Safe life structure engineer

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance  TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional  LOCATION: Filton, UK TYPE: Full time WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, various optional salary sacrifice benefits, shopping discounts and much more Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday (AP+) Personal Development: Personalised development plan and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (AP+) (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation  Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)  Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight) to cleaning up space , sustainability is at the heart of our purpose . So what's your next change? Are you ready to safeguard airworthiness and shape the future of maintenance engineering across Airbus commercial fleets? Join the Maintenance Programme Engineering team as our Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) Part 1 Manager. In this transnational high-impact role, you will bridge the gap between cutting edge aircraft design, global airworthiness authorities, and international airline operations. Operating across all Airbus commercial aircraft programs (except A220) you will serve as the technical authority ensuring that critical safe-life structural components remain safe, compliant, and operationally efficient.

Summary Reporting within the Maintenance Program Organization you will be accountable for the production and continuous certification of the ALS Part 1 Safe Life Airworthiness Limitation Items Justification Document - a vital part of Airbus Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA). This specialist role is critical for driving maintenance strategies and integrating requirements between landing gear design engineering, certification teams, and global airline operators. You will use your technical expertise to analyze and challenge maintenance requirements, sign off as a Compliance Demonstration Engineer (CVE), and bring the direct voice of our airline customers straight into the engineering design phase.  HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM  By driving core ALS production you will be accountable for ALS Part 1 production and maintenance program updates across all Airbus commercial aircraft programs (except A220).   Lead technical certification and act as the primary interface to certify new safe-life structure parts (e.g. landing gear components where damage tolerance concepts are impractical).   Exercise Technical Approver (TA) and Compliance Demonstration Engineer (CVE) signatories to validate and approve critical airworthiness deliverables.   Serve as the voice of airlines within Design Engineering to ensure scheduled maintenance requirements are considered at the design level.   Help reduce Direct Maintenance Costs (DMC) while maximizing overall aircraft operational availability.   Deploy and supervise outsourced work packages to guarantee high deliverable quality and support process digitalization initiatives.   Support the Maintenance Engineering Front Desk by resolving daily airline technical queries within target dates