Principal ECampI Engineer

Principal EC&I Engineer

Location: Egremont Cumbria / Westlakes Cumbria / Preston / Haydock / Hybrid

Job type: Permanent / Full time

Salary: Competitive

Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company for safetyrelated and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors including aerospace clean energy and maritime sectors. Our offer incorporates: engineering design technical consultancy and systems integration.

We believe that engineering is not just about technology manufacturing and innovation. Its about the people behind it. Delkia ensures that its teams are the focus of its business through passion belief and simply a better way of working resulting in great outcomes for our customers. Were also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and invest in future talent through supporting STEM initiatives apprenticeships placements and summer interns.

The companys Head Office is at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria with systems integration assembly & testing facilities in Egremont Cumbria and design offices in Preston Lancashire. This is augmented by a network of staff working across the UK creating a dynamic and highly skilled team.

Come and join a company that values our people and is growing fast.

Overview of the role:

The successful candidates will be a competent and proven systems engineer capable of checking and facilitating designs drawings supporting calculations and technical documents (inc. Plans) without direct supervision. They will have the ability to translate a clients requirements into a meaningful engineering and technical solution. Good communication skills are essential and engineering design and systems engineering experience is fundamental defence experience is preferable but not essential.

What youll be responsible for:

• Be responsible for the Engineering Quality of the project delivery ensuring compliance with client specifications and engineering standards and local domain policy and procedures
• Support the Engineering Manager in managing the engineering team and supervising workload
• Be responsible for the technical quality of all conceptual designs optioneering studies requirements capture user requirements specification and use cases
• Have experience of configuration management and VVT activities (Validation Verification and Testing)
• Have experience in designing for functional safety and missioncritical systems
• Have experience of lifecycle and maturity management
• Quickly selfdeliver pragmatic systems solutions from a brief problem statement
• Maintain compliance with Engineering Standards and applicable legislation
• Participate in Design and System Level Reviews and where appropriate organise such reviews. Ensure that subsequent design meets the project and client requirements
• Ensure the confidentiality and security of data and information received from clients is upheld
• Ensure effective project delivery to time and cost.
• Will have demonstrable experience in leading a team of engineers undertaking a wide range of engineering and technology packages
• Support and mentor apprentices / graduates (where appropriate).
  
  

What youll bring:

• Educated to degree in a relevant engineering discipline or relevant experience
• Incorporated / Chartered Engineer or working towards gaining professional status (C.Eng. via INCOSE / IET / SaRS)
• Have working knowledge of lifecycle management systems configuration management requirements management systems: i.e. PLM & PDM
• Must be able to obtain or hold suitable security clearance

Nice to have:

• Ideally would have a familiarity of one or more of the clean energy maritime aerospace sectors

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working
• Training and development
• Excellent company standards
• Cycletowork scheme
• Health care
• Company bonus scheme
• Birthday leave
• Great team spirit
• Organised social events
• Professional membership

Our Vision:

To be the UKs leading engineering and technology partner for safetyrelated and missioncritical systems.

Our Mission:

To enable a safer more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safetycritical systems ensuring the protection of people assets and missions that matter most.

Our Values:

• Collaboration and teamwork
• Integrity trust and accountability
• Safety and security
• Client focused
• Positive social value and impact
• Continuous improvement

Our Purpose: At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.

Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex race disability age sexual orientation gender reassignment religion or belief marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to UK national security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and satisfy requirements for national security vettingclearance as appropriate.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process please get in touch to discuss.

Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.