The purpose of this role is to be responsible for the build and development of all electrical aspect of new product introduction projects undertaken by the industrialisation department.
You will support design engineering and operations departments to deliver new customer programmes into production on time, to cost and to a high quality standard.
Client Details
An industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology.
Our client interfaces with both the world's biggest airlines and air framers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest air framers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!
In the UK, our client specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.
Description
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Check supplied parts and assemblies to ensure compliance to drawing, design data and all relevant specifications
- Represent the department in product design reviews giving feedback on likely issues and improvement opportunities
- Analyse product design using CAD models and log issues per company process (5C)
- Identify assembly and manufacturing process improvement opportunities throughout the product development phase
- Build Development articles against CAD model screen grabs/instructions
- Analyse development article builds and log issues
- Define and validate solutions and countermeasures for 5C issues raised
- Build test articles to standard production processes and record deviations
- View/interrogate product BOMs and locate parts on company's MRP system (BaaN)
- Rework parts to new design solutions for trial and evaluation
- Rework "out of revision" parts to the latest design standard and complete minor rework order form
- Maintain the engineering quality and integrity of the work produced within their work package
- Work with other departments to ensure that the design solution meets the appropriate airworthiness requirements
- Record timings for assembly and disassembly for calculation of cycle times
- Identify the need for jigs and fixtures to ensure correct assembly
- Generate, validate and revise Process Work Instructions
- Fault find and rectify issues
- Train production operators in the assembly process of new products
- Support product events with customers - PDR/CDR/FAI/FSR
Profile
Candidate skills:
- Minimum of BTEC L3 (electrical engineering) OR suitable depth of relevant experience/time served apprentice
- Experience in aerospace seat manufacture at defined competent level
- Experience of working within company and regulatory processes, standards and specifications
- Assembly and wiring of electrical systems
- Fault finding and repair of electrical systems
- Good knowledge of design for assembly/manufacture principles
Job Offer
Permanent contract