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Principle Design Engineer

KDC are now recruiting for one of our top clients based over in Portland. This is a great opportunity to grow your skills as a Principle Design Engineer and work in a new and challenging environment. If you are Design Engineer and are looking for a new opportunity, then this could be the role for you!
In this role the lucky candidate will be working closely with the Engineering Manager undertaking design tasks using computer aided design (CATIA V5, CAD, TRANS) and PLM data management tools. The lucky candidate will also be defining design methodology and provide design solutions that satisfy design to cost and design for manufacture best practice.
Key Responsibilities:
•Prepare technical proposals and quotations.
•Technically direct Design Engineers and sub-contractors.
•Develop designs into a production ready product that meets the requirement specification. Liaise with internal stakeholders and ensure that the Engineering process is adhered to.
•Check and approve drawings, CAD models and Change Notes.
•Ensure all design activity is carried out to company procedures or overriding customer requirements. Ensure project conformity to requirements.
•As a Project Owner, you will be responsible for design file management, project resource management, project schedule adherence and project budget management
•Technical Query support.
•Perform RF analysis.
•Other tasks as required in support of company strategy as directed by the Technical Director.

Requirements:
•Relevant Engineering degree or equivalent experience and further professional training.
•Approximately 5 years design engineering experience including project ownership.
•Complete understanding of CATIA V5 CAD and design office procedures.
•Strong and relevant knowledge of composite materials and ability to generate design solutions to meet technical specifications.
•Ability to make instinctive design decisions with limited information
•Ability to direct and influence the performance of junior employees.
•Ability to write and approve reports and provide design based input to engineering review meetings.
•Computer literate.
•Excellent organisational skills.
•Excellent communication skills, internally and externally.
•A good team player with a flexible attitude to work load.
Key Words: Principle Design Engineer, CATIA V5, CAD, PLM, Defence, Portland

Job Type:

Permanent

Location:

Dorset

Salary:

£45000 - £50000 per annum

Job Ref:

J140956

Senior Procurement Manager

KDC are now recruiting for one of our busiest clients based over in Bournemouth. With their huge new project on the horizon this is the perfect opportunity to join their team. If you are a Senior Procurement Manager and are looking for you're a new challenge then this could be the role for you!
The lucky candidate will have the chance to be a part of the Global Supply Chain Team, focused on helping our client to plan and implement procurement strategies and manage its existing and new subcontracts. A key element of this role is to develop and manage strategic relationships with key subcontractors to ensure subcontractor performance and longer term commitment.
Key Task:
•Managing strategic suppliers and strategic relationships
•Identify and manage risks associated with key and major subcontracts
•Developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders
•Preparing tender packs, evaluating tender proposals, negotiating contract terms and conditions.
•Negotiating proposals, contract modifications and agreements as required
•Assessing the Make vs Buy and provide pay back justifications
•Drafting and negotiating agreements with suppliers whilst applying sound commercial judgement and ensuring compliance with our clients policies; insurance requirements; confidentiality requirements; and flow down' requirements from customer contracts
•Supporting our clients bid teams to source, manage and secure sub-contracts that meet customer needs
•Drive improved profitability and bid cost reduction through re-use, best practice processes and knowledge sharing.
•Manage and control all subcontract documentation, data, files and reports in a timely and accurate manner
•Supporting internal Phase Reviews/Approvals ensuring that all required approvals are obtained prior to executing a subcontract
•Ensuring integrity of commercial in confidence, security classified and export-controlled information
•Ability to coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members to take positive action and accountability.
Skills and Experience:
•Experience in strategic supplier relationship management and developing procurement plans.
•Graduate level
•Tertiary qualifications in business, commerce, law, strategic procurement or a related discipline
•At least 5 years' experience in drafting, negotiating and advising on both simple and complex subcontracts
•Experience in supporting a Bid Team to negotiate and secure sub-contracts on complex support service programmes
•Experience with preparing tender documentation
•Experience with evaluating tender responses
•Experience with project management principles and working as part of a project team
•An advanced knowledge of procurement and contract management principles An advanced understanding of key contractual principles (e.g. contract formation, indemnities, consequential loss)
•Expertise in various contract types (Cost-type, Firm / Fixed Price, Fixed Price Incentive Fee, Fixed Price Level of Effort, Time and Material)
•Strong business acumen with the ability to clearly recognise risk elements in business transactions and develop strategies for mitigating risk
Key Words: Senior Procurement Manager, Sub - Contract Manager, Supply Chain, Stakeholder Management, Aerospace, Defence

Job Type:

Permanent

Location:

Bournemouth

Salary:

£50000 - £60000 per annum

Job Ref:

J140955

VIP Interior Design Engineer

Are you a driven Design Engineer looking to put your own stamp on design projects? Are you interested in working with cutting edge technology and defining luxury design for VIP aircraft?
KDC is currently working with an aerospace business based in Austria looking to develop a brand-new VIP design capability. We are looking for an experienced VIP interior design engineer to work full life-cycle on their exciting new project.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years' experience working on any aspect of VIP aircraft interiors, and have experience with luxury materials such as wood, composites or leather.
Your Day to Day:
·Working as part of a team for Part 21J projects. You will be working on EMS / VIP interior, including the certification and integration of new monuments, seat types, décor foils, floor coverings and PSU layouts.
·Working on other projects including refurbishment for CS/JAR/FAR aircrafts with customers requesting interior modifications, mostly cosmetic with certification of custom materials
·Representing the company for matters of engineering and certification information during customer PDR's and CDR's.
·The preparation and revision of documentation manuals including CMM's.
·On site as customer support during modifications.
Your Profile:
·5 years' experience as a Design Engineer
·Experience on a range of civil aircraft
·Ambition to put your own stamp on design projects
·Fluent in English
·Happy to work in a fast-paced environment
·Able to communicate effectively in a small team
This role offers rapid career progression and an opportunity to leave your own fingerprints on cabin interior designs for its new projects. If you'd like to find out if this could be the next step in your career, please click apply!

Job Type:

Permanent

Location:

Burgkirchen

Salary:

Dependant on Experience

Job Ref:

J140954

Metallic Design Engineer

Metallic Design Engineer
KDC are currently seeking an Metallic Design Engineer for one of the global leaders in aeronautics, space and defence. Based in Filton, Bristol, this role will give you the chance to operate within a multi-functional team and contribute to design inputs for A321XLR programme maturity gates and reviews.

This role with give you the opportunity to work within a multi-functional team and actively contribute to team goals. You will provide relevant design input to enable the creation of data for manufacture through the use of CATIA V5 CAD design tools.

Key skills and experiences:
-5-8 years of relevant experience in design.
-Catia V5, DPDS, Optegra, Zamiz, Checklist

The successful candidate would be expected to work a 35 hour week at an hourly rate of £28.00 Ltd Company.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, then please apply or contact myself on 01202 596374.

Job Type:

Contract

Location:

Filton

Salary:

£28 per hour

Job Ref:

J140953

Digital Electronics Responsible Engineer

KDC are now recruiting for one of our biggest clients based in Stevenage. Our client is looking for a highly experienced Technical Design Authority to join their team and take charge in some amazing projects. If you are looking for a new opportunity with a great telecom/ electrical background, then this could be the role for you!

Job Description:
Their new Responsible Engineer will be the technical design authority for all areas of the equipment hardware design. This equipment includes digital processor and cryptographic equipment destined for Telecom and military payloads on various satellite platforms.
This vacancy is open for a Hardware responsible engineer for flight equipment. The role entails hardware aspects of requirements management, detailed design and interface specification, test specification, reports and design analyses.
·Able to interpret circuit board designs accommodating multiple FPGA / ASICs and high-speed ADCs / DACs.
·Support to manufacture and test.
·Liaise with many experts in other departments (e.g. radiation, EMC).
·Customer interface on technical issues.
·Generate, oversee and configure technical documentation.

Daily Task:
•Produce digital electronic board specifications, from product or architecture requirements
•Consider switching speeds, pulses, rise and fall times, feedback and interference, impedance of devices, signal transmission
•Define performance criteria and define how to prove validation and verification of performance with test strategy.
•Produce and review circuit diagrams, iterating design where necessary due to circuit analysis outputs and PCB layout constraints.
•Produce and review detailed design analysis e.g. WCA, PSA, FMECA/FMEA
•Work closely with other engineering teams to support detailed design in CAD/CAM or VHDL implementation on component/ equipment/ mechanical/VHDL level in accordance with engineering design rules.
•Interface with internal support functions e.g. radiation, thermal and mechanical design, EMC, parts procurement

Experience:
•Lifecycle experience of digital equipments - design / manufacture / test, including customer interfacing.
•Sector experience of aerospace, automotive or military production over five years
•Hardware used - debug and test validation of designs
•Software used - schematic capture, layout and simulation tools

Job Type:

Contract

Location:

Stevenage

Salary:

£45 - £50 per hour

Job Ref:

J140945