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SalaryJob description for Engineering Overseer
Working for the Principal Naval Overseers (PNO) you will join a team of predominantly 50 engineers who provide independent assurance to their project team clients, including Dreadnought Alliance and Submarine Production – Astute Class, ensuring that submarine build activities meet the necessary requirements of the contract.
The PNO undertake risk-based surveillance of vessels during build and provide waterfront and build support and advice to delivery teams; ensuring correct standards are maintained by promoting the Governance, Assurance, and Improvement (GAI) of acquisition, engineering and logistics support activities.
As an Engineering Overseer working within the Tactical Weapons Section, you will be working alongside other specialists consisting of both civilians and Royal Navy personnel in a varied and interesting role. You will be providing approval, evaluation and acceptance of documentation pertaining to the manufacture, testing and commissioning of Submarine Combat systems. As an Engineering Overseer you will undertake verification and validation of the Submarine Design and Build against our customers requirements and contribute to the production of Surveillance plans. You will also undertake build surveillance to gather independent assurance for a variety of sub-systems such as Command and/or Control systems, Mission systems, Optronics, Navigation systems, Sonar systems, Communications systems and Technology, Electronic Warfare systems and Weapons Systems and Effectors.
We are keen to support our staff that are motivated and driven to progress their careers and will support you to upskill and develop your knowledge of the systems and the build and commissioning of Nuclear Submarines.
Please be aware that there is a requirement to be able to climb ladders as you need to access the boats to be able to fulfil your role.
At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working, as this is an overseer role there is an expectation to be on site full time to be able to fulfil this. Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance. External and internal candidates may be entitled to relocation expenses for this position. This will depend on the outcome of an eligibility check by Defence Business Services (DBS).
