Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: Nationwide
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Job Title: Mass Properties Specialist
Location: Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Portsmouth, Barrow-in-Furness, Frimley or Weymouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements (Hybrid working arrangements and Part Time considered) - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Competitive
What you'll be doing:
· Collate mass property data for equipment and systems to deliver weight and centroid control on multi billion pound submarine programmes
· Support the Mass Properties Lead to aggregate weight and centroid reports and present the status to the Chief Naval Architect
· Collaborate with system design engineers to accurate estimate mass, centroid and design maturity of multiple mechanical and electronic systems
· Maintain a comprehensive database of parts mass properties
· Provide input to and lead weight saving strategies and maintain the list of weight risk and opportunities for each discipline area
· Interrogate CAD models to determine estimates for mass properties with associated uncertainties
· Utilise statistical analysis to provide a whole boat picture of weight risk and opportunity to senior leaders, stakeholders and our customers
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
· Qualified in STEM subject or extensive experience
· CEng/IEng status or a clear pathway to achieving professional recognition
· Ability to work independently and as part of a team
· IT literate in Microsoft packages, experienced knowledge in Excel
Desirable:
· Experience working with large, complex Electrical or Mechanical systems
· Data analysis experience including interpretation, visualisation, manipulation and presentation
· Experience of using CAD packages and programmes
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 Weights Engineering team:
The Weight Engineering Team are a multi-disciplinary Team of Engineers and Data Scientists who estimate, collate and present mass properties data for a number of multi billion pound submarine programmes. The Weight Engineering team are a specialist team who play a critical role in the whole boat design and assuring whole boat safety