Principal Design Engineer - Structures

Job description

Principal Design Engineer - Structures

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Design Engineer to join our team based in Portsmouth Naval Base, the home of the Royal Navy.

The successful candidate will provide day-to-day supervision for a team of engineers and structural analysts within Design Services. This team ensures the safety and functionality of structural arrangements being fitted to almost all surface vessels in the Navy, as well as supporting the wider business with tasks relating to other projects. The position carries full technical responsibility for the results of the Design Evaluation & Assessment team's efforts and for the effectiveness of its overall integration with other parts of the business, primarily the rest of Design Services but also the Technical Authority and the Class management teams, as well as all administrative responsibility.

Your main responsibilities will involve:

Plans and supervises the work of a team of engineers to accomplish specific engineering projects.

Directs work assignments, scheduling, and reviews of work in progress.

Handles personnel actions including performance reviews, salary recommendations, and co-ordination of training and development

Reviews technical feasibility of proposed solutions to engineering problems

Undertake technical reviews, verifies and signs engineering designs

Supports the development of individuals and teams to enhance skills and competencies, such that technical capability objectives are fully achieved

Articulates, defines and documents subject expertise, approaches and standards in order to extend business knowledge base

Participates in and occasionally directs a wide range of activities including concept design, detailed design, support to build, delivery and in service support to surface ship platforms and naval base facilities

Carries out structural assessments using classical Hand Calcs and Finite Element Analysis following appropriate professional and technical standards

Produces reports to communicate key findings to relevant stakeholders

Your skills and qualifications:

Structural analysis, both theoretical and using FEA (preferably ANSYS Workbench) and hand calculations

Engineering material selection and use, particularly according to British Standards/ Euronorms/Classification Society standards and Defence Standards

Degree qualified essential within a relevant engineering discipline

Team management / mentoring experience within an engineering environment

Experience of CAD software such as AutoCAD & Inventor desirable

Chartered status desirable but not essential, as equivalent experience would be considered. Willingness to achieve chartered status is highly advisable.

What we're looking for in you:

Strong communication, diplomacy and interpersonal skills. Typically communication will be internally focused but may include periods of close communication and interface with external contacts and customers.

Required to influence, guide and convince customers and peers to adopt a particular course of action.

Location : Portsmouth Naval Base

Salary : Competative

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, childcare vouchers, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Maritime Services

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £600million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us.

From our headquarters in Portsmouth, we are proud to support the Royal Navy in global operations. BAE Systems Maritime Services delivers end-to-end support to over 50 per cent of the Royal Navy's surface fleet. Our services include ship upgrades, repairs, dockyard facilities management and provision of combat systems training. We also develop and support the Royal Navy's complex equipment, such as radar, torpedoes and small boats.

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence, you could find yourself working on the iconic Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 Destroyers, Type 23 Frigates, Type 26 Global Combat Ships, Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels, Offshore Patrol Vessels, historic ships and more. Our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment. This includes Spearfish, one of the most powerful and capable wire guided torpedoes on the market. Currently undergoing a major upgrade programme, Spearfish will soon benefit from further sophisticated advances in its homing, warheads, tactical and fuelling systems, as well an upgraded guidance link. Then there's Artisan, the 3D radar that can identify a target the size of a tennis ball, travelling at a speed of more than 2000 miles an hour more than 25 kilometres away!

Join us and the projects you'll be involved in will form the backbone of the Royal Navy for decades to come. You'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

BAE Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community which are currently under-represented at BAE Systems, including women, BAME and applicants with disabilities. Please note we will not use any personal information relating to your background at any stage of the application process.

BAE Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community which are currently under-represented at BAE Systems, including women, BAME and applicants with disabilities. Please note we will not use any personal information relating to your background at any stage of the application process.