Title:  Junior Naval Architect

Package:                     Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID:                       SF17699

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Junior Naval Architect at our Haslar site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

The Role
As a Junior Naval Architect, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. The primary focus of the job will be the delivery of technical projects for the UK Ministry of Defence and international commercial customers.

Day-to-day, you’ll be working in resistance and propulsion, cavitation, propulsion and propeller design and model manufacturing. As part of the wider team, there will be opportunities to be involved in ship and submarine stability, seakeeping, manoeuvring and control, structures and life support.
 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Use your own engineering knowledge and domain-specific understanding to lead discrete engineering-based tasks
• Work with the technical teams to identify opportunities to spread your knowledge as well as to develop your skills and those of the team
• Look to maximise the output of the team through discussions and collaboration
• Give technical presentations and talk knowledgeably about the work conducted
• Ensure that tasks you undertake are conducted safely, highlighting hazards and potentially unsafe practices
• Work with representatives from governance and discipline functions to ensure the projects you work on comply with statutory, regulatory, company, business and project-specific processes and procedures

Essential experience of the Junior Naval Architect:

• You should have an excellent understanding of engineering, equivalent to someone who has completed a BEng / MEng in Naval Architecture or Mechanical Engineering
• We look for a range of experience from graduate-level candidates to experienced engineers

Essential qualifications for the Junior Naval Architect:

• You are willing to work towards Chartered Engineer status

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. 

This role is 37 hours per week based at Haslar.

Our facilities at the Haslar Marine Technology Park are state-of-the-art, including our ocean basin and rotating arm, and marine towing tank, offering an unparalleled environment for testing and refining designs. Our marine technology offers our global customers a service to deliver constrained hydrodynamic model tests of surface ships, submarines, offshore structures, and renewable energy devices.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges. As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.  www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels value, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)