Hybrid Principal Marine Structures Engineer

at Expleo Group

• Job title: Principal Marine Structures Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

• Principal Marine Structures Engineer leading complex engineering design and analysis tasks for Expleo's marine projects. Driving innovation in naval and commercial ship design with a dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Apply & continue to develop a breadth of engineering skills, in the discipline of Marine Structures and Analysis.
• Lead in the development of the Marine Structures & Analysis Function and provide support into resource planning and capability growth to support business needs.
• Lead the development of new business opportunities and generate technical scopes, risk registers and work breakdown structures.
• Lead engineering analyses, technical studies and research & development projects, making use of your knowledge and experience, to deliver high quality end to end solutions to our customers and clients.
• Provide mentoring support, guidance & leadership to aid with the development of our Engineers to grow their technical & behavioural skills, knowledge & experience.
• Investigating and solve complex technical problems in concept, basic and detailed designs.
• Develop and maintain technical procedures, standards, processes, practices, guidelines, and standards.
• Interface directly with our customers and clients, representing our teams to discuss and deliver engineering solutions to complex problems.

Requirements

• Degree qualified in a relevant STEM discipline (e.g., Naval Architecture, Structural Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Material Science or Mathematics), or equivalent experience in the naval and commercial ship design, construction, or maintenance domain.
• Professional member of a relevant engineering institution (e.g., RINA, IMarEST, IMechE, IET).
• Recognised as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer by the UK Engineering Council (or actively working towards achieving accredited status)
• Experienced in at least one of the following key technical knowledge areas: Structural analysis and design (metallic and/or non-metallic)
• Design and assessment for explosive shock survivability
• Management and assessment of structural defects
• Materials engineering and testing in the marine environment
• Whole-ship and system concept design development
• Experience of linear, non-linear, dynamic and time-domain analysis methodologies, including both empirical and Finite Element approaches.
• Experience of using design & analysis software packages (e.g., FORAN, Ship Constructor, TRIBON, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Ansys Structural/Fluent, SESAM, Abaqus CAE/Standard, MatLab, MathCAD, MS Excel)
• Experience and knowledge of applicable classification society rules, standards & regulations used in maritime structure design (e.g., Lloyd’s Register, Eurocode(s), PD5500, ANEP-77, Maritime Acquisition Publication(s), Naval Engineering Standard(s), Defence Standard(s)).
• A readiness to grow & develop your technical & behavioural competence to operate at the cutting edge of your discipline.
• The drive to work in a collaborative environment with a natural curiosity and continuous improvement approach, challenging yourself and others to find new solutions.
• A proven track record of delivering reliability, productivity & quality in a technical consultancy environment.
• A passion to grow & support others through strong technical leadership, helping to identify new opportunities for technical & behavioural development and progression.

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