Equipment Engineer

Role Purpose The Equipment Engineer is responsible for the specification, installation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of manufacturing and testing equipment used in aerospace production. The role ensures that all equipment used in fabrication, assembly, machining, and testing of aerospace components operates with the highest reliability, safety, and compliance to aerospace quality standards.

The Equipment

Engineer works closely with cross-functional teams, including production, quality, and process engineering, to ensure equipment supports the company’s performance, regulatory, and delivery goals.

Key Accountabilities & Activities

Equipment Reliability and Optimization

• Ensure all manufacturing and test equipment operate at peak reliability and efficiency to meet aerospace production demands. Continuously monitor equipment performance metrics (e.g., uptime, OEE, MTBF) and implement improvements to reduce downtime, enhance throughput, and extend equipment life.

Compliance and Documentation Management

• Maintain accurate, traceable, and audit-ready documentation for all equipment activities, including calibration, maintenance, and qualification records. Ensure all equipment meets aerospace quality standards (EN9100, NADCAP) and internal compliance requirements.

Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis

• Lead systematic investigations into equipment failures or process deviations. Identify root causes using structured problem-solving methods and develop corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to ensure long-term reliability.

Equipment Installation and Commissioning

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee the installation, calibration, and qualification of new manufacturing or test equipment. Ensure all systems are commissioned safely, meet technical specifications, and align with aerospace production and certification standards.

Generic Accountabilities

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

• Implement approved departmental policies, processes and procedures, and provide instructions to subordinates and monitor their adherence so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner while delivering a world-class service.
• Participate in cost-efficient usage of all applicable resources to reduce wastage and unnecessary expense.

Quality, Health, Safety, Security & Environment (QHSSE)

• Ensure compliance with all relevant QHSSE management procedures and controls within a defined area of activity so that the company provides a safe, world-class, secure and environmentally responsible service to customers, the public and its own people.

Leadership / People Management / Supervision of Subordinates

• Organize and supervise the activities and work of direct reports to ensure that all work within a specific team is completed to the required standards and in line with operating policies and procedures.
• Provide on-the-job training and constructive feedback to subordinates to support their overall development.

Continuous Improvement

• Motivate subordinates to identify opportunities for continuous improvement across the department in order to achieve the company’s mission, vision and strategy.
• Initiate and support Kaizen and Lean initiatives.

Change Management

• Motivate subordinates and contribute to the identification of opportunities to take part in change initiatives, programmes and projects that reflect international best practice and changes in the competitive environment.
• Support the Engineering Change Process (CCB/ECCB).

Education & Certification

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an appropriate engineering discipline from an internationally accredited university (or documented relevant experience and training in lieu of).
• Documented training record for key competencies relevant to work scope, with continued competency development.

Job-Specific Technical Skills

• Good command of spoken and written English, including technical terminology relevant to aerospace engineering and work scope.
• Good computer skills including MS Office and engineering software relevant to work scope (e.g., Enovia, Catia, Delmia, Nastran).