Lead Mechanical Engineer in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Lead Mechanical Engineer

12 Month Contract

Based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Offering £45ph Inside IR35

UK SC Clearance required

Are you an experienced Mechanical Engineer?

Do you have experience with Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT)?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Lead Mechanical Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

Due to the nature of the work you will be involved in, you will be required to obtain UK SC clearance in this role.

You will be involved in:

• Responsible for the Mechanical element and leading the mechanical team
• Leading a team of AIT engineers on specific projects
• Planning the mechanical team's activities on a weekly basis and implementing this plan.
• Produce specs from test requirements, write test plans, DDV, plans, AIT plans, test procedures and test reports
• Control of all project MGSE, flight & support equipment
• Produce MGSE requirement specs from test requirements, operating and maintaining MGSE
• Alignment - producing test procedures and operating and maintaining optical alignment equipment
• Designing test equipment, overseeing its manufacture, and commissioning
• Mechanical handling of instruments, payloads, solar arrays, antennas, etc...
• Prepare and carry out environmental tests (Vibration, Acoustic, Mass properties, Thermal) at unit, subsystem, and instrument level
• Install and validate test instrumentation
• Support propulsion testing
• Handling and installation of thermal hardware
• Mechanical integration and testing of electronic units, subsystems and instruments, mechanisms, antennas, solar arrays, mechanical sub-systems, instruments, payloads, and control of the documentation associated with performing these tasks

Your skillset:

• Appreciation of satellite integration processes and project phases
• Use of SAP or other ERP System
• Understanding of build documentation and the need for it
• Driving build quality through review of processes and implementation of improvements
• Managing a team during day-to-day activities ensuring work is completed on time and the correct standard
• Controlling and delivering projects to budget and schedule
• Face-to-face dealings with customers and suppliers

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Lead Mechanical Engineer

12 Month Contract

Based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Offering £45ph Inside IR35

UK SC Clearance required

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.