Principal Design Engineer – Structures & Outfit

Job title: Principal Design Engineer – Structures & Outfit

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as the lead subject matter expert and consultant for all aspects of design solution processes and development, ensuring the highest quality of Design Services products
• Own, ensure and continually improve best practice for Design Services Structural design activities
• Lead on the estimation for significant Design Solutions and be responsible for the certification of major Design Solutions, including the assurance of product safety
• Represent Design Services at senior level MoD requirements and project meetings
• Liaise and advise both MoD and industry customers, in the development of statements of requirements
• As required, lead and conduct engineering investigations
• Act as the design mentor and training manager to Structures & Outfit Senior Design Engineers, Design Engineers, and apprentices
• Being the Delegated Authority to certify that designs meet design intent, conforms to product safety and environmental legislation, and is fit for purpose

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• HND or above in a technology, engineering, or science related discipline
• Able to discuss and understand context and implication of technical issues across a number of engineering disciplines pertinent to Ship Engineering
• Possess significant engineering leadership and judgement
• Able to forecast risk and subsequently provide effective mitigation
• Meet the requirements for registration as Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council

Desirable

• Working within a Maritime Services environment
• Understanding of the process to support ships in service
• Effective communication skills both internal and external, at all levels

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Design Services, Structures, and Outfit Team:

The Design Services, Structures & Outfit is a young and exciting workplace with a broad range of experience from Apprentices to Principal Engineers, with approx. 50x engineers in total. We take pride within the team to encourage and fully support development and career progression of our engineers. The team provides Design Solutions across the full fleet of the Royal Navy such as the Flag Ship Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers, Type 45 Destroyers, Type 23 Frigates, MCMV Hunt Class and Submarines.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 3rd October 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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