Description
World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage is currently looking to recruit an Environmental Project Engineer subcontractors on initial 6 month contract. The role will be a hybrid position of working from home and onsite (2-3 days per week).
Hourly Rate: £55.00ph (Umbrella)
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Environmental Project Engineer Job Description:
- The Project teams within Environmental Engineering are integral within all land, sea and air based weapons system projects. Environmental Project Engineers provide a key technical focal point for all stages of the product lifecycle, from concept definition and product development, through design aid and formal qualification, and into in-service support. Expertise covers the areas of: requirements specification and management; data analysis; simulation and modelling; and testing in climatic, mechanical (vibration and shock), structural mechanical and fatigue.
- We apply specialist technical knowledge and advice, with responsibility for technical accuracy and delivery of projects within assigned work packages.
- We have the ability to influence the design, manufacture and proving of our products whilst developing technical skills and gaining experience across the company portfolio. This role will offer the successful Engineer the opportunity to engage with senior members of the business such as Project Heads and Chief Engineers in a position to influence technical decisions.
What we do:
- We interface with Project teams to define requirements, develop strategies and collate evidence to underwrite designs.
- We define the environments that products will see in service.
- We support other Functions and Projects in developing robust designs and efficient proving strategies.
- We generate the evidence to demonstrate that products will meet our customer's environmental requirements.
General Responsibilities:
- As an Environmental Project Engineer you will expected to work closely and build relationships with a range of functions, sectors, including Systems Engineering, Architecture, Design & Proving teams.
- You will provide technical expertise in generating environmental requirements, developing robust product designs & defining/managing cost effective test strategies throughout the product development cycle. You will work closely with our existing team of highly experienced project & test engineers to define/manage test programmes.
- You will provide a technical focal point for all stages of the product lifecycle through concept definition/design aid/formal qualification/onto in-service support. Our expertise covers areas such as: requirements specification/management; definition of proving methodologies; project management; data analysis/simulation/modelling/testing in climatic/mechanical (vibration/shock) & fatigue.
Some key challenges for this role include:
- Effectively dealing with multiple issues/tasks/priorities concurrently across projects.
- Interaction with customer community at high level while maintaining integrity of engineering outputs.
- Ensuring adherence to delivery timescales while supporting compliance evidence & Certificate of Design.
Specific Role Responsibilities:
- Be primary point contact for Environmental Engineering technical details arising from offsite trial for business & communicate these into business through dedicated meetings/work groups.
- Manage day-to-day activities from project kick-off/project completion covering daily tech calls/manage occurrences/NCRs/documentation authoring/updates/preparation progress reviews/resolution or escalation tech issues within Environmental Engineering domain
- Provide overview/guidance offsite trials facility where necessary ensuring requirements met covering equipment usage/instrumentation selection&placement/fixtures&set-up/assessment pre-cursor/work-up runs/reviewing data produced during trial confirming validity responses
- Assist troubleshooting unforeseen issues area responsibility/provision solutions towards progression trial activities
- Cover reporting requirements project from environmental engineering progress/environmental engineering issues/technical reports supporting progression qualification activities into Project team
- Communicate areas concern correct level authority within off site trials site
- Regular travel trials site (South East Coast) supporting meetings/data reviews offsite trials team
Skillset/Experience Required:
- Educated degree level or equivalent experience
- Experience planning/managing/delivering small medium sized work packages
- Knowledge environmental engineering defence sector/relevant industry
- Knowledge vibration/shock/temperature/humidity environments/applicability different products different life cycle stages
- Understanding environmental test processes/test measurements/instrumentation
- Knowledge international Environmental Standards (DEF STAN 00–035/AECTP 300/AECTP 400/Mil–std 810 etc.)
Any experience DOORS or Primavera would be great UKAS knowledge would be great Understanding scheduling/cost quality