Senior Stress Engineer

Lynx Recruitment Ltd; Allbrook; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm in the UK is seeking a qualified engineer to provide technical support within a multidisciplinary team. The role involves conducting detailed design analyses, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in structural analysis and finite element techniques. This role requires excellent documentation skills and a commitment to professional development. Opportunities for domestic and international travel are included.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in engineering design and analysis.
• Strong understanding of compliance and quality standards.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design engineers to ensure technical requirements are met.
• Perform detailed engineering analyses through calculations and software.
• Prepare and validate technical documentation for design analyses.
• Mentor engineers in analysis and verification tasks.

Skills

Structural analysis

Finite element analysis

Project management

Technical documentation

Job description

Job Summary / Purpose and Role

This position provides technical support to a multidisciplinary engineering team in the successful delivery of projects and workstreams. Reporting directly to the Engineering Lead, the role focuses on carrying out and overseeing design analyses to ensure solutions are robust, efficient, and delivered to the required standards of quality, schedule, and cost.

Key Working Relationships

• Project Engineering Managers, Principal Engineers, Senior Engineers, and Design Engineers
• Project Managers and Project Engineers
• External clients, suppliers, and other third parties as necessary

Professional Development

The postholder is expected to actively pursue continuous professional development in line with relevant professional registrations and statutory obligations, maintaining awareness of best practice and industry standards.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design engineers to ensure solutions meet technical requirements and are structurally sound.
• Carry out detailed engineering analyses, primarily through hand calculations, supported by finite element analysis where required.
• Prepare, review, and validate technical documentation related to design analysis.
• Serve as the internal point of contact for all design analysis activities, including work completed by subcontractors.
• Contribute to the development of conceptual and scheme designs to ensure structural integrity, manufacturability, and cost efficiency.
• Apply pragmatic, efficient analytical approaches to support the design process and project delivery.
• Provide input to project schedules and resource planning to assist Project Managers and Engineering Leads.
• Mentor and support engineers undertaking analysis or verification tasks.
• Contribute to the development of standard operating procedures to improve consistency and quality across engineering analysis activities, providing internal training as needed.
• Support continuous improvement and change management processes across the engineering function in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
• Undertake travel within the UK and abroad as required for project or client meetings.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant data protection and confidentiality policies.
• Promote a strong health, safety, and environmental culture, ensuring compliance with all legal and company requirements.
• Support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, ensuring a respectful and supportive workplace for all.