Mechanical Power and Propulsion Engineer

12 Month Contract – Inside IR35

£40.64 per hour umbrella

Hybrid working – 1 -2 days per week on site

Job Role:

To provide Mechanical Engineering support to the Power & Propulsion systems team engaged in the functional design of Propulsion Systems on the River Class Destroyer Program for the Royal Canadian Navy.

This includes design of mechanical system schematics, engineering change requests and other design definition documents and calculations.

Key areas of activity:

• Contribute to mechanical elements of the design of the River Class Destroyer Power and Propulsion systems. Including:

• Propulsion Motors
• Diesel Generators
• Gas Turbine
• Propulsion Gearbox
• Shaftline
• Steering gear and Stabilisers

• Provide support to the team in order to assess technical compliance, integration and review of design documentation for the ship’s propulsion motors procurement pack.
• Implement change to P&P systems away from baseline ship design, assessing impacts on equipment, systems and spatial design.
• Support P&P compartment owners in the Zonal Maturity programme.
• Author basic technical reports to support design maturity and articulate system design compliance to customer.
• Delivering solutions that meet system requirements.  The role holder will be able to perform analyses of engineering issues and possess the ability to recommend solutions.
• Carry out technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options, and prepare reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and the improvement of engineering capability.
• Contribute to system specifications and vendor requirements documents.
• Develop designs in line with specifications and all quality and technical standards.
• Carry out investigations into operational problems or developments and develop and prepare solutions, individually or as a member of a project team.
• Support the Senior Engineer as the point of contact with customers and/or suppliers in assigned areas on engineering matters
• Document review for supplier deliverables within P&P domain.
• Make engineering judgements and propose detailed arguments to support the Senior Engineer in decision making.
• Maintaining and developing own capability through a structured development plan and suitable training requests.

Key Attributes:

• Batchelor’s degree with honours or Master’s degree (or other qualification plus appropriate further learning to honours degree level) in engineering, technology or science
• Early Career Associate / Associate/ Member membership of an appropriate Professional Engineering Institute, ideally IMarEST, IMechE, IET or CIBSE.
• Professional registration level: Working towards IEng
• Experience and expertise in Marine Engineering Systems
• Knowledge of processes and tools used in Marine Engineering
• Awareness of external market and similar industry advancements and developments
• Understands how marine engineering integrates into other technologies and products.