Principal Engineer Job at March PE UP Full Time

Aerotron Group provides total Aircraft Product Support to the aviation industry, with a strong focus on quality, compliance and traceability.

This role sits within Aerotron Composites (Aerospace & Defence), engineering, manufacturing and repairing composite and metallic components from its Chatteris facility.

*Location*

Aerotron Composites Ltd, Spitfire House, Fenton Way, Chatteris, PE16 6UP.

*Job Purpose:*

To technically lead the Engineering team across multiple projects, from concept phase through to physical delivery of components, assemblies and tooling. To ensure procedures are followed and delivery is to specification, within time, cost and quality constraints. The role will require strong stakeholder management skills and is also customer facing.

*Main Duties and Responsibilities:*

· Ensure the Quality culture is maintained within the department

· Own processes for all Engineering activities

· Create, monitor and develop department processes

· Assist and lead department audit activity

· Lead NCR and CI activities

· Carry out and provide technical competency assessments for department personnel

· Lead technical interactions throughout the business, customers and suppliers

· Be the Production Engineering expert within the business

· Approve manuals, drawings and routings generated within department (and/or delegate as appropriate)

· Develop the technical growth of the department by supporting:

o Apprentices

o Graduates

o Engineers

o Senior Engineers

· Allocate resources in conjunction with the Head of Operations

· Drive high technical standards across the wider business

· Proactively support production and quality staff

*Person Specification:*

* Process and system driven
* Composite technical expert
* Team player
* Highly organised
* Analytical
* Strong communication skills

*Essential Requirements:*

Operated within standards (AS9100 / NADCAP / equivalent)

Understanding of the design and manufacture of aerospace/defence composite components

Technical leadership experience

Customer-facing experience

Programme management experience

*Advantageous Requirements:*

Hands-on composite experience

CAD Skills (Modelling and Drawings) on Catia or similar program

_*Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.*_

_*No agencies please.*_

Benefits:
* Company events
* Company pension
* Free parking
* On-site gym
* On-site parking
* Private medical insurance

Experience:
* AS9100/NADCAP/equivalent: 3 years (required)
* Technical leadership : 4 years (required)

Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person