Principal Mechanical Engineer

5 months ago


Rosyth, United Kingdom Babcock International Group Full time

Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer - Marine Engineering
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £60, - £69, + Benefits 
Role Type: Full time / Permanent 
Role ID: SF

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 within Marine Engineering & Systems, at our Rosyth site.

The Role
As a Principal Mechanical within Marine Engineering, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be responsible for the design, build, assembly and maintenance of the next generation of Royal Navy vessels. 

Day to day, you’ll author and review mechanical and marine system designs through calculations, simulations, commissioning and diagnostic testing.

Lead and manage design teams through the design lifecycle  Ensure efficient and effective delivery of key engineering outputs  Act as technical authority  Develop innovative design solutions with robust engineering substantiation

This role is a full time role, 36 hours per week, and based at our Rosyth site near Dunfermline, Fife, with hybrid working options.

Experience required of the Principal Mechanical Engineer

Expert knowledge in Mechanical / Marine Engineering  Ability to use finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics Ability to understand and use 2D and 3D CAD Packages  Leadership experience preferable  Defence background beneficial but not essential 

Qualifications for the Principal Mechanical Engineer

Degree qualified in relevant subject  Member of relevant institution preferred (RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst etc) The successful candidate must hold or be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

Generous holiday allowance  Contributory Pension scheme, 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

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