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Principal Thermal Mechanical Engineer
£70.00 per hour (Inside IR35)
6 months
2-3 days a week (Cowes) on site
About the Role
The Principal Thermal Mechanical Engineer is a key role that leads the mechanical engineering aspects of the development of new radar technologies. Reporting to the Project Engineering Manager, this role must have an expert thermal mechanical knowledge with experience in the general design, build, integration and test of complex mechanical systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide direction and technical expertise to a small team of mechanical/CAD engineers working on the development of new radar products
- Organise and oversee work packages within the project
- Effectively liaise with the project engineering manager, the project manager and the project technical authority in pursuance of the project aims
- Review work of the mechanical engineering team, guide and coach the team appropriately
- Subject matter expert in the area of Thermal Mechanical Engineering discipline
- Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Being a strong influencer in the Mechanical Engineering community, embracing change and continuous improvement throughout the organisation
- Implement design changes
- Updating and complying with company standards, processes and guidelines
- Provide input into engineering estimates
- Proficient in the use of SAP PDM tool for maintaining and updating design data
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Requirements
- The holder will themselves be a subject matter expert the area of Thermal Mechanical Systems, with experience in other mechanical areas for example, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Propulsion or Structures
- They may also hold Mechanical Design Authority for the Future Radar Products
- Experience and knowledge of the design and implementation of thermal management systems including heat exchangers is highly desirable
- Experience and knowledge of the design, build, test and use of composite structural materials is essential
- Familiarity with the use of relevant modelling and simulation tools for analysis of structure behaviours under static and dynamic load, shock and vibration is essential
- Familiarity with the content, applicability and use of relevant Standards is highly desirable
- Experience and knowledge of engineering lifecycles from requirements capture and derivation to in-service support is highly desirable
- Have CEng status, working towards this or relevant experience
Safety
The role holder is responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety, ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) in our organisation are maintained, understood, implemented and followed by their team. This includes; co-operating and following all reasonable instruction, information and training; reporting work-related hazards or incidents, using all equipment for the purpose intended, setting high standards for SHE, leading by example and establishing the expectation that others do the same; promoting risk awareness, ensuring that risks are assessed and adequately controlled, encouraging the team to report incidents and defects and make suggestions to improve SHE standards; and ensuring actions to address SHE issues are prioritised and resourced appropriately. More detailed responsibilities are captured within the Company Health & Safety Policy (759/OF/016) and the Company Environmental Policy (759/OF/029).
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Skills
- Explains difficult technical subject matter to non-specialists and other engineers
- Works with engineering managers to ensure they fully understand technical applications and opportunities for exploitation of engineering
- Applies influence and assistance to engineering leaders to select appropriate technologies and technical applications
- Requires strong communication, diplomacy and interpersonal skills
- Reviews technical specifications, determines engineering processes and standards relevant to the discipline and resolves complex engineering product and service problems and issues
- Develops innovative and creative solutions to challenging engineering problems and issues based on analysis of multiple sources of information
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