Environmental Project Engineers provide a key technical focal point for all stages of the product lifecycle, from concept definition and product development, through design aid and formal qualification, and into in-service support. The Project teams within Environmental Engineering are integral within all land, sea and air based weapons system projects.

What the team does:

• We interface with Project teams to define requirements, develop strategies and collate evidence to underwrite designs.
• We define the environments that the organisation’s products will see in service.
• We support other Functions and Projects in developing robust designs and efficient proving strategies.
• We generate the evidence to demonstrate that the organisation’s products will meet our customer’s environmental requirements.

Specific Role Responsibilities:

• Be a primary point of contact for Environmental Engineering technical details arising from an offsite trial for the business and to communicate these into the business through dedicated meetings, working groups. 
• Manage day-to-day activities from project kick-off to project completion of an environmental test programme covering daily technical telephone calls, management of occurrences/NCRs, documentation authoring and updates, preparation of progress reviews, resolution or escalation of technical issues within the Environmental Engineering domain.
• Provide overview and guidance to the offsite trials facility where necessary to ensure the requirements of the Environmental Proving Requirement are met, covering:
  • Equipment usage,
  • Instrumentation selection & placement
  • Fixtures and Set-up
  • Assessment of pre-cursor and work-up runs
  • Reviewing of data produced during the trial to confirm validity of responses
• Assisting in trouble shooting of unforeseen issues within area of responsibility and provision of solutions towards the progression of trial activities.
• Cover the reporting requirements for the project, from environmental engineering progress, environmental engineering issues and the technical reports to support progression of the qualification activities into the Project team.
• Communicate areas of concern to the correct level of authority within off site trials site and internally.
• Regularly communicate progress (both programme and technical) updates back to into the business.
• Reviewing schedules to assess for risk and opportunities, and to escalate these effectively.
• Regular travel to the trials site (South East Coast), to support in-person meetings and data reviews with offsite trials team.

Skills required:

• Planning, managing and delivering small to medium sized work packages.
• Knowledge of environmental engineering within the defence sector or relevant industry.
• Knowledge of vibration, shock, temperature and humidity environments, and their applicability to different products at different life cycle stages.
• An understanding of environmental test processes, test measurements and instrumentation.
• Knowledge of international Environmental Standards (DEF STAN 00-035 / AECTP 300 / AECTP 400 / Mil-std 810 etc.)
• Someone with an analytical mind and excellent problem solving skills.
• Someone who strives for solutions with an inquisitive nature.
• Good verbal and written communication abilities.
• Effective at working in teams with strong interpersonal skills.