Through Life Support (TLS) Engineer - Contractor Inside IR35 6-12Months

Safran Engineering Services; Pitstone; On-site; GBP 74,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite subsidised canteen

Midday Friday finish

Job summary

SAFRAN Engineering Services in Pitstone is seeking a contractor to support engineering investigations and ensure on-time delivery of products and responses to customer technical queries. The role is initially for 6 months, IR35 inside, based full-time onsite at the customer site in Pitstone.

You will lead technical investigations, coordinate with operations and other engineering teams, and ensure quality work while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Mechanical/Automotive/Aeronautical Engineering degree required.
• Recent rotating machinery experience essential.
• Self-sufficient and motivated with strong communication skills.
• Experience with 3D CAD software and MS Office tools.
• Knowledge of electrical machines and materials/production methods.
• Ability to plan work and meet monthly milestones.
• Ability to present technical information to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Act as focal point for engineering investigations supporting on-time delivery and customer technical queries.
• Develop and manage structured investigation action plans to enable quick program decisions.
• Ensure technical quality of work delivered by yourself and others.
• Represent engineering in daily production escalation stand-ups to minimise line stops and provide feedback.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders and coordinate with Configuration Management for changes.
• Support budget forecasting and participate in reliability improvement projects.
• Lead PRs/CRs and permits as required.
• Collaborate with SQA and SRPM in supplier investigations.

Skills

Rotating machinery

Mechanical design

Self-motivated

Clear communication

Pressure management

Time management

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Mechanical/Automotive/Aeronautical Engineering degree

Tools

3D CAD software

MS Office

Electrical machines

Job description

In order to develop and expand the capabilities of SAFRAN Engineering Services in the UK, we are looking for some contractor support to join our growing team at Pitstone. The role is initially for 6m, inside IR35 and based full-time onsite at our customer site in Pitstone. The role may then become fixed term or permanently employed.

You will be the focal point for any technical Engineering investigation support requirements to support on time delivery of product / customer technical queries

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• To be the focal for engineering to operations and product support within SEP to maintain status and priority information so that stakeholders have a clear vision of engineering activities relevant to them
• To make sure engineering investigation action plans are well structured, managed and substantiated to enable clear and quick program decisions to be made to avoid line stops
• Accountable for the technical quality of the work delivered by themselves and other less senior or external engineers assigned to them to support their work
• Will represent the engineering function at daily production escalation stand-up meetings (module QRQC) to provide proactive engineering support and engineering action feedback to minimise line stops
• Build & maintain good working relationship between all key stakeholders and Engineering function to allow effective and efficient communication
• To maintain close alignment with the Configuration Management team and participate in the required change management board reviews to make sure in-service product modifications are properly addressed and controlled
• Provide engineering input to budget forecasting activities as needed to support accurate budget forecasting
• Depending of the paretos, run/lead projects to improve reliability and FTPR
• Support SQA and SRPM in supplier investigation for design issue
• Ensure the Local Bond MRB is supported and QNs actioned in timely manner
• Lead and complete PRs/ CRS and Permits in a timely manner

Requirements

• A Mechanical, Automotive or Aeronautical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
• Must have recent rotating machinery experience
• Must have a mechanical design background/understanding
• Must be self-sufficient and largely self-motivated
• Ability to communicate clearly through written and verbal means to all levels of staff e.g. direct reports, interact with other Engineering teams and the external customer
• Ability to work under pressure to meet program deadlines
• Extensive Design experience esp. rotating equipment, shaft, bearings seals, structures etc
• Experienced state of the art 3D CAD software
• Good working knowledge of MS Software i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project
• Knowledge of electrical machines
• Must have an understanding of engineering materials and production methods relevant to them
• Must be able to produce designs with consideration of design to cost, and ease of manufacture and assembly
• Good time management, proactive with an ability to prioritise
• Must have the ability to plan work efficiently to meet agreed monthly milestone tasks
• Must be able to produce and deliver technical presentations to employees and customers at any level
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management at all levels internally and externally

Benefits

• Onsite subsidised canteen
• midday Friday finish