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Surface Maritime Engineer

Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Full-time
On-site
Portsmouth

Title: Surface Maritime Engineer Title: Surface Maritime Engineer Salary range: £50,000 to £70,000 per annum depending on experience Location: Plymouth, Portsmouth or Bristol Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home Closing date is 12th December 2025, but early application encouraged. Do you have experience of working in defence maritime engineering or safety? Do you want to be regularly challenged and further your career? Do you want to work for a successful company where you are valued and can make a meaningful impact? If you answered yes to these questions, then Frazer-Nash Consultancy is interested in hearing from you. Read on for more information and exciting opportunities and submit your application to join our growing team! We are a prominent engineering, systems and technology consultancy. Through our meaningful innovations, our experts support organisations make lives safe, secure, sustainable and affordable. We operate across a range of industries spanning defence, transport and energy markets with a particularly key presence in the maritime sector and a diverse portfolio of clients across both defence and commercial marine. We already have a great reputation and exciting portfolio of projects in the submarine domain. We are on the lookout for good people with transferable skills and experience to assist us further grow this capability. We have a number of engineering and consultancy roles available across our maritime technical axis, based in various locations around the UK and each with its own unique offering. What will you be involved in? Frazer-Nash offers excellent opportunities for professionals with a background in maritime design, modification, operation, maintenance or safety. Examples of projects that our maritime domain consultants have worked on in the last 12 months include: Type 26 Frigate Berthing and Docking Feasibility study for Portsmouth Naval Base. Type 31 Frigate Integration study for the Upper Harbour Ammunitioning Facility in Portsmouth Naval Base. Marine System Safety Case Reports for Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers and Type 45 Destroyers. Facilitating design processes to support Babcock in infrastructure projects to meet future capability growth. Fault Tree and Event Tree analysis, Bowtie management of platform High level Hazards. Exploring options for the Royal Navy’s adoption of future fuels across the surface fleet with a focus on the achievement of Net Zero. Requirements If you have any of the following, then please apply now: Experienced Surface Ship operators in both maritime engineering or safety disciplines. Experience of working in the maritime industry in support of defence. Knowledge of maritime safety cases and safety analysis techniques, including HAZID, hazard management, functional hazard assessment, categorisation and classification. Experience in risk management and reduction, including ALARP assessments. Familiarity with Technical Assurance/Governance. Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer status (or working towards this for our more junior roles). Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting. Benefits We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises: Competitive salary with yearly reviews 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days. A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture. Happy to talk flexible working Enhanced parental benefits Company pension scheme Targeted professional development Life assurance Private healthcare membership Bonus scheme linked into company performance Paid membership fees to a professional institution Support in attaining professional membership Cycle to work scheme Season rail ticket loan And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements Frazer-Nash is a leading systems, engineering and technology company. We help organisations deliver innovative engineering and technology solutions to make lives safe, secure, sustainable, and affordable. With over 1000 employees, we work from a network of nine UK and four Australian locations. Our people apply their expertise to develop, enhance and protect our clients' critical assets, systems and processes. We use our skills and talents to ensure a sustainable future for society. Our work helps deliver a safe and secure world, where natural resources are conserved, and clean energy is available to all. And we focus on actions to reduce climate change; supporting rapid and far-reaching transformations in the delivery of energy, security, industry, and transport. At the heart of our business are a set of self-defined core values. These are part of our DNA and we’re committed to upholding them – internally as part of our Frazer-Nash family; in the way we work with our customers; and when we engage with the wider world. We care At Frazer-Nash, we care about each other; always looking to collaborate and see things from the other person’s point of view We offer mutual support, learn from one another, and work as a team to deliver the best results Everyone has a voice, and we all make the time to listen We will work with openness and collaborate effectively – thinking about our clients and our people, and responding to their needs We care about the difference we make to the wider world. We are trusted Effective collaboration is founded upon trust. We earn the trust of our customers and colleagues by delivering on the commitments we have made to them. We deliver success We deliver value and success to our customers and to our business. We continually strive to be the best at what we do. We want to do things that matter We seek out interesting and satisfying work that helps makes a difference in society We use our expertise to provide trusted, impartial professional advice to our clients By making a difference to today, we benefit the world of tomorrow – so we can all go home each day knowing that we’ve done something that really mattered. Fraud Alert Fraud has infiltrated the job placement market via the internet, email and direct phone contact. Attempts have included unauthorized use of Frazer Nash’s name and logo to solicit potential job seekers or to extend false job offers. Bad actors may mix in fake job advertisements with legitimate postings. These ads can include contact instructions and require job seekers to send sensitive personal information or money to pay for visa applications, processing fees, etc., in exchange for consideration for a high-paying position. Frazer-Nash will never ask for any sort of advance payment as part of the recruiting/hiring process. Candidate profiles are carefully managed to protect personal information.

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