Senior Marine Engineer

Senior Marine Engineer

Our client is a trusted consultancy renowned for solving complex marine engineering challenges across the commercial and defence sectors. With a focus on lightweight and high-speed vessels, they support the full lifecycle of ship development—from concept design to in-service changes—for UK and international clients.

They foster a flexible and inclusive work culture with a strong focus on wellbeing and professional growth. Employees benefit from private family medical coverage, enhanced pension contributions, holiday trading options, and access to a personal wellbeing fund. This role offers the opportunity to influence marine design, lead technical investigations, and play a key role in advancing future ship concepts and engineering tools.

Key Responsibilities
 

• Lead the design, analysis, and integration of marine systems across a range of commercial vessel projects.
• Develop technical solutions across feasibility studies, engineering investigations, and in-service change projects.
• Engage with industry stakeholders, suppliers, and clients to create innovative marine engineering designs.
• Produce system schematics, vessel arrangements, and technical specifications using AutoCAD and 3D CAD tools.
• Conduct design surveys, resolve in-service defects, and ensure compliance with classification codes and construction standards.
• Manage engineering tasks and contribute to the broader delivery of consulting and R&D projects, including support to the defence domain.
• Support junior staff through mentoring and technical guidance.
• Collaborate across internal teams and attend customer or office sites as required, with occasional travel across the UK and overseas.

Qualifications & Experience
 

• HNC/HND or Degree in Marine or Mechanical Engineering.
• Ideally Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status (or actively working toward it).
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in marine vessel design (15–70m+), particularly in commercial shipbuilding.
• Strong understanding of marine system integration, construction techniques, and design optimisation for buildability and weight.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD 2D and ideally 3D CAD; confident in Microsoft Office.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to lead technical projects.
• Flexible, commercially aware, and able to prioritise multiple tasks to meet project deadlines.

Desirable Skills
 

• Experience in the defence domain.
• Familiarity with PLM software or document management systems.
• Ability to coach and mentor colleagues.
• Adaptability to work across varied projects and client environments.

Job Title: Senior Marine Engineer
Location: Fareham, UK
Salary: Circa £60,000
Working: Hybrid (with some travel to client sites and BMT offices)

Keywords: Marine Engineering, Ship Systems, Vessel Design, AutoCAD, Commercial Shipbuilding, Technical Leadership, Chartered Engineer, Defence Engineering, Lifecycle Support

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.     
      
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.     
      
This is a permanent position.