Location: Portsmouth (HM Naval Base)
Service Area: Asset Management
Hours of Work: 37 Per week
What You’ll be doing:
Reporting to the Senior Structural Design Manager, you’ll have vital responsibility for developing the client’s strategic requirement into a detailed Statement of Requirements (SOR) addressing performance, dependencies, test and commissioning, applicable standards/regulations, and acceptance criteria.
Aligned with this, you’ll also be responsible for building, developing, and managing multi-discipline internal and external design teams. By extension, you’ll manage the design process factoring in timescales and feasibility of design elements in practice.
Operationally, you’ll also conduct structural surveys, provide reports and repair specifications, ensure designs align to client’s strategic and environmental objectives, including Net Zero Carbon etc, and actively offer innovations to support these objectives. Lastly to note, you’ll confidently support and advise the client regarding design elements maximising relations and factoring in delivery.
You’ll Have:
A Degree within Structural Engineering, structural design experience in a relevant industry. Factoring in your familiarity with multiple projects, you’ll have exposure to construction materials, the full engineering lifecycle and have competent knowledge of all engineering, procurement, and construction aspects of delivering projects.
Knowledge of Building Regulations, British standards and Eurocodes is equally essential.
About you:
With the responsibility of monitoring and influencing within this position, you’ll have strong communication skills, joined with established negotiation ability. You’ll also be able to showcase key attributes such as listening, clarification, concise behaviours and persuasiveness during any stage of the design project.
Your presentation skills are equally as important where you’ll be able to convey concepts and lengthy work streams in clear, concise, and visually appealing formats with consideration to the target audience. In alignment, you will be able to confidently deliver mentorship and support other engineers, particularly those less experienced.
You’ll get:
* A competitive salary
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Enhanced pension scheme
* Life assurance
* Access to our internal benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues
* Cycle to work scheme
* Group income protection
* Flexible parental benefits (if applicable)
* Access to our Internal employee assistance network, giving you the opportunity to reach the heights of success within your new position.
* Continued professional career development
* Kudos reward opportunities (internal achievements scheme)
* Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service
* 50% off entry into the Historic Dockyard.
Application process:
Applications are urged to apply prior to the advertising closing date of Friday 10th October 2025 with a view of interviews scheduled to commence week commencing Monday 13th October 2025. For all queries, please contact the Recruitment Team in the first instance who will advise accordingly.
About Us:
At KBS Maritime, we're not just another company – we're an exciting and dynamic joint venture between industry leaders BAE Systems and KBR. Our team is dedicated to providing Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Energy Solutions and Alongside Services at His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNBP), the beating heart of the Royal Navy.
With almost two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface ships stationed at HMNBP, working with KBS Maritime means being at the forefront of innovation and progress. We operate in a unique and fascinating environment, with a mix of historic dockyards and cutting-edge infrastructure that's unlike any other.
By delivering state of the art solutions to the Royal Navy, KBS Maritime offers the chance to work on projects that make a real difference to the safety, security, and sustainability of the UK's National Defence and Security. But it's not just about the work – at KBS Maritime, we believe in the value of our people. We have the ethos of a small business, which means we value and empower our team members to succeed