Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
We are seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to join our team in a key leadership role.
About the Role:
This position involves overseeing the design and specification of marine mechanical and auxiliary systems, ensuring they meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and supportability. The successful candidate will have a strong background in mechanical engineering, with experience in system integration, verification, validation, and commissioning activities. They will also possess excellent communication skills, including the ability to engage with senior stakeholders and decision authorities.
Responsibilities:
* Assess and advise on key mechanical system capability and technical risks
* Support the review of technical deliverables from contractors
* Review system documentation, operating procedures, schematics, and design calculations, applying mechanical system engineering principles, techniques, procedures, and criteria for naval ship designs
* Engage with delivery participants to address provision of platform support requirements and establishment of associated mechanical interfaces
* Assess and advise on suitability of system characteristics, including performance, and contribute to safety and supportability aspects of the program
Qualifications:
* Degree-qualified mechanical or marine systems engineer with strong knowledge and experience in marine mechanical systems
* Strong communication skills, including the ability to engage with senior stakeholders and decision authorities
* Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and share experience and lessons with the project team membership to build mechanical engineering skills and abilities
* Ability to influence thinking and advocate for the project team's interests across multiple stakeholders with divergent interests
* Ability to rapidly assimilate information and describe viable concepts for solutions
* Positive, solutions-oriented attitude
Advantageous Knowledge and Understanding:
* Understanding of propulsion, firefighting, and other auxiliary systems
* Professional Engineering Credential (in mechanical engineering, marine engineering, or other applicable discipline)
* Experience with verification, validation, and set-to-work and commissioning activities