The MEL Group - Engineering Solutions Provider to the Aerospace & Defence Sectors
As part of an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), the role also contributes to a culture where employees have a genuine stake in the long-term success of the business.
As an EOT-owned organisation, employees benefit from:
A collective sense of ownership and shared purpose.
Greater transparency and engagement in company performance and decision-making.
Enhanced job security through long-term, sustainable business focus.
The potential for annual tax-free bonuses (subject to meeting qualifying criteria).
A supportive and collaborative working environment that values employee voice and contribution.
Job Purpose:
To take a lead role in developing & carrying out Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul procedures for Commercial Airline Ancillary equipment. This includes the validation of the procedure, process & activity to comply with Aviation safety standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work through aircraft equipment manuals to develop in house capability for scheduled & unscheduled maintenance activities.
- Liaise effectively with designers, engineers and quality engineers to ensure test facilities are in place.
- Liaise effectively with designers, engineers and quality production engineers to ensure adequate tooling is available.
- Be internal first point of call for new capability assessment.
- Interrogate equipment OEM manuals to identify spare part requirements.
- Carryout aircraft equipment scheduled maintenance to qualify in house procedures & processes.
- Introduce new capabilities into the work flow
- Maintain a fully traceable technical file for each project.
Key Requirements:
Experience
- Proven experience in a production or manufacturing engineering environment.
- Demonstrated hands on experience of equipment maintenance.
- Experience with commercial aircraft equipment or other high precision industry.
- Familiar with high flow air movement equipment, thermal transfer equipment, pressure testing & high precision assembly.
- Demonstrable experience of working within a highly regulated industry.
- Ideally from an Aerospace maintenance environment
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and production planning
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Impeccable attention to detail
Personal Qualities
- Positive ‘Can do’ attitude
- Ability to show initiative & vision
- Able to work individually
- Able to train others to carryout complex tasks
Salary:
- Dependent on skills and experience
Pay: £38,000.00-£42,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Sudbury CO10 2YW: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- Have you worked in the Civil Aviation sector before?
- What relevant qualifications do you have?
Experience:
- engineering: 5 years (required)
Language:
Work Location: In person
