Principal Marine Structures Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Principal FEA Engineer, where you will lead complex finite element analysis tasks and support product development throughout the design lifecycle. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your deep technical knowledge and expertise in FEA, primarily using ANSYS, to deliver efficient engineering outputs. Enjoy a hybrid working arrangement that fosters work-life balance, alongside a comprehensive benefits package including matched pension contributions, health consultations, and excellent development opportunities. Be part of a team that is committed to creating a safe and secure world while advancing your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Deep professional expertise in FEA and substantial post-degree experience.
• Experience using ANSYS for complex engineering analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution and delivery of complex FE analysis tasks.
• Provide technical support to key customers and ensure effective delivery.

Skills

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Technical Support

Stress Analysis

Analytical Methodologies

Education

Degree in Engineering

BTEC equivalent in Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

Job description

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Principal Marine Structures Engineer

Location:

Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Principal FEA Engineer
Location: Either Plymouth, Bristol or Rosyth
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59826

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 FEA Engineer at either of our Plymouth, Bristol or Rosyth sites.

The role
As a Principal Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for leading in the execution and delivery of complex FE analysis-based tasks, using your deep technical knowledge to support product development throughout the design lifecycle.

• Provide technical support to our key customers, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of engineering outputs.
• Analysis will be predominately using ANSYS, for the analysis of linear and non-linear, static, and dynamic, structural, thermodynamic, in time and frequency domains and multi-physics environment, performing analytical studies for analysing the mechanism of kinematics, dynamics, and force analysis.
• Implementing robust verification and validation processes for stress analysis and experience in training and development of engineers in the field of stress analysis.
• Generating appropriate analytical methodologies for the optimization of stress analysis studies and produce appropriately justified technical solutions, interpreting, and converting analysis results into practical design outputs.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Principal FEA Engineer

• The role requires deep professional expertise, knowledge, and experience in FEA.
• You should have experience in the use and application of ANSYS.

Qualifications for the Principal FEA Engineer

• Degree qualified in an engineering discipline with extensive experience in relevant field (or BTEC equivalent qualification in relevant engineering discipline with significant demonstrable experience) and have substantial demonstrable post degree experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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 the majority of 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.