Senior Stress Engineer Static Stress - Technical Specialist - Bristol

Established in 1987 our client is a global engineering company which provides highly engineered products requiring complex manufacturing to most of the world's producers of aircraft and aero engines.
As a group they employ over 40,000 people work in more than 30 countries and are an industrial leader in advanced composite technology
They are a global independent first tier supplier of lightweight metallic and high performance composite structures, components, equipment, and engineering services to a range of prestigious aerospace and defence clients and have expertise in all specialist aerospace manufacturing and design processes.
The scope of services provided to their clients extend from initial concept design, through manufacture to in-service support, and cover a range of customer requirements, from the design of small mechanical components to large complex structural component (the latter typically include aircraft wing and fuselage sections in either metallic or advanced composite materials).

Role purpose

The functional role of Technical Specialist is responsible for the capability of the stress staff within teams of the company's business. This includes developing staff levels and competencies sufficient to support current and future business needs.
Through Technical Leadership the job holder ensures that technical solutions applied in the projects meet all specific project technical requirements regarding weight, strength and performance, ensuring that the conceptual and detail design aspects meet all the requirements, demonstrated via the design review process work in conjunction with Team Leaders and Lead engineers.
Knowledge
The role of requires technical decision-making capability in the given discipline therefore extensive experience in an engineering environment is essential. Therefore previous experience of holding a position of Technical Authority/Approval would be preferred.
Due to the personal development aspects of the role the Technical Specialist must possess demonstrated people and communication skills in order to ensure the design teams meet and support the ongoing needs of the business across a range of products and industries (e.g. aerospace, marine).
Although wider business experience not essential, the role will involve liaison with practically all other business departments on a day-to-day basis at team level.
Responsibilities:
- The key accountability for the Technical Specialist is the Technical Governance of the solutions                      developed within the Project Teams. This is to be achieved through the development and alignment                 of core competencies in a manner that facilitates delivery. As such the Governance is to be                              achieved through the participation in technical reviews where requested by the Team Leader or                        Lead engineer.
-  The Technical Specialist should take the lead in development of the skills of the team members. 
-  Good communication skills and a willingness to pass on knowledge and develop individuals within                    the team are considered key to success.
-                Ability to write methodologies and check that the teams are producing designs that meet                                   requirements is a high priority in this role.
-  The development of key processes and procedures is core to the role. Through the capture of best                  practice within a project and the implementation of LEAN, efficiencies in toolsets, performance and                  methods can be captured and disseminated across the wider engineering business via the                                Technical Specialists Forum.
- The Technical Specialist is required to maintain regular interfaces within the team to ensure                                technical programme requirements are achieved and approved in accordance with                                 Customer/company requirements. 
                Typically these may include:
- Chief Stress Engineer
- Lead Engineer
- Team Leader
- Technical Specialist forum
- Other departmental tech specialists (Design, ME, KBE)

The programme requirements are frequently prepared against inflexible and tight schedules and will thus often require a personal level of flexibility to support the Company and Customer requirements.
The ideal candidate will thus have:
- A degree, HNC or equivalent
- Enthusiasm.
- Strong technical knowledge and governance capability.
- Good technical leadership skills.
- A recognised Expert level knowledge of the department toolset (Mathcad, Nastran/Patran, etc).
- Programme/project management skills.
- Flexible approach to internal and external commitments.
- Customer respect.
- Good organisational skills (personal and inter-personnel).
If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience for this role please apply now or send your CV to jenna.beard@serl.co.uk 
- Jenna Beard Defence & Aerospace Recruitment Consultant 
Please note all candidates will need to be able to obtain Security Clearance to be considered for this vacancy. Therefore you will need to have been a permanent UK resident for the last 5 years and hold a British passport  to be eligible for this role.