Job Title: Senior Naval Architect
Location: Plymouth, Bristol, or Rosyth + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent or Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF59822
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Naval Architect at our Plymouth, Bristol, or Rosyth sites.
Babcock is rapidly establishing itself as an international Naval ship designer and builder. We have built on the success of the UK MoD Type-31 Frigate and have secured contracts for frigate export variants (AH140) with overseas customers. As well as supporting exports of frigates, the engineering team is actively working on other ship newbuild and life extension programs around the world, from fast attack craft all the way up to aircraft carriers.
We are looking to expand our engineering and ship design teams in order to exploit these opportunities and so if you are interested in taking your career in an exciting new direction then consider Babcock for your next move.
The role
As a Senior Naval Architect, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll support complex shipbuilding programmes, developing designs through concept and early-stage design as well as supporting the bidding process.
Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for authoring, reviewing, and substantiating marine designs through calculations, simulations, commissioning, and diagnostic test support.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide solutions to manufacturing and installation issues by assisting in the resolution of technical and production queries.
- Liaising with design teams and other stakeholders throughout the design lifecycle to ensure coordination and functionality of system designs, including supporting design reviews.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Senior Naval Architect
- Proven naval architecture 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.
Qualifications for the Senior Naval Architect
- Degree qualified or HND/HNC level qualification in an engineering discipline with extensive experience in relevant field.
- Member of a relevant institution (e.g. RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst etc.) and hold Chartered or Incorporated status (or be working towards).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- 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 is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
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