Principal Naval Architect (Weights)

Our client, a prominent organisation in the marine industry, is currently recruiting for a Principal Naval Architect specialising in weights to join their team. This permanent role offers hybrid and flexible working opportunities across various locations, including Barrow-In-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Manchester, Portsmouth, and Weymouth.Key Responsibilities : Lead the collation strategy for mass properties data to deliver weight and centroid control on multi-billion-pound submarine programmesAggregate weight and centroid reports, present status to the Chief Naval Architect, and generate mitigation plansDefine and manage the mass budgets for submarine programmes and their breakdown to system levelSupport submarine sea trialsCreate and maintain a comprehensive database of parts mass propertiesPromote a culture of weight control, working with system engineering to integrate weight as a fundamental design constraintConduct R&D activities, promoting the organisation's interests at UK and International ConferencesPerform conceptual parametric estimations for mass distributions and moments of inertiaProvide Subject Matter Expert reviews of weight control methodologies for non-submarine programmesJob Requirements : Experience in naval architecture and weight managementDegree qualified in an Engineering or Mathematics subject, or equivalent experienceAbility to work independently and provide technical leadershipExperience of weight control...