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Our team are among the UK aviation industry’s most skilled professionals working in aircraft interiors. At Starling Aerospace, we strive to provide dynamic and rewarding career opportunities within a demanding but friendly work environment.
Recognising that it is our people that have built our reputation for excellence within the aviation community, Starling is always receptive to hearing from qualified craftspeople. In response to the growing demand from customers, new vacancies do arise for fabricators, upholsterers, trimmers, machinists, joiners and CNC operatives. If you’d like the opportunity to join our team in the future, please send your CV and covering letter to jo@fly-sai.com
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Sewing Shop Supervisor
Key responsibilities:
- Proficiency in the operation of industrial sewing machines, including Walking Foot, Flatbeds, and Over-lockers, for the production of leather seat covers, holdalls, and other aviation accessories.
- Develop patterns for new seat covers using existing foams and covers, as well as for accessories like holdalls.
- Productionize the patterns you develop to ensure they are suitable for the entire team, look aesthetically pleasing, and use materials efficiently.
- Manage the sewing shop team to maintain high quality standards and output, including distributing work to machinists based on skill level, providing coaching, and checking quality (e.g., seam width) during work-in-progress (WIP).
Required skills:
- Experience of working with leather is essential
- Top stitching
- Detail sewing
- Twin-needling
- Finishing
Hours:
- 40 hours per week
- Monday to Thursday: 7:30am – 4:30pm
- Friday: 7:30am – 2:00pm
- Overtime as required by the business
Aircraft Trimmers
Starling is seeking experienced aircraft Trimmers for an immediate start at its workshop facility in Leatherhead, Surrey.
The successful candidates must be multi-skilled in all aspects of soft trim furnishings, including flat and curved panel finishing, seat upholstery, pattern development and fitment to a very high standard.
Skills in trimming of Tedlar, leather and other covering materials are essential.
The role demands that individuals are able to work independently and be able to develop seat upholstery and style from conceptual drawings and photos from bare frame to finished product. This will include foam work, pattern development, sewing / top stitching and fitment of finished article.
Candidates MUST be able to read engineering drawings, be a good team player and have current experience in aircraft, marine or related industries.
Required skills:
- Soft trim furnishings, seat upholstery, pattern development
- Trimming leather and Tedlar
- Sewing / top stitching
- Competent in understanding engineering drawings
Hours:
- 40 hours per week
- Monday to Thursday: 7:30am – 4:30pm
- Friday: 7:30am – 2:00pm
- Overtime as required by the business
Job type:
- Full-time, based at Starling’s factory in Leatherhead
Experience:
- At least 2 years’ experience (preferred)
Salary:
- Depending on experience
Benefits:
- 28 days of leave, including 8 Bank Holidays
- Casual dress code
- On-site parking
Location:
- Preference will be given to applicants residing within a 50-mile radius of the business location (postcode: KT22 7NA), as the role is onsite.
“Supporting Cranfield University’s training programme of future aerospace engineers was an exceptionally rewarding undertaking for Starling and one that required a complex array of technical challenges to be overcome, regarding bespoke design, parts manufacture and stringent re-certification. Our team of design engineers and fabricators rose to these challenges with great professionalism and we were very proud to have partnered with Cranfield in support of its endeavours.”