Gas Turbine Senior Stress Engineer

Frazer Nash Consultancy; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy based in Plymouth is looking for a Senior Consultant Engineer. This role involves leading projects across diverse sectors including defence, energy, and transport. Candidates must have a degree in engineering, strong technical knowledge in mechanical or structural engineering, and in-depth experience in Advanced Finite Element Analysis. The position offers competitive salary, various benefits including flexible working, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary with yearly reviews

25 days holiday + 5 days to buy

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental benefits

Company pension scheme

Targeted professional development

Life assurance

Private healthcare membership

Bonus scheme

Paid professional membership fees

Cycle to work scheme

Season rail ticket loan

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Technical knowledge in mechanical / structural engineering required.
• In-depth experience of advanced Finite Element Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects across Frazer-Nash portfolio in defence, energy, and transport sectors.
• Deliver high value, performance, and safety-critical projects.
• Meet and communicate with customers to understand requirements.

Skills

Technical knowledge in mechanical / structural engineering

Advanced Finite Element Analysis

Experience with Abaqus, Ansys or SC03

Knowledge of strength and fatigue assessments

Education

Degree in engineering or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Reporting to your Group Leader you will be accountable for your own work and as a Senior Consultant engineer you will support the successful delivery of our portfolio of projects, project delivery governance, mentoring junior engineers and the development of the capability more broadly through guiding service development and strategy. You will have lots of opportunity for growth in whatever areas of engineering interest you. Although primarily a technical role, you will be joining a consultancy where we expect you'll be able to work across our business and with our clients. Good interpersonal skills are important as is the ability to make structured decisions, solve problems, and show initiative and ownership internally and externally.

Responsibilities

You'll also get the opportunity to deliver and lead projects across the whole Frazer-Nash portfolio, supporting our customers in the defence, energy and transport sectors. We support projects that are high value, high performance or safety critical for world-class organisations. Our projects are very diverse and can last from a few weeks to many years of sustained support. You will typically be involved in multiple projects at any one time. You will meet and communicate with customers to understand their requirements and develop the approach to deliver the desired outcomes and insights.

Qualifications

• A degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Technical knowledge in the mechanical / structural engineering domain.
• In-depth experience of advanced Finite Element Analysis such as cracked-body modelling, modelling material non-linearities, authoring user sub-routines and using software such as Abaqus, Ansys or SC03.
• Experience in strength, fatigue (low cycle and high cycle fatigue), creep and fracture assessments.

Desired Additional Experience

• Experience in a technical consultancy environment.
• Experience of building client relationships.
• Experience of project management.
• Experience of leading large and/or multi-disciplinary projects.
• Experience of delivering complex technical work in a commercial environment.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews.
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
• Happy to talk flexible working.
• Enhanced parental benefits.
• Company pension scheme.
• Targeted professional development.
• Life assurance.
• Private healthcare membership.
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance.
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution.
• Support in attaining professional membership.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season rail ticket loan.
• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements.