Senior Design Engineer
SF 31689
Business Unit - Energy & Marine
Bristol
Salary £ 43,445.00- £ 53,385.00

About the Role
Babcock International are looking to recruit a Senior Designer to join our Energy & Marine Division. Our core skills include Electrical Engineering Design, Systems Engineering, multi-discipline design support and project management for new build and in-service commercial and defence vessels. Our state-of-the-art facilities offer world-class efficiency, scale and quality and our customers include: governments, international shipyards and ship owners and energy majors.

Reporting to the Engineering Discipline Lead, you will be working within a team of Professional Engineers who support numerous and varied projects. With a diverse product portfolio, we offer an exciting opportunity to join an ever-growing business with longevity. Projects include; design packages to support submarine and surface ship refits for the Royal Navy as well as International Commercial and Naval contracts.

Your main purpose of the role is to manage, organise, and ensure efficient execution of design and support projects for the repair, development and use of Babcock products, throughout their lifecycle, in accordance with Company Procedures and Processes.

Your principal tasks and responsibilities will include providing design support in appropriate Engineering Discipline. Executing duties in accordance with Company procedures for, training, health and safety, personnel, quality and project requirements. Preparing and checking design documentation as required. Authorising design documentation as directed by Supervisor. Preparing Design Reviews. Representing Group and/or Department as directed by Supervisor. Management of design teams as assigned by Supervisor. Supervising, planning and controlling work to time, cost and quality. Providing professional engineering support to surface ship, submarine, commercial and equipment projects. Providing business development support across Babcock Design & Technology. Undertake system requirements capture, concept design and modelling. Undertake the interpretation of a design requirement into an achievable design solution Manage staff as required in accordance with company and HR policies and procedures.

Bidding

• Managing of Design teams involved in the preparation of Commercial tenders.
• Preparing design estimates and schedules.
• Preparing Technical Reviews in support of tender responses requiring design input.

Project

• Acting as Project Design Manager responsible to Project Manager for Projects.
• Providing technical recommendations for selecting sub-contractors and/or suppliers.
• Providing liaison/management of technical aspects of work carried out by sub-contractors
• Liaising with Project to resolve Project issues.
• Liaising with Production to resolve manufacturing problems.

What do I need to do the role?
You will need demonstrable evidence of having worked in the field of the appropriate Discipline design, analysis and technical management at an appropriate level.

We would also like you to have:
A minimum of a second class degree or comparable academic standard in an appropriate discipline and to hold or be eligible for application to hold, Chartered Engineer status via an appropriate institution. However, personnel with relevant experience may be considered suitable.

What do I need to do the role?
You should hold or have the ability to obtain full SC clearance.

About Babcock International
For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.
We're committed to providing a great employee experience in a supportive and engaging environment. The benefits you can expect to enjoy include a generous holiday entitlement, competitive money purchase pension scheme with life assurance and a share ownership scheme. You'll benefit from excellent career and learning and development opportunities to ensure that you grow and achieve your full potential.

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Armed Forces Covenant
We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom. As part of the Covenant, Babcock offers Reservists and Uniformed Cadet Instructors up to 2 week's special paid leave to help them meet their commitments. To find out more please click here .

Closing date: 11/02/2021