Senior Project Engineer - MRB (Nightshift)

Prestwick Aerosystems; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Contributory pension

Share options

36 hour week

Flexible working

Job summary

Airbus Belfast Limited is seeking an experienced Lead Design Engineer to direct technical design activities for Structures and Systems Installation, reporting to the Design Engineering Department. The role involves night-shift MRB design support and leading staff within an integrated design team to meet design authority requirements.

You will direct activity for staff on night shift, ensuring lessons learned are captured and applied to procedures and deliverables, while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Minimum a BSc/BEng in an engineering field with at least 3 years' design engineering experience including management.
• Alternatively, 5+ years' design engineering experience with management responsibilities.
• Proven ability to engage with senior leadership, customers, suppliers and Certification Authorities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong organisational and communication skills with strategic vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead and line-manage a team of design engineers across programs, driving end-to-end delivery.
• Ensure all commitments are met on schedule and within budget, with regulatory compliance.
• Provide authoritative technical guidance across departments, optimise design-to-manufacturing workflow.
• Conduct feasibility studies to evaluate technical viability and identify new aerospace opportunities.

Skills

Aircraft structures

Aircraft systems

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Project management

Education

BSc/BEng in relevant engineering field

Job description

Job Description

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)

LOCATION: Belfast

GRADE: L3

TYPE: Full time Nightshift

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options
• Work / Life Balance: 36 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, flexible working

Airbus Belfast is seeking an experienced Lead Design Engineer to direct technical design engineering activities for Structures and Systems Installation. Reporting within our Design Engineering Department, you will play a critical role in providing leadership and technical authority, with dedicated responsibility for night-shift Material Review Board (MRB) design support. A key feature of the job is cultivating and maturing skills and experience within the Design Engineering Department. This will include taking action to ensure that lessons learned are embodied into updated procedures and/or deliverables. Particular emphasis will be on ensuring that the design of the product meets the applicable design requirements laid down by the design authority and the successful candidates will direct the activities of staff within the integrated product design team to ensure that this goal is met. Provide coverage on nightshift for all MRB related Design activities.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

Directly lead and line manage a team of design engineers, driving end-to-end team management, skill development, and cross-functional coordination with internal departments, senior specialists, customers, and suppliers. Serve as the functional engineering lead for designated programs or projects, ensuring all commitments are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in full compliance with customer specifications and regulatory requirements. Maintain deep design engineering expertise to provide authoritative technical advice across user departments, optimizing the design-to-manufacturing workflow and solving complex engineering challenges with innovative approaches. Conduct comprehensive project feasibility studies to evaluate technical viability, guide extensions to existing programs, and identify new aerospace engineering opportunities.

ABOUT YOU

Essential criteria

The position requires a comprehensive combination of applied and theoretical knowledge of aircraft structures and systems or, a specialist area within design engineering. It also requires thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the applicable regulatory requirements, analysis methods, testing procedures and engineering processes. Such understanding will have been gained by way of considerable experience and therefore candidates must:

• Possess a minimum of a BSc/BEng degree together with a minimum of 3 years' relevant design engineering experience to include management/project management responsibility.
• OR Have lesser qualifications with a minimum of 5 years' relevant design engineering experience to include management/project management responsibility.
• Demonstrate a proven track record of engaging, influencing, and collaborating with senior leadership, customers, suppliers and Certification Authorities.
• Demonstrate capability in leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams of engineers, fostering operational resilience, maintaining high morale, and driving strategic execution through periods of organisational change and growth.
• Demonstrate organisational command and high-impact communication skills, with the personal drive and strategic vision required to present complex engineering concepts clearly and steer multi-faceted engineering operations.

Desirable criteria

• Candidates should preferably be members of a professional engineering institution.
• 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.

Please note: These are fully on-site roles operating on a permanent night shift pattern; submitting your application confirms your availability and commitment to this schedule.

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.

Closing date: 9th October 2026

Please note that meeting the mandatory criteria listed above guarantees consideration for the role, but does not ensure progression to the interview stage. In the event of a high volume of qualified applications, the selection panel reserves the right to shortlist and progress candidates who additionally meet one or more of the preferential (desirable) criteria.

ABOUT US

Join Airbus Belfast - Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace for a Safe and United World

As a premier centre of excellence for advanced aerostructures, our Belfast team drives the complete wing lifecycle - from concept design to in-service support - for the world’s leading aerospace manufacturer. To support major multi-million-pound site investments and expanding operations, we are recruiting talented engineers to scale world-class aerospace innovation into the future.

What We Do

Global A220 Wing Nerve Center

Our specialist engineering teams drive the continuous design and technical development of the advanced composite A220 wing. With over 1,100 firm orders from 30+ global customers and 500+ aircraft flying across 25 international operators, Belfast is accelerating production ramp-ups to meet record global demand.

By leveraging cutting-edge digital tools, advanced composite materials and automated manufacturing processes, our engineers are actively advancing performance, passenger experience and structural capabilities for the world's most popular single-aisle aircraft in its class.

Iconic Commercial Programmes

Our expertise spans the entire Airbus commercial family, delivering critical innovations from the record-breaking A350-1000 fuel tank integration that enabled the longest flight in history, to the primary structural backbone for the A350F- the world's most eco-efficient cargo aircraft.

Shape the Future of Flight

To fuel our long-term growth, we are expanding our engineering team in Belfast and seeking specialists across key disciplines, including structural design, stress analysis, aircraft integration and materials & processes.

If you are ready to work with cutting-edge technologies and define the next generation of aerospace, apply today. In Belfast, we make it fly!

HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request. Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.

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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 Belfast Limited Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Programme & Project Management

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