Vacant job

About the Company

Every time you fly, almost anywhere in the world, it is likely that GKN Aerospace is helping you along the way. Our technology and components are used in 90% of the world's aircraft, from small and large passenger planes, business jets, to the world's most advanced fighter jets. We also design and manufacture innovative components for space systems. We are constantly evolving, paving the way for new technology, and challenging ourselves to be better in everything we do.

We are looking for driven and passionate employees who want to make a difference! Join us in influencing the sustainable transformation of the aviation industry and find a place where your career can take off in a world of enormous opportunities to learn and grow.

Job Description

About the role

The role involves leading, planning, reviewing, communicating, and enhancing the work within your solid mechanics team, as well as performing advanced solid mechanical simulations yourself.

You are a skilled solid mechanical engineer with experience in GKN aerospace products. You have extensive expertise in ANSYS and are adept at understanding complex structural mechanics and scripting challenges. You possess the ability to make sound judgments and have a strong interest in leading and developing a team and its members.

The primary focus will be to establish conditions that maximize the team's potential and output.

Job responsibilities

• Responsible for the project's analysis deliverables, ensuring quality and timeliness.
• Establish a team organization that maximizes learning, quality, and throughput.
• Lead the solid mechanics team to achieve these goals.
• Plan the team's work, ensuring an even distribution of the workload.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the product’s legacy, including past actions and methods, to inform current and future work.
• Ensure proper documentation of technical results and present these results both internally and externally.
• Maintain the continuous airworthiness of our certified products by analyzing field events and proposing actions.
• Continuously improve team management and organization, as well as communication with customers and suppliers.

Qualifications

Candidate profile

You are a mechanical engineer with a deep understanding of the structural integrity of structures and cases. You are a problem solver who feels energized when facing technical challenges. You can easily move from details to the big picture and overall trends. You have the experience to judge what needs to be done and what does not.

You are also a leader with a strong interest in maintaining plans, following up on progress, and presenting results to customers. Most of all you have the ability to inspire, motivate, and guide team members. You have an ability to create plans that are easy to understand, follow, track, and adjust, with natural milestones, moderately detailed.

Job Qualifications / Skills / Experience

• You hold a Master's degree in Applied Mechanics or a related field.
• Your knowledge in solid mechanics and material science is robust, allowing you to tackle challenges related to structural integrity, material properties, and component performance.
• You have experience with ANSYS software.
• You can easily move from details to the big picture and overall trends.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and guide team members towards common goals.
• You have an ability to create plans that are easy to understand, follow, track, and adjust, with natural milestones, moderately detailed.

Place of employment and travel requirements

This position is based in Trollhättan, Sweden, as such, the applicant should be able to gain the right to live and work in Sweden. Travel to other locations within Sweden as well as EU is expected.

Does this sound interesting?

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call consulting manager Frida Sahlin at +46707858645. You can submit your application via NearYou's website, www.nearyou.se as soon as possible. We are working with ongoing selection, so please send your application today.

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About NearYou

NearYou is a recruitment and staffing company with offices in 17 cities. We have gone from being a company among others in the industry to also becoming a community actor. With us as a partner and employer, we promise to give more of what we are best at. We are best at being close, human, and a counterpoint to stress, treating people as individuals rather than statistics, and avoiding overly impersonal digitalization. We are with you, a handshake, a promise. For you as a candidate, this means an actor that supports you, no matter where you are in your career and where you want to be. We want to be the security in a fast-paced world. We support, challenge, and ask how it’s going. Quite naturally, we think. Please read more about us at www.nearyou.se

Working as a Consultant at NearYou

As a consultant at NearYou, you are employed by us and work out at one of our clients. For us, it is important to offer a safe and sustainable employment for all our employees. You have the same benefits and security as with a traditional employer and you are covered by the collective agreement's terms for salary, insurance, pension, and vacation.

As a consultant with us, you will have a consulting manager who helps you in your choice of assignments and gives you tips and advice on how you can develop in your working life. You will also encounter different corporate cultures and gain experience from various industries, which helps you develop your skills and network, making you a more attractive employee.