Lead Naval Architect

Lead Naval Architect – Permanent – Fareham – £Competitive

Background

Our client is a fast-growing consultancy that can offer a varied, rewarding career for motivated individuals who relish a challenge. We are looking for team players with strong technical skills and an ability to communicate clearly. We know that our people are our business, and so we are dedicated to empowering, inspiring and leading them to ensure that they always give their best.

Job Description

The company requires a mature self-starter in this role who can lead the company’s consultants, working with the executive management to support staff and deliver projects to demonstrable quality and time objectives.We provide the following services:

Concept design:

• Whole-ship design including weight balance and hull optimisation.
• Concept design using the latest block building methodology developed for our military customers.
• Innovative engineering-led design with the ability to rapidly and accurately synthesise new designs and assess/optimise their performance.
• Seakeeping analysis and optimisation including stabiliser assessment and tailoring.
• Design analysis including resistance, and propulsion integration and optimisation.
• Propulsion innovation including the use of pods, hybrid propulsion plants, waterjets and high power/high speed applications.
• Design assurance and due diligence.

Stability management including:

• Modelling and model preparation or assurance.
• Conduct and analysis of inclining experiments worldwide, working both as assurers and conductors.
• One of only two Recognised Organisations allowed to oversee inclining experiments on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence.
• SIB creation.
• Stability training for officers and stability support.
• Structural analysis including complex FEA and structural optimisation.
• Proposal of solutions for alterations and additions to new or older vessels.
• Emergency response.
• Towing analysis.
• Escape and Evacuation planning and analysis.
• Survivability and security against a range of threats.
• Re-design of existing platforms through close stakeholder engagement, discussion and design option studies.
• Design assurance through analysis and assessment of designs and proposals for improvements.
• Shipboard material state surveys.
• Due diligence for new owners taking on a ship, ensuring the ship is materially safe/suitable and assessing the steps necessary to bring the ship in line with good safety practice, Class and Flag requirements/legislation.

Qualifications and Attributes

• Have a good degree in Naval Architecture or Ship Science with at least 8 years’ post-graduate relevant experience.
• Have achieved or be looking to achieve Fellowship of RINA and Chartered Engineer status.
• Have strong interpersonal skills.
• Have experience of working on submarines, warships or superyachts.
• Work without direct supervision on your own initiative.
• Work with pace and confidence.
• Display excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Demonstrate good skills with a range of professional software tools including Paramarine, Seasafe, Strand 7, AutoCAD Inventor and Rhino. If you have limited experience in any of these tools, we will provide training, but prior experience is a positive.
• Have a current UK security clearance or be capable of getting one.

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