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Marine Mechanical Designer

Glasgow
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Mechanical Design Engineer
One year contract
Location - Glasgow
Hybrid working – 2 days on site
£46.90/hour Umbrella PAYE
Baseline security clearance required to start

Our client a successful Marine Engineering business is seeking to source a Mechanical Design Engineer for a one year contract role.

Duties will include:

• Contribute to mechanical elements of the design of the design of the River Class Destroyer Power and Propulsion systems. Including:
o Propulsion Motors
o Diesel Generators
o Gas Turbine
o Propulsion Gearbox
o Shaftline
o Steering gear and Stabilisers

• Provide support to the team in order to assess technical compliance, integration and review of design documentation for the ship’s propulsion motors procurement pack.
• Implement change to P&P systems away from baseline ship design, assessing impacts on equipment, systems and spatial design. • Support P&P compartment owners in the Zonal Maturity programme.
• Author basic technical reports to support design maturity and articulate system design compliance to customer.
• Delivering solutions that meet system requirements. The role holder will be able to perform analyses of engineering issues and possess the ability to recommend solutions.
• Carry out technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and selection of technical options, and prepare reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and the improvement of engineering capability.
• Contribute to system specifications and vendor requirements documents.
• Develop designs in line with specifications and all quality and technical standards.
• Carry out investigations into operational problems or developments and develop and prepare solutions, individually or as a member of a project team.
• Support the Senior Engineer as the point of contact with customers and/or suppliers in assigned areas on engineering matters • Document review for supplier deliverables within P&P domain.
• Make engineering judgements and propose detailed arguments to support the Senior Engineer in decision making.
• Maintaining and developing own capability through a structured development plan and suitable

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment

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