Platform Support & Installation Engineer

First Military Recruitment; Crawley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension with 5% company match

Health and dental cover

Death in-service insurance

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Cycle to work scheme

Gym membership

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

First Military Recruitment is assisting a leading defence supplier to recruit a Platform Support & Installation Engineer. The role involves installing, integrating, testing and commissioning RF and electronic equipment on UK naval platforms, diagnosing faults and providing in-service support across deployments.

The successful candidate will plan deployments, deputise for the project technical lead, and prepare clear engineering documentation such as test procedures and fault reports, with

Qualifications

• Defence engineering experience in naval, maritime or military aviation environments.
• Strong electrical and electronic knowledge with RF/EW understanding.
• Proven fault diagnosis, repair, test and installation experience with RF gear.
• HNC/HND/degree or military technical training or equivalent.
• Desirable: Royal Navy platform/dockyard experience; CESM/ESM/EW knowledge; Linux CLI.
• Full UK driving licence (Category B), UK passport and eligibility for UK security clearance.
• Willing to work away from home.

Responsibilities

• Installing, integrating, testing and commissioning RF and electronic equipment on UK naval platforms.
• Diagnosing and repairing faults, and providing in-service support.
• Planning and coordinating deployments, and deputising for the project technical lead.
• Producing clear engineering documentation, including test procedures and fault reports.

Skills

Defence engineering

Naval / maritime experience

Electrical knowledge

RF testing

Fault diagnosis

RF test equipment

Linux CLI

Security clearance eligibility

Education

HNC/HND/degree or military training

Tools

RF test equipment

Job description

JMB74: Platform Support & Installation Engineer
Salary: £55,000 to £60,000,

Hours: 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday

Location: Office based in Redhill, with deployments of 1 to 10 days to UK customer, dockyard and naval sites

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of our client, a leading supplier of advanced communications, tactical intelligence and uncrewed systems to the Defence and security sectors.

They are looking for an experienced Platform Support & Installation Engineer, ideally from a Royal Navy or related background, to support complex RF and electronic systems on UK naval platforms.

The role covers installing, integrating, testing and commissioning equipment, diagnosing and repairing faults, and providing in-service support. You will also plan and coordinate deployments, deputise for the project technical lead when needed, and produce clear engineering documentation such as test procedures and fault reports.

The role:

• Installing, integrating, testing and commissioning RF and electronic equipment on UK naval platforms
• Diagnosing and repairing faults, and providing in-service support
• Planning and coordinating deployments, and deputising for the project technical lead when needed
• Producing clear engineering documentation, including test procedures and fault reports

About you

• Defence engineering experience in a naval, maritime or military aviation environment (or similar)
• Strong electrical and electronic knowledge, with specialist understanding of RF, radio communications, electronic surveillance or electronic warfare
• Proven fault diagnosis, repair, test and installation experience, and confident use of RF test equipment
• HNC, HND, degree, military technical training, apprenticeship or equivalent experience
• Desirable: Royal Navy platform or dockyard experience, CESM/ESM/EW knowledge, Linux command-line skills
• Full UK driving licence (Category B), UK passport and eligibility for UK security clearance (this requires UK citizenship)
• Willing to work away from home

What's on offer

• A strong salary of £55,000 to £60,000, with a performance-related bonus on top
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, and time off in lieu for any weekend work
• A pension with the company matching your contributions up to 5%
• Full health and dental cover, plus death in-service insurance, so you and your family are looked after
• Real perks that make a difference: electric vehicle salary sacrifice, cycle to work scheme, gym membership and more
• A stable Monday to Friday routine, with the variety of regular deployments to naval and dockyard sites
• The chance to put your military technical background to work on cutting-edge defence systems