Installation CAD Engineer

Job Title:                    Installation CAD Engineer
Location:                    Portsmouth
Package:                    Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Role Type:                  Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                      SF16926

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Installation CAD Engineer at our Portsdown Technology Park site where you will play a crucial role in supporting the maritime industry by creating CAD drawings, and producing installation documentation.

The role
As a Installation CAD Engineer, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary, collaborating with project managers to understand customer requirements and develop integration plans. If you have analytical skills, electrical knowledge, and a passion for engineering, this is the opportunity for you to excel and contribute to our cutting-edge maritime systems.. 

Day-to-day, you'll work primarily employed in the Shore Integration Facility (SIF) and National Maritime Systems Centre (NMSC), Portsdown Technology Park (PTP), Portsmouth, assisting with the installation and de-installation of equipment into the SIF & NMSC.

• Answerable to the Control Systems and instrumentation Team Lead.
• Produce CAD drawings and other documentation to aid the installation of the equipment into the facilities. Electrical & Mechanical Drawings including (Not Exhaustive) Room layouts, Cable routes, Wiring Diagrams, Cable data sheets, Mechanical.
• The SIF & NMSC is a facility that allows our customers to run ships equipment to carry out trails and scenario based evaluations.
• You will be working with project managers to understand customer requirements and help create a plan to integrate the works necessary through the production and reviewing of (IGP’s) Installation Guidance Packages. You'll liaise with the Electrical and Mechanical fitting team to understand requirements for the design. 
• Adhere to the IGP KPI, which is a measuring tool to gauge the progress of the IGP Process.
• Attend and have an active speaking part in meetings and reviews.

Essential Experience of the Installation CAD Engineer:

• Analytical & investigative skills to turn basic requirements information into a comprehensive Installation Guidance Package
• Proficient in a CAD software, mainly Solidworks and be able to create CAD drawings mainly 2D
• An Electrical/Mechanical bias and with some form of electrical knowledge or competency
• Be able to maintain a high level of performance under pressure
• Experience of maritime systems and installation experience

Essential Qualification of the Installation CAD Engineer:

• Understanding of DEF Stan 2-40 regulations.
• Understanding of BS8888

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum:  UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Benefits
• Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. 

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.

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 an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.  

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.  You’ll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. 

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.

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