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Principal Structural Engineer

Employer
Morson Talent
Location
Plymouth, South West, PL1 4SG
Salary
£30 - 35 per hour
Closing date
Dec 31, 2022

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Specialty
Structural Engineering
Position Type
Engineer, Staff Engineer
Organization Type
Firm, Consulting Engineering
Principal Structural Designer
Permanent, Full-time
Devonport, Plymouth Based

Overall Department Direction

Babcock Marine Engineering & Systems is looking to recruit a Principal Structural Designer to deliver and grow our design support capability. Our core skills include Naval Architecture, Systems Engineering, multi-discipline design support and project management for new build and in-service commercial and defence vessels. Our state-of-the-art facilities offer world-class efficiency, scale and quality and our customers include: governments, international shipyards and ship owners and energy majors.

With a diverse product portfolio, we offer an exciting opportunity to join an ever-growing business with longevity. Projects include design packages to support submarine and surface ship refits for the Royal Navy as well as International Commercial and Naval contracts.

The Department offers a friendly, flexible working environment, with further opportunities for development and progression within the Company.

Main Purpose of Role

Reporting to the Discipline Lead, you will lead and manage a team of Structural Designers who support numerous and varied projects. As a principal designer, you will promote a culture of best practice, be responsible for the allocation of design tasks to design resource within discipline and for providing specialist technical advice and guidance to others. You will diagnose and resolve complex design issues, lead the resolution of production & technical queries, approve discipline-specific design outputs, be accountable for the delivery of fit for purpose design outputs consistent with design brief, act as focal point for discipline estimating and ensure that procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to design activities.

Key Roles and Responsibilities include:

• Exercise care for own health and safety and that of others as defined by Health and Safety legislation, adhere to endorsed Company policy, procedures and delegations (e.g. Health & Safety, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance & Development Reviews and Finance etc.).
• Promote a positive culture of ownership, responsibility and pride in discipline/team products.
• Allocate discipline tasks to allocated team of Designers, approve team design outputs, and ensure integration of inter discipline design in accordance with company and regulatory standards.
• Ensure selecting the correct methods and tools for tasks and provide technical guidance to allocated team of Designers.
• Ensure preparation/production of drawings in support of basic, detail and production design in line with recognised ISO standards and to the required time, cost and quality requirements.
• Provide point of contact with professional engineering colleagues and various stakeholders for multi discipline related issues during design lifecycle, lead design reviews and ensure integration and functionality of design.
• Lead resolution of Production & Technical Queries & development of multi discipline solutions for the team in relation to manufacturing & installation issues
• Contribute to learning from experience (LfE) requirement during and post project.
• Assist with creation, reviewing and ongoing continuous improvement of discipline processes and practices.
• Develop innovative design solutions, and fulfil Design Lead responsibilities as assigned for multi discipline for highly complex and high risk projects.
• Continually seek to develop team of designers to their full technical capability through demonstrated leadership and coaching.
• Assist with Designer recruitment.
• Support discipline capability review and PTS cycle.

What do I need to do the role?

Qualifications

You'll need to hold a minimum of a HNC (or BTEC Level 4) in a relevant engineering subject or a suitable higher education qualification and significant experience in technical leading of a design team, with breadth and depth of knowledge of platform structure and design processes.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competences

To undertake this role, you need to possess the following:

• Incorporated Engineer status, or willing to work toward.
• A sound understanding of specific design practices as relevant to individual and related discipline, post and project requirements
• Familiarity with the Babcock Business Management System
• A sound understanding of Company and departmental procedures relating to Design, Health & Safety and Quality requirements
• Good knowledge of design tools and computer applications
• Experience of design support to the operation, refit or repair of nuclear submarines and complex warships.

As well as being part of a business that continues to win new work and grow at a significant pace, we'll also provide you with all the training, support and benefits that you'd expect from a global company.

Grade

This position is within the Marine Engineering & Systems business unit as a Grade 6 which has a starting salary of £44,205 with DRDL Terms and Conditions.

Babcock offers a supportive environment including: enhanced employment terms and conditions, money purchase pension scheme with life assurance, share ownership scheme, Occupational Health services, flexible working hours (only non-industrials), career opportunities and specialist advice and guidance from our Learning & Development teams. Additional benefits may also apply for Management posts.
• Location

This role is based at Devonport Royal Dockyard which is located in the vibrant city of Plymouth, Devon in the south west of England. Plymouth is a city with a long and proud military history and more than its fair share of heritage. There is something for everyone here from a superb coastline if you are a water sports enthusiast or Dartmoor National Park if you enjoy hiking and climbing, or simply enjoy the fantastic scenery. For a great night out we have the historic Barbican area with its wide variety of bars, clubs and restaurants.

About Devonport

Babcock International Group owns and operates the main refit, maintenance and workshop area of the 330 acre naval site at Devonport, known as Devonport Royal Dockyard, where it employs thousands of people. The remainder of the site at Devonport is owned by the Ministry of Defence and is known as Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport - one of the largest naval bases in Western Europe.

Babcock and the Ministry of Defence work in partnership to operate and maintain this co-located site by providing through-life support for submarines, surface ships and associated systems and equipment.

Babcock has a large design and technology capability providing a wide range of support activities including feasibility and project definition studies, detail design, development trials, noise and vibration analysis, structural analysis, project management, integrated logistic support and risk management.

Company Information

For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure, and specialist training.

Babcock International Group is committed to building an inclusive culture and strives to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know and will respond in a way that best fit your specific needs.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom. As part of the Covenant, Babcock offers Reservists and Uniformed Cadet Instructors up to 2 week's special paid leave to help them meet their commitments. To find out more please click here.

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