Design Structures Authoriser

• Job Location: Broughton, Wales
• Type: Contract
• Posted: 09/04/2025

Overview

The PET's primary function is to provide reactive and proactive lineside support to the Plant and to
enable Wings to be delivered to the FALs. We also identify, investigate, provide technical solutions
and deliver flow mods, significant mods and major mods for production easements. These include
structural & systems modifications for rate, cost improvements and production & quality easements
in the Plant, the FALs and the supply chain.

Within the Wing Plant Engineering Team (PET) we are looking to appoint a Design Authoriser who
will be supporting the Wing Component Delivery Team (CDT).

The successful applicant will be part of a fast moving team who deliver high quality Design Support
to meet the needs of the Plant. The team's function is to provide engineering solutions to all areas of
Broughton Plant Manufacturing to ensure the achievement of their business objectives and product
integrity, and working with Manufacturing Engineering colleagues to promote a true MEET
(Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Together) ethos.

Aspects

● The job holder is responsible for leading design investigations and formulating technical
solutions for a range of tasks, including Modifications to the Type Design, Design / Works
Query Notes ‘Flow Modifications’ and none specific tasks ensuring that all Design,
Airworthiness and safety requirements are met, where appropriate liaising with other
functions to ensure a fully integrated design solution.

● The job holder will operate as a lead design engineer with an industry recognised design
authorisation signatory and act as a strong focal point in leading and providing guidance on
technical issues and governance. There is a clear requirement to lead the structural design
process to help ensure an optimised design.

● Strong support is required to drive on-going continuous improvement initiatives to increase
team efficiency through methods, process and other capability improvements, where
applicable ensuring a robust lessons learnt and feedback process is maintained. Reporting
will be required on critical technical issues through functional management, and lead
technical mentoring for engineering team members.

Your tasks

● Lead, guide approve and / or authorise design solutions for a range of tasks, including (but not
restricted to) Major/Minor Design Modifications, Design Query Notes (work’s query notes).

● Provide technical leadership and continued mentoring to the engineering team, assisting the
development of team members, assisting in the identification of skill gaps and driving plans to
close the gaps.

● Ensuring that design standards and requirements are met, liaising with other functions and
projects to ensure the design solutions are fully integrated.

● Operate as a design authorisation signatory.

● Support in area of knowledge the on-going continuous improvement initiatives to increase team
efficiency through methods, process and other capability improvements.

● Support and build strong relationships between wider stakeholders including (but not limited to)
CVE, Chief Engineer, Configuration Management and Local Programmes Team to enable a
satisfactory design solution, and implementation on the aircraft that supports airworthiness type
cert and configuration management.

Qualifications

● Motivated and self-driven with the ability to work autonomously when required, whilst being a
strong team player.
● Deliver reliably on time, cost and quality whilst embracing change and challenge when
appropriate.
● Anticipation mindset, able to identify risks/opportunities and manage them appropriately
● Understand and synthesise multiple complex activities, simplify and communicate them
clearly, on a timely basis, to all stakeholders as needed.
● Innovative mindset, able to think freely with a degree of curiosity to explore new or
alternative ideas and approaches.
● Work in an open and trusting environment.
● Understand, nurture and demonstrate resilience.
● Industry recognised design signatory delegation (Design Approval, Design Authorisation)

Capital International Staffing Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.