LANDING GEAR STRUCTURES ANALYSIS ENGINEER (IN-SERVICE)
| Employment Type | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Location | Somerset , Bristol |
| Industry Sector | Mechanical |
| Start Date | N/A |
| Salary/Rate | £excellent package |
| Reference | J4899 |
| Date Advertised | 11-08-2008 - 17:07 |
Description
Work as part of a team of engineers responsible for the structural integrity of landing gears and associated equipment specifically for inservice A/C.
This requires ensuring that Airworthiness and company requirements are met through direction of landing gear suppliers and in house teams.
Provide technical assessment and approval ensuring that all structural analysis aspects of landing gear design are to the appropriate quality, and consistent across suppliers.
Assess & approve structural certification deliverables including presentation to Airworthiness Authorities as necessary.
Responsible for issuing structural specification requirements for landing gear & equipment
Responsible for creating and (part) approving of structural design & certification policies for the LG Structures Certification Focal Point.
Technical responsibility for guaranteeing quality of work of specific team and suppliers by providing technical approval & authorisation signatory
Decisions on resource recruitment, allocation and requirements to support specific programmes.
Derive structures technical solutions to in-service problems.
Up to 6 reporting staff including Sub-contract
Responsible for the delivery and standard/quality of work of engineers in LG and equipment supply base, including exposure to commercial aspects, negotiating needs & priorities
Technical Authority to specify additional structural tests for certification and maturity as required
Balancing company needs in complicated supplier relationships involving contractual requirements, incident liabilities and airworthiness aspects.
Justification of continued airworthiness after in-service incidents or test findings using full extent of regulations (temporary justifications etc.)
Balancing safety, maturity, cost and performance (e.g. weight) of structural aspects of design solutions
Balancing programme needs in environment of limited budget and resource
