Gas Turbine Design Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Stafford
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Engineering
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SKILLS

3D CAD Modeling Creo Windchill PLM Technical Drawing Tolerance Stack Analysis Gas Turbine Materials Manufacturing Drawings Mechanical Design

FULL DESCRIPTION

Gas Turbine Design Engineer

Location: Stafford | Type: Permanent | Work Type: On-site | Salary: Market related

Job Details

A Gas Turbine Design Engineer is required to join an engineering team who are working on the design and development of light helicopters for the global market. The company design, develop and manufacture their products in the UK.

With extensive financial backing and a growing order book they are seeking to grow their engineering team and require Gas Turbine Design Engineers to join their team. The Gas Turbine Design Engineer will drive current and future gas turbine engine programmes forward, working with an engineering team to develop mechanical design schemes and detailed designs of Gas Turbine parts and assemblies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop mechanical design schemes and detailed designs of Gas Turbine parts and assemblies.
  • Develop rotating and stationary components.
  • Develop cast, fabricated and machined parts and assemblies.
  • Develop schemes for controlling tolerance stacks and critical fits and clearances.
  • Creating high quality 3D CAD models of engine parts and assemblies.
  • Work with the production team to ensure parts and assemblies are robustly optimised for efficient manufacture.
  • Creating high quality technical drawings & documentation.

Requirements

  • BSc/BEng in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or HNC/HDC with equivalent experience)
  • Proficient in modelling parts & assemblies in 3D CAD (ideally, but not essential CREO, training provided)
  • Proficient in producing detailed manufacturing drawings.
  • Experience with a PLM system (ideally Windchill, training provided)
  • Experience with typical gas turbine materials, processes and practices.
  • Experience with small gas turbine engines is considered a major advantage.

Benefits

  • An excellent opportunity to work on highly innovative projects using your skills and experience to deliver iconic aircraft to the global market
  • Exciting opportunity to work for a pioneering British owned company and share in their growing success as a fast-growing organisation
  • Work within a smaller engineering team where outstanding performance is recognised & rewarded
  • Highly competitive salary with extensive benefits

Application Instructions

Apply via the Apply Now button on the page, or send your CV to [contact hidden]. Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978.

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