Graduate Engineer/Naval Architect

Salary: GBP30k - 45k per year
Reference: ENA02
Graduate Engineer/Naval Architect - GBP30,000-GBP45,000 DOE + Benefits - Dunfermline, Scotland
The Role
We are a leading naval engineering consultancy, based in Fife, looking to appoint a self-motivated graduate engineer or naval architect to our team.
This role is suitable for someone with a few years of experience in a marine engineering or naval discipline, or for a new STEM graduate wishing to work in the naval defence arena.
The ideal candidate will be open-minded and unconstrained by previous thinking. You will be able to learn quickly, benefitting from the vast experience of our existing team to rapidly start to work independently to lead tasks, whilst building professional technical reporting skills.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading naval engineering consultancy and develop your career.
Key Responsibilities:
Engaging with customers to understand requirements, develop approaches, inform progress and present outputs;
Working independently or as part of a small team to simulate and analyse naval scenarios;
Developing approaches to assessing simulation data, extracting key observations in order to draw conclusions which address the customer's requirements;
Developing fast running engineering models from trials, complex numerical simulations or battle damage data;
Writing technical reports and presentations to explain these conclusions, helping to guide future designs and policy.
The Company
Survivability Consulting Limited is a technical and engineering consultancy based in Fife. We deliver assessment, advice and software in the fields of naval survivability and lethality to government and industry customers. We work on an exciting range of programmes of vital importance to the defence of the UK and its allies. Our team have well over a century of combined experience delivering to the UK MOD and defence industry.
The Benefits
Competitive salary dependent on candidate and experience;
Company pension and health insurance;
Flexible working hours;
Actively supported development to chartership with a relevant institution.
The Person
Please note that only UK nationals (no dual nationals) are eligible for the role and the successful candidate will need to pass a security clearance process. Working from Home will not generally be possible.
The key skills and qualities required are:
Degree in a STEM discipline including Naval Architecture; and ideally if you have started your career, experience in a naval or maritime discipline (not essential);
Strong communication skills, able to analyse complex problems and present conclusions confidently and clearly, orally and in writing;
Experience using numerical simulation tools would be highly advantageous;
Self-motivation should be evident as you will need to quickly perform at a high level;
Excellent engineering computer skills essential.
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Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: GBP30,000.00-GBP45,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person