Maritime Placement Year Student

Description

• Helping the Ministry of Defence understand the safety implications for personnel and marine systems when operating submarines in the extreme weather conditions in arctic waters.
• Supporting the development of critical naval infrastructure and facilities.
• Support and mentoring on route to achieving professional accreditation.
• Provision of Quality Management advice to a commercial shipping company to support their development of a prototype shaft line design for a foreign Navy.
• Conducting a hands-on investigative study in docking and supplying service to advanced warships.
• Providing Safety Management expertise to Babcock in support of the Royal Navy’s Type 31 programme.
• Embedding a Naval Architect in a MoD project team to help develop the early concept design for a future attack submarine.
• Provision of safety engineering support to the next generation of future attack submarines ensuring that those onboard are safe from fire and flood.
• Assessing evolving naval nuclear system designs and operating conditions to ensure the nuclear safety case remains substantiated.

Requirements

• A self-starter: with the ability and desire to take ownership of the tasks ahead of you and deliver them to the client, project or team to create an impact.
• A communicator: with the ability to discuss and convey projects and outcomes with internal stakeholders and clients who may be themselves in a technical or non-technical role.
• The ability to work well in both a team environment and on your own initiative.
• An evaluator: with the ability of evaluating information by understanding context and risk to make logical, informed decisions. Creating original and creative ideas through exploration and abstract thinking.
• A problem solver: with the ability to critically question what you see, to solve problems that build on your technical understanding, and show initiative and ownership for your ideas and work. You will have the ability to deliver results through your proactivity.
• You will be on track to obtain a 2:1 degree or higher (or equivalent/experience) with a related Engineering or relevant scientific bias. Whilst not exclusive for this role, the following degree courses have been identified as of particular interest for this role:
• To be an open-minded thinker with a curious, collaborative, and creative approach to problem-solving.
• A team player: with the ability to work with others and different technical backgrounds. Build effective relationships through thriving in social settings and adjusting behaviour to the situation.
• Ship Science

Benefits

• Company pension scheme.
• An attractive salary: £25,000 pro rata
• Early career teams and office socials.
• Hybrid working with flexibility around life outside of work.
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution.
• Private healthcare membership + wellbeing support.
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance.
• The opportunity to join and learn with a team that’s both enthusiastic and encouraging.
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance