Design Approver/Authoriser

Our client has an opportunity for a Design Authoriser and Design Approver to join them on a contract basis until 31^st December 2025, located in Broughton, Flintshire.

Design Authoriser

• 35 hours per week
• 60% onsite as a minimum
• £52 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35

Design Approver

• 35 hours per week
• 60% onsite as a minimum
• £44-£50 per hour Umbrella, inside IR35

What you’ll be doing:

• The job holder is responsible for leading design investigations and formulating technical solutions for a range of tasks, including Modifications to the Type Design, Design / Works Query Notes ‘Flow Modifications’ and nonspecific tasks ensuring that all Design, Airworthiness and safety requirements are met, where appropriate liaising with other functions to ensure a fully integrated design solution.
• The job holder will operate as a lead design engineer with an industry recognised design authorisation signatory and act as a strong focal point in leading and providing guidance on technical issues and governance. There is a clear requirement to lead the structural design process to help ensure an optimised design.
• Strong support is required to drive on-going continuous improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency through methods, process and other capability improvements, where applicable ensuring a robust lesson learnt and feedback process is maintained. Reporting will be required on critical technical issues through functional management and lead technical mentoring for engineering team members.

Requirements:

• Motivated and self-driven with the ability to work autonomously when required, whilst being a strong team player.
• Deliver reliably on time, cost and quality whilst embracing change and challenge when appropriate.
• Anticipation mindset, able to identify risks/opportunities and manage them appropriately
• Understand and synthesise multiple complex activities, simplify and communicate them clearly, on a timely basis, to all stakeholders as needed.
• Innovative mindset, able to think freely with a degree of curiosity to explore new or alternative ideas and approaches.
• Work in an open and trusting environment.
• Understand, nurture and demonstrate resilience.
• Industry recognised design signatory delegation (Design Approval, Design Authorisation)

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please apply immediately!

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