Ship Structures Engineer

12 month contract (Inside IR35)

£47.12 per hour umbrella

Hybrid working (3 – 4 days per week on site)

Job Role:

Carry out technical analyses and investigations involving the design and calculation of ship scantlings or equipment seatings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertaking ship structures analysis as part of the Central Structures Team.
• Produce structural design solutions, supported by calculations, for either ship scantling issues or seat designs as required
• Undertaking FEA analyses of wholeship or local structurural calcs.
• Prepare Design Sketches of structural solutions as required.
• Liaise with the Detail Design community and equipment owners to unblock issues preventing the conclusion of structural design activities.
• Prepare Design Sketches of structural solutions as required.

Key Accountabilities:

• Structural solutions, calculations, design sketches and drawings supporting design and assessment tasks, specific to own discipline.
• Design and Assessment Studies
• Technical Reports and Specification
• FEA analysis
• Peer reviewing of other team members calculations where required

Qualifications / Skills Required:

• Good understanding of ship structures, in particular calculations of primary ship structure.
• Knowledge and competence in ship structural design including the derivation of scantlings and major equipment seatings from first principles.
• Sound capability in general structural theory and analysis and its application to ship structures.
• Able to perform analysis using recognised FEA tools, preferably Hypermesh and Abaqus (desirable)
• Knowledge of class rules, particularly Lloyds Rules.
• Five Years’ experience in engineering or a defence or related industry
• Typically degree qualified (not essential), likely to be in Naval Architecture or other engineering related discipline

Meeting or working towards the requirements for registration as Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council