Directeur de l’ingénierie​/Directrice de l’ingénierie

Lead the engineering function supporting aerospace manufacturing, with responsibility for manufacturing process development, industrialisation, optimisation, tooling, CNC programming, and production readiness.

• Lead multidisciplinary teams including process engineers, CNC programmers, technical SMEs, and tooling engineers.
• Develop and optimise manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, waste reduction, and product quality.
• Own manufacturing process definitions, control strategies, and technical standards.
• Ensure processes achieve capability, repeatability, and long-term stability.
• Oversee tooling and fixture design/development.
• Oversee CNC programming and optimisation for complex parts.
• Lead engineering activities for NPI, industrialisation, process qualification, and production readiness.
• Provide technical support to production and lead root-cause investigations.
• Apply SPC, trend monitoring, and data-driven process control.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace standards, regulations, and customer requirements.
• Drive implementation of AS13100 requirements.
• Act as technical authority for manufacturing process decisions affecting safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
• Drive Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and engineering governance.

• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing engineering experience in an industrial or aerospace environment.
• 5–7 years in engineering leadership/management.
• Demonstrated aerospace manufacturing experience, preferably forging and/or machining of safety-critical components.
• Proven experience in:
• Manufacturing process development.
• Industrialisation.
• Tooling.
• CNC programming.
• Process optimisation.
• Root-cause investigations.
• Operational excellence.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Lean/Six Sigma certification and/or PMP strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Forging and machining.
• Tooling and fixture design.
• Process capability and SPC.
• CAD/CAM and CNC programming.
• AS9100, AS13100, and customer-specific aerospace standards.
• Strong multidisciplinary leadership and technical decision-making skills.

UAE