Job Title: Mass Properties Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Brough, Weymouth, Bristol, Portsmouth, Frimley, Manchester – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Competitive
What you’ll be doing:
* Collate mass property data for equipment and systems to deliver weight and centroid control on multi billion pound submarine programmes
* Support the Mass Properties Lead to aggregate weight and centroid reports and present the status to the Chief Naval Architect
* Collaborate with system design engineers to accurate estimate mass, centroid and design maturity of multiple mechanical and electronic systems
* Maintain a comprehensive database of parts mass properties
* Provide input to and lead weight saving strategies and maintain the list of weight risk and opportunities for each discipline area
* Interrogate CAD models to determine estimates for mass properties with associated uncertainties
* Utilise statistical analysis to provide a whole boat picture of weight risk and opportunity to senior leaders, stakeholders and our customers
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
* Qualified in STEM subject or extensive experience
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* IT literate in Microsoft packages, experienced knowledge in Excel
* Ability to understand and interpret engineering data
Desirable
* Experience working with large, Electrical or Mechanical systems
* Data analysis experience including interpretation, visualisation, manipulation and presentation
* Experience of using CAD packages and programmes
* CEng/IEng status or a clear pathway to achieving professional recognition
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Weight Engineering team:
The Weight Engineering Team are a multi-disciplinary Team of Engineers and Data Scientists who estimate, collate and present mass properties data for a number of multi billion pound submarine programmes. The Weight Engineering team are a specialist team who play a critical role in the whole boat design and assuring whole boat safety. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles,