Lead F&DT Engineers - Southampton (JCO-104517)

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Lead F&DT Engineers
Southampton, Hampshire, England

**PLEASE NOTE: Successful applicants are required to apply and personally fund an online Disclosure Scotland Basic check and should successfully complete a baseline security clearance process prior to commencing the contract.

Our client designs and manufactures aerostructures for both the civil and military aerospace markets.

This role will form part of a team of 6 people working on Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Analysis primarily focussed on the Airbus A350 wing trailing edge program. This is an exciting opportunity to develop leadership skills, while working on hands on analysis work on a major new aircraft program.
Carry out spectrum development fatigue and crack growth analysis including residual strength calculations for a range of metallic and composite aircraft structures.
Able to assess aircraft structural problems.
Interface with major customers as well as suppliers to gather technical information, communicate key actions and information and present progress reports.
Interpret engineering drawings and contribute in the development of optimum design solutions.
Mentor and share knowledge with graduate engineer.
Produce clear and concise stress reports from initial scheming to certification standards.
You will have a mechanical or aerospace engineering degree or qualified to an equivalent level.
Experience in FandDT analysis of aircraft structures.
Experience in using Nastran and Patran and the Airbus software ISAMI.
Experience of carrying out stress analysis using hand calculations.
Possesses a good understanding of load paths and fundamental static analysis methods.
Possesses a sound knowledge of aircraft structures and the process for designing aircraft structures.
Excellent communication skills including the ability to present to customers and senior leaders.
Experience with Airbus Stress Dossiers and their reporting processes
Experience of using Unix, Visual Basic and other specialist FandDT software
Full security clearance is preferred, though not essential

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.