Industrial Assembly Engineer

Job Description

Subject to the successful closing of the transaction with Spirit, after obtaining relevant regulatory approvals.

Travel Required: Occasional

Location: Belfast

Type: Full time

• Financial Reward:
  Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options.
• Work / Life Balance: 36 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of an Industrial Assembly Manufacturing Engineer within the aircraft assembly perimeter. The successful candidate will join the Assembly Technology Team.

• Specify industrial jigs, tools and machinery for the industrial evolution.
• Support Production on critical disturbances related to assembly technologies and processes.
• Liaise with the wider assembly technology networks and engage engineering in problem solving initiatives.
• Set up a local technology deployment plan to represent customer needs and reflect global technology standards.
• Development and implementation of new drilling, fastening and measurement methods, tools, processes and technologies.
• Collaborate with a transnational team across all major Airbus Commercial production facilities.

• Educated at degree level in Manufacturing Engineering or similar.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, engineering and assembly processes.
• Knowledge in specifying tools & machinery.
• Interest in digitalization of manufacturing & new technologies.
• Entrepreneurial mindset.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work within a team and autonomously.
• Willingness and creativity.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need adjustments for the selection process; you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if invited to interview. Examples may include accessible facilities, auxiliary aids, room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role. To ‘opt in’, just select the option during application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.

Company: Airbus Operations GmbH

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Manufacturing Engineering

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