Principal Naval Architect
Expleo Group
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Preston • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Lead
About the role
- As a Principal Naval Architect, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary.
- Developing designs through concept and early-stage design as well as supporting the bidding process.
- This role will provide you with the opportunity to deliver complex structural solutions within an exciting, interesting team environment.
- Day-to-day, you will be responsible for authoring, reviewing, and substantiating marine designs through calculations, simulations, commissioning, and diagnostic test support.
- You will contribute and lead product development throughout the design lifecycle and provide technical support to our key customers, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of engineering outputs.
- You will act as Technical Authority and have deep subject knowledge of an aspect of marine engineering.
- Preparation and production of substantiation reports for marine solutions throughout the entire design lifecycle phases (Concept, Basic, Functional, Detail, Manufacturing, Installation and Decommissioning), in line with recognised standards and to the required time, cost and quality requirements.
- Liaising with design teams and other stakeholders throughout the design lifecycle to ensure coordination and functionality of system designs, including supporting design reviews.
- Develop innovative design solutions with robust engineering substantiation.
- Provide solutions to manufacturing and installation issues by assisting in the resolution of technical and production queries.
Requirements
- HND/HNC Level qualification within an engineering discipline (degree level is advantageous).
- Ideally you will be a member of a relevant institution (e.g., RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst etc.) and hold Chartered or Incorporated status, or have a clear route to obtain.
- Proven structural design experience from a highly regulated industry.
- Experience with appropriate analytical software such as stability software (Paramarine, NAPA, FORAN, Maxsurf), FEA, CFD and/or CAD.
- Experience of contributing to design reviews.
Benefits
- Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
- We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
- Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
- Competitive company benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
structural designmarine engineeringcalculationssimulationsdiagnostic testingdesign lifecycleengineering substantiationdesign reviewsanalytical softwareFEA
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationteam collaborationproblem-solvingtechnical support
Certifications
HNDHNCChartered statusIncorporated statusRINA membershipIET membershipIMechE membershipIMarEst membership