Senior Mechanical Engineer

Ultra Electronics Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optional 9 day fortnight

TOIL

Flexible working hours

1pm finish on a Friday

Annual bonus

Hybrid working for certain job roles

Casual dress

25 days holiday

Christmas shut down

Option to buy or sell holiday

Health care options via salary sacrifice

Discount hub

4 x annual salary life cover

Pension scheme

Job summary

Ultra Electronics Group is seeking a candidate for an engineering role focused on naval technology in Greater London. The position involves identifying materials, developing solutions, and delivering engineering projects with high quality and compliance. Candidates typically need a Bachelor's degree in a related field and may need to undergo security clearance. Benefits include flexible working hours, an annual bonus, and hybrid working options, along with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Typically, a Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) in a related field and related experience or a recognized apprenticeship.
• May be required to maintain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Identifies appropriate materials and processes to ensure product quality and manufacturability.
• Develops solutions to deliver engineering projects on-time, on-quality, and on-budget.
• Writes reports and presents work carried out.

Education

Bachelor Degree (or equivalent)

Job description

Protecting What Matters. Powering The Future Of Naval Technology.

Ultra Maritime is a global leader in advanced maritime defence solutions. We operate at the forefront of innovation, delivering technologies that protect lives, secure nations, and enable a safer, more sustainable world.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies appropriate materials and processes to ensure the quality, performance, and manufacturability of products; utilizes software and other design and modeling tools to plan, develop, and improve mechanical parts or components and communicate conceptual designs and specifications to stakeholders.
• Develops solutions and solves intermediate to semi-complex problems to deliver engineering projects on-time, on-quality, and on-budget.
• Writes reports and presents work carried out at peer and design reviews.
• May provide training and support to new team members.
• May include safety, environmental protection and compliance.

Qualifications:

• Typically, a Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) in a related field and related experience or a recognized apprenticeship.
• May be required to maintain security clearance.

Security Requirements

This role requires you to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard Check (BPSS) as a minimum and some roles will require further national security vetting checks. In line with Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the United Kingdom Vetting Service (UKSV).

Benefits

• Optional 9 day fortnight
• TOIL
• Flexible working hours
• 1pm finish on a Friday
• Annual bonus – dependent on level. Non-managers = 5% and Managers = 10% for example
• Hybrid working for certain job roles
• Casual dress
• 25 days holiday
• Christmas shut down – use three days of annual leave to cover this
• Option to buy or sell holiday
• Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice
• Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
• 4 x annual salary life cover
• Pension starting at 5% Employer / 4% Employee. You can select your employee contribution level from 4% to 70% (providing this sacrifice does not cause your salary to drop below the National Minimum Wage/ National Living Wage).

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Ultra Maritime embraces the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. We strive to build an open, inclusive workplace where ideas flourish and every individual can make a meaningful impact. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let the recruitment lead managing your application know.