Mechanical Power and Propulsion Engineer

12 Month Contract – Inside IR35

£46.90 per hour umbrella

Hybrid working – 1 -2 days per week on site

Job Role:

To provide Mechanical Engineering support to the Power & Propulsion systems team engaged in the functional design of Propulsion Systems on the River Class Destroyer Program for the Royal Canadian Navy.

This includes design of mechanical system schematics, engineering change requests and other design definition documents and calculations.

Key areas of activity:

Contribute to mechanical elements of the design of the River Class Destroyer Power and Propulsion systems. Including:

Propulsion Motors
Diesel Generators
Gas Turbine
Propulsion Gearbox
Shaftline
Steering gear and Stabilisers

Provide support to the team in order to assess technical compliance, integration and review of design documentation for the ship’s propulsion motors procurement pack.
Implement change to P&P systems away from baseline ship design, assessing impacts on equipment, systems and spatial design.
Support P&P compartment owners in the Zonal Maturity programme.
Author basic technical reports to support design maturity and articulate system design compliance to customer.
Delivering solutions that meet system requirements.  The role holder will be able to perform analyses of engineering issues and possess the ability to recommend solutions.
Carry out technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation...