Naval Architect

KBR; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Naval Architect to join their multidisciplinary team in Glasgow. The role involves supporting nuclear facilities with design and development tasks. Candidates must have experience in naval architecture and marine structures, alongside robust technical justification skills in a high-risk environment. The position offers a hybrid working model balancing office and client site responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in Naval Architecture working on marine structures.
• Ability to produce robust technical justifications for naval structural designs.
• Capable of applying engineering knowledge in high hazard industries.

Responsibilities

• Support nuclear facilities and engineering teams.
• Design, develop, and maintain systems in a hybrid work environment.

Skills

Naval Architecture

Marine Structures

Technical Justification

Nuclear/High Risk Environment

Engineering Design

Job description

Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title:

Naval Architect

Simply put, at KBR, we do things that matter.

Every day, our people work together to deliver solutions that are helping solve the great challenges and opportunities of our time, including climate change, security, energy transition and security, cybersecurity, space exploration, and more.

We have an opportunity for a Naval Architect to support a large infrastructure programme based in the West of Scotland.

This is a key role working as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team supporting nuclear facilities and the delivery of services across Client sites.

What We Need

We need to see demonstrable experience in Naval Architecture, working on marine structures and jetties.

• Have experience of producing robust technical justification to allow for relevant naval structural design to be authorised within a high hazard industry.
• Be able to apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re-cycle engineering processes, systems, services and products in a nuclear/high risk environment.
• Use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to apply existing and emerging technology.

Location

The role is Hybrid where some of the week will be spent in the office in Glasgow City Centre and some at the Client site in Helensburgh.

Security Requirements

SC Clearance

Due to the secure nature of this project, restrictions in relation to UK and will apply.

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