About the role

  • Principal Naval Architect leading innovative design solutions and engineering coordination for a major shipbuilding program. Responsible for technical reports, team development, and collaboration across projects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design teams throughout the design lifecycle to ensure coordination and functionality.
  • Support and develop team members to enhance performance and career progression.
  • Develop innovative design solutions and produce substantiation reports for tasks such as stability assessments and concept designs.
  • Produce technical reports and maintain high standards of engineering outputs.
  • Collaborate across projects within the wider engineering capability group for long-term career development.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in the naval/marine industry
  • Proficiency in naval architecture design packages (e.g., Paramarine, Maxsurf, Aveva)
  • Experience with naval platforms (surface ships and submarines advantageous)
  • Degree-qualified (HND/HNC with extensive relevant experience considered)
  • Membership of a relevant institution (e.g., RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst)
  • Chartered Engineer status
  • Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading: buy or sell annual leave from entitlement
  • ‘Be Kind Day’: one working day's paid leave for volunteering
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme

Job title

Principal Naval Architect

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£59,110 - £72,337 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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