Responsibilities
* Lead design studies to assess and optimise a range of platform concepts, ensuring strategic alignment, operational value, affordability, and deliverability.
* Develop a comprehensive value engineering framework adaptable for a fleet of diverse vessel types, exploring multiple mission systems and innovative technologies.
* Collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary teams, including marine engineers, SDE engineers, and cost specialists, to design, evaluate, and refine concepts.
* Facilitate value engineering workshops across stakeholder groups, analysing outputs and building a reusable decision‑support database.
* Present findings and recommendations within tight deadlines, supporting ongoing project development.
* Contribute to continuous improvement by creating tools and methodologies for future value engineering activities.
Qualifications
* A degree qualification in Naval Architecture or Ship Science.
* At least 5 years' post‑chartership experience in naval architecture; candidates without Chartership must demonstrate a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience and professional development.
* Membership of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects or an equivalent professional body.
* Proven experience in warship design methods, deep‑sea operational constraints, and modern naval or commercial platform development.
* Skilled in Multi‑Criteria Decision Analysis and capable of evaluating complex, multi‑stakeholder design options objectively and subjectively.
* Hands‑on experience with warship concept design, offboard systems, and an understanding of naval cost models.
* Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams and facilitation of stakeholder workshops.
Desirable
* Recent experience conducting value engineering on warships or similar complex defence systems.
* Knowledge of emerging maritime trends such as uncrewed solutions and offboard systems.
* Familiarity with innovative platform concepts, alternative materials, and advanced modelling techniques, including AI and probabilistic simulations.
Salary
£550 to £650 per day (Inside IR35)
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