Mechanical Integration Project Engineer

Are you looking to join a world-leading organisation in the defence sector that will offer you excellent support and corporate benefits? Our client is a leading multi-national defence systems provider which boasts some of most advanced facilities in their areas of expertise. At present the company employs well in excess of 10,000 staff worldwide and continues to grow in parallel with the demand for their highly regarded services.

You will have the potential to work on multi-national projects with associated international travel, whilst developing design solutions for the next generation of defence systems.

We currently have an opportunity for a Mechanical Integration Project Engineer, based in Bristol.

As Mechanical Integration Project Engineer you will be responsible for deriving and delivering the new products project to meet customer requirements on time and on cost. For this specific role the focus is on live export campaigns, and you must be willing to travel within the UK and Europe on occasion.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a predominantly mechanical integration and structural design background wanting to build on their experience by working in a diverse customer focussed team to win export business.

Your job role and responsibilities will include:

Direct customer engagement and impact assessments on the existing products and capability, for example; Structural Integrity and Environmental Certification.
Derive physical architecture concepts and progressively down-selected through trade-off studies that will consider impact
Support Industrial offset and workshare discussions; be technical point of contact for physical design, requiring engagement into current UK and European design teams and supply chains.
Propose qualification/proving strategies required to validate new products, considering; Mechanical Environments (shock & vibration), Climatic Environments, EMC Environments, Physical functions qualification.
Manage the architecture task package;
Produce Statements of Work and project plans as requested that detail the technical activities, deliverables, risks and opportunities, costs.
Derive and manage resource needs to support all Bids, contributing to Work Load Forecast.

It is essential that you have the following Qualifications and Skills:

Ideally educated to degree level, or equivalent, with in depth experience of product development within a multi-disciplined environment.
Experience of product design, specifically in mechanical integration and structural design
Design for Environment and Environmental Qualification desirable
Good understanding of broader engineering disciplines, including: Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing
Design to Cost and UPC management
Good knowledge and experience in structured Problem-Solving techniques
Experience across the full Product Life Cycle.
Ability to influence senior managers and other stakeholders across the company.
Strong interpersonal and well-developed communication skills (written & verbal), both internally and working with the customer.

Job Title:Mechanical Integration Project Engineer
Salary:Up to £55,000pa + excellent bonus + excellent benefits
Location:Bristol, Avon, South West
Job ID:895838

Security

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet these criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

In the first instance, candidates should send us their CV, clearly stating salary expectations, location preferences and availability. Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to submit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time. Services advertised by Electus Recruitment Solutions are those of an Agency. This is a permanent opportunity.

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