Project Engineer Constructive

Job Description

Job title: Project Engineer Constructive

Location: Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 depending on skills & experience

What you'll be doing:

• Resolve production queries during project delivery, investigate engineering issues, and support project functions.
• Make engineering decisions within delegated authority and design intent.
• Review project work with stakeholders to ensure sufficient engineering content and safety considerations.
• Serve as a liaison between design houses and project functions.
• Support planning and project delivery, produce complex designs, and conduct detail design appraisals.
• Assist in maintaining engineering oversight and governance, ensuring quality and integrity of work.
• Apply MOD safety and environmental systems, BAE Systems Engineering Governance, and Product Safety frameworks.
• Aid Production Teams in meeting requirements and standards.
• Develop and modify engineering processes and procedures in assigned areas.
• Support best practice development and increase capability and performance.
• Identify training and development needs and keep up-to-date with relevant technical areas.

Your skills and experiences:

• Possesses an in-depth knowledge of Warship / marine engineering environments, with a background in constructive and structural engineering.
• Has a good understanding of design / draughting process and the practical layout of technical drawings
• Able to perform robust analysis using recognised draughting and analytical tools and to make sound judgements based on experience.
• Has sufficient breadth of knowledge of Warship design and the sound judgement needed to be able make correct trade-off decisions.
• Experience of repair, maintenance and integration of ships structures, systems and equipment.

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The QEC PEM team:

Working within a compact team of engineers providing both reactive and proactive engineering solutions for the QEC platform, liaising closely with Ops teams, Warship Technical Authority and Design Houses to ensure that all solutions meet platform standards, frequently working to tight schedules enabling platforms to meet their operational programs.

Delivering technical oversight for the integration of system installations early in the design cycle, ensuring constant improvements by capturing historical LFE throughout project planning phases and providing a hub for technical information during the installation phase.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 9th May 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.