Lead Engineer – Production & Product Support

at  Mirus Aircraft Seating Limited

Are you an experienced Lead Engineer of Production and Product Support looking to take that next step in your career, to add value and make a positive and impactful difference within a growing aviation business?
Mirus Aircraft Seating are on a journey, destined for great heights. We are dedicated to innovation and the development of new products which are taking the industry by storm and due to our sustained growth plan, we are looking for a Lead Engineer of Production and Product Support, to complement our engineering team in this fast paced, evolving industry.
Our design ethos is focused on delivering the best in class for customer experience, encompassing light weight robust designs with an elegance that sets us apart.
We are extremely proud of our class leading seats which are amongst the very lightest in the industry. We achieve this through uncompromised commitment to weight and efficient design. Our seats utilise high performing carbon fibre technologies, aluminium alloys and polymers all of which help our airline customers reduce fuel burn and CO2 emissions. We are amongst the most robust and most reliable in-service, with our seats designed so components can be easily separated into constituent parts for ease of recycling.

PERSONAL SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES:

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to propose innovative ideas.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Good personal time management and comfortable working to deadlines.
  Eligible to work in the UK and ability to work flexible and sometime extended hours.
  We really want to hear from you, so dont miss your opportunity to join our community of passionate and exceptional people who challenge the accepted norm! Once you apply, your CV will be held on our central database. Please do let us know if you do not wish for us to retain your details. If your application is successful, you will be contacted in due course.
  If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and be a part of a company that values your skills and contributions, we encourage you to apply for our Lead Engineer Production & Product Support position. Come on a journey with us and be part of shaping the future of production excellence

ABOUT THE ROLE

As our Lead Engineer of Production and Product Support, you will provide technical assistance and direction to the Mirus Production and Supply Chain teams, as well as our external customers. The role will include diagnosing problems and finding solutions to issues found by our suppliers, production and our customers.
Supporting our customers with any technical support and information required, including problem solving, finding fixes to issues found with the seat in the field, and working out how to implement these solutions to minimise impact to the business and the airline, you will lead a team of engineers, providing technical supervision, guidance, and coordination to efficiently deliver multiple engineering tasks and projects, ensuring they adhere to required timings, specification, budget, product cost, weight, and quality.

In your role as our Lead Engineer Production & Product Support, you will:

• Lead a small team of engineers, providing technical assistance to the Mirus production and supply chain teams.
• Lead the activities to solve technical problems arising from problems on the shop floor or in the field.
• Create technical documentation (concessions, permits, service bulletins) where appropriate to allow deviations to approved design data.
• Create, manage, execute and approve Engineering changes and ensure KPI targets are met for timely closeout.
• Act as a technical decision maker for acceptance or rejection of concessions, permits and engineering changes.
• Provide technical guidance and co-ordination to the design team and to have technical sign off of engineering changes and design releases generated within your team.
• Define, drive, plan, monitor, and control the engineering support team output to ensure achievement of the defined schedule and specification.
• Act as a senior member of the engineering team, championing best practice, developing less experienced colleagues and providing effective support to your engineering manager, deputising when required.
• Support the engineering management team in identifying and implementing improvements to engineering processes systems and tools to maximise the efficiency, quality of output and agility of the engineering team.
• Work by best practice of modular assembly build and configuration is followed to ensure the team maximise productivity, quality of output and agility to customise the baseline product.
• Support the Mirus Supply Chain and Quality teams to aid suppliers to deliver to the required quality and specification.
• Continually drive the design towards DFM (design for manufacture) and DFA (design for assembly).
• Provide support in the checking and approval of peers designs and drawings using the PDM drawing approval process.
• Liaise with certification, test and stress teams to ensure designs meet the structural and aircraft airworthiness requirements