at the forefront of aerospace technology. In this role, you’ll work within a dynamic multidisciplinary airframe team alongside designers, aerodynamicists, materials specialists, manufacturing engineers, and structures engineers, ensuring the optimal performance and efficiency of cutting-edge aircraft.

We offer you the opportunity to contribute to ground-breaking projects that push the boundaries of innovation and technology.

Here, you’ll support and manage work plans, collaborate on pioneering designs, and influence the future of aviation.