Weights Engineer

Gold Group Limited; Frimley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence engineering firm in the UK seeks a Weights Engineer to work on marine platforms, ensuring weight precision for multi-billion-pound programs. The role involves analyzing mass properties data, collaborating with engineering teams, and managing weight risks. Candidates should have a STEM background or relevant experience, with a pathway to professional recognition. This position offers hybrid working conditions and numerous benefits including private healthcare, a pension scheme, and holidays.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

14% pension

25 days holiday

Free shares

Overtime

Qualifications

• Experience in a mass properties/weights engineering role.
• Ability to obtain SC Clearance – Sole UK Nationality.
• Ability to understand and interpret engineering data.
• Experience with large electrical or mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyze mass property data for marine vessel design.
• Partner with Mass Properties Lead to deliver weight reports.
• Collaborate with engineers to estimate mass and design maturity.
• Maintain a comprehensive database of mass properties.
• Identify and manage weight risks and opportunities.
• Extract mass properties from CAD models.

Skills

Mass properties exposure

Data analysis

Independent and teamwork skills

IT literacy in Microsoft packages

CAD software experience

Education

STEM qualification or extensive experience

CEng/IEng status or pathway to recognition

Tools

Excel

Job description

Sector: Client Delivery, Defence, Engineering Type: Permanent

Contact: Nick Taylor Job Published: 3 days ago

Role: Weights Engineer

Location: Frimley, Surrey - Hybrid

As a Weights Engineer you will have the chance to work on naval platforms at all stages of the product life cycle from early design to build support and commission.

The Weight Engineering Team are a multi-disciplinary Team of Engineers and Data Scientists who estimate, collate and present mass properties data for a number of multi billion pound marine engineering programmes.

What the role of the Weights Engineer entails:

• Drive the future of marine vessel design by gathering and analysing mass property data across complex equipment and systems - ensuring precision weight and balance control on multi-billion-pound defence programmes
• Partner with the Mass Properties Lead to deliver high-impact weight and centroid reports, showcasing your insights directly to the Chief Naval Architect
• Collaborate with brilliant engineers across mechanical, electrical and systems disciplines to accurately estimate mass, centroid, and design maturity for cutting‑edge technologies
• Own and maintain a comprehensive database of mass properties – the backbone of our design accuracy and performance decisions
• Lead the charge on weight‑saving‑innovation, identifying and managing weight risks and opportunities to unlock performance gains across every discipline
• Dive into CAD models to extract and estimate mass properties, quantifying uncertainty and driving data‑driven decisions that shape the future fleet
• Apply advanced statistical analysis to build a complete "whole‑boat" picture of weight risk and opportunity – informing senior leaders, key stakeholders, and customers with powerful insights

What experience you need to be the successful Weights Engineer:

• Experience and/or exposure to a mass properties / weights engineering role
• Ability to obtain SC Clearance – Sole UK Nationality
• Qualified in STEM subject or extensive experience
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• IT literate in Microsoft packages, experienced knowledge in Excel
• Ability to understand and interpret engineering data
• Experience working with large, electrical or mechanical systems
• Data analysis experience including interpretation, visualisation, manipulation and presentation
• Experience of using CAD packages and programmes
• CEng/IEng status or a clear pathway to achieving professional recognition

Benefits:

Overtime, Private Healthcare, 14% pension, 25 days holiday, free shares and more!

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Weights Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!