Senior Engineer - Auxiliaries

Job title – Senior Engineer – Auxiliary

Contract – Inside IR35

Location – Scotstoun

Hybrid working

Duties:

• 4 years + demonstrable experience in auxiliary (Piping design or Mechanical design)
• Ideally someone who experience in a similar role and has experience creating and managing piping systems.
• Doing calculations and investigating pressure loss on piping systems
• Ability to understand technical specifications and write technical reports.
• Responsible for mentoring a junior engineer to pass on the knowledge.
• Does not necessarily need a background in naval or marine engineering – for example civilian designing hot and cold water for a building, same physics apply, nuclear power plant, distillery.
• Good working knowledge of piping systems
• Required to touch base with customers. Would be required to speak to suppliers a lot regarding new valves and pumps.
• Creation of Schematics, Technical Specifications, Design Calculations and General Management of Auxiliary Fluid Systems.
• Participate fully in developing, maintaining, and modifying engineering processes and procedures in assigned areas in response to technical developments and operational need.
• Carry out technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options, and prepare reports with suggested recommendations.
• Prepare specifications, develop designs in line with specifications and all quality and technical standards, and carry out design appraisals in assigned areas to ensure all standards are maintained.
• Carry out investigations into operational problems or developments and develop and prepare solutions, individually or as a member of a project team.
• Support the identification of business opportunities and the preparation of bids in area(s) of expertise to facilitate the development of the highest quality bids.
• Assist the team through the L&D and performance management process, identifying training and development requirements and skill gaps.
• Carry out technical investigations and assess/provide recommendations regarding consequences.
• By understanding the transversal factors that marine systems have on complex warship design, such as underwater radiated noise, shock, survivability, operability, reliability, availability, human factors, and design for support; influence the overall design solution.

Knowledge:

• Experience in Mechanical Systems for marine applications.
• Experience in the design, build, integration, support and operation of Naval ships.
• Knowledge and experience of shipbuilding, Operations processes and modern build strategies.
• Knowledge of processes and tools used in Marine Engineering
• Awareness of Life Cycle Management reviews of bids and programmes.
• Awareness of external market and similar industry advancements and developments
• Understands how marine engineering integrates into other technologies and products.

Skills:

• Commercial Awareness
• Calculation software – fluid Flo, FORAN, AutoCAD