Principal Mechanical Engineer - Gunnery

Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer - Gunnery
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54994
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Mechanical Engineer - Gunnery at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Principal Mechanical Engineer - Gunnery, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll lead Mechanical Engineering activities on several contracts, providing guidance and technical assurance to the engineers in your team, and liaising with project teams to enable delivery on the contracts. The Mechanical Engineering activities range from obsolescence changes, 3D Printing, to upgrading naval platform capability across Mission Systems contracts on equipment including 4.5" Gun, Phalanx, Gun System Automation9, T31 Gunnery, and future bid opportunities. You will be a critical part of ensuring the Royal Navy has the weaponry capability it needs.
Day to day, you'll be involved in:

• The oversight of Mechanical Engineering activities, ensuring quality output in accordance with engineering processes
• Developing design task proposals, requirements, and verification activities from a customer statement of need
• Performing root cause analysis of failures to identify improvements
• Managing tasks from concept through to implementation to defined safety standards, cost, programme and quality as an individual or as part of a team
• Reviewing and approving documentation and drawings to deliver a high-quality output

This role is full time, 36-hours per week and will be based at Devonport Royal Dockyard with hybrid working from home arrangements.
Essential experience of the Principal Mechanical Engineer - Gunnery:

• Mechanical Engineering Principles including materials, welding, stress analysis and manufacturing techniques.
• Supporting Project Management by identifying risks, creating a plan and reporting updates and advising on technical aspects of the project.
• Able to supervise, co-ordinate or work within a team providing guidance where appropriate across multiple projects and disciplines.
• Ability to use systems engineering design processes, and preferably adapt them to suit an application.

Qualifications for the Principal Mechanical Engineer - Gunnery:

• Chartered Engineer status or evidence of progression towards Chartered Engineer status.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 07/01/24
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