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Sector: Aviation
Role: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Job Description
Mechanical Design Engineer - Submarines
Thurso, Scotland
Full time
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Thurso. Thurso is situated in the historical county of Caithness and is the northernmost town in the UK where we have successfully operated and managed the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment for the last 50 years on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
This position is being advertised due to increased workload coming online early 2025.
We are a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.
Join us and we'll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.
What we offer:
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance, and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
What you will be doing:
You will be expected to make technical judgement on the options available and present these to site stakeholders prior to detailed design development.
1. You will also be expected to provide technical assistance and advice on request to various on-site projects.
2. Production of technical documentation for the installation of mechanical components and equipment to support Rolls-Royce operations on the Vulcan site.
3. Development of mechanical design solutions from requirements capture, through concept to detailed design.
4. Specify, produce, review, and check technical documents.
5. Prepare/originate information using theoretical principles.
6. Represent department at formal internal and external meetings/design reviews.
Who we're looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
In this role, you will need to have a good work ethic, a questioning attitude, and be willing to work with others to achieve a common goal.
1. Experienced Mechanical Design Engineer preferably with exposure to process plant, mechanical components, machining, tooling, handling and lifting, special purpose machinery or assembly processes.
2. CAD Design Software experience.
3. External Skills/Experience can be from industries such as Civil Nuclear, Marine, Petro-Chemical, Oil & Gas, Special Purpose Machinery.
4. Engineering Qualification or relevant experience (Chartered/Degree/HND/HNC/Apprentice Trained).
We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving.
To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business, an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.
Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.
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Job Category: Mechanical Systems
Posting Date: 20 Dec 2024; 00:12
Posting End Date: 30 Dec 2024
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