Are you a highly skilled Senior Mechanical Engineer ready for a new challenge? We are a leading naval architecture firm in the superyacht industry, known for our focus on meaningful innovation and engineering excellence. We don’t just design yachts; we seek to influence the future of our industry and related sectors.

In this role, you will be a key contributor, providing expert hands on design and technical oversight. You’ll be responsible for engineering design calculations and ensuring that your projects comply with evolving regulatory standards. You’ll manage your workload across multiple projects, prioritizing tasks and proactively addressing any conflicting deadlines.

Quality and collaboration are paramount. You will serve as the lead engineer for liaison between your team and clients, shipyards, subcontractors, and suppliers. Using your extensive experience, you will coordinate with colleagues across all disciplines, while also taking an active role in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.

If you are a problem-solver who believes that innovation begins with asking new questions, we want to talk to you. Come and help us redefine what’s possible in the world of large vessel design.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Design Calculations: Perform and manage engineering design calculations for specific projects.
• Design and Engineering of Complex Components and Systems: powertrain, propulsion, energy architecture, machinery selection, system diagrams and technical space layouts in the context of whole vessel design.
• Compliance: Ensure all projects meet the standards set by classification societies and/or national authorities.
• Quality Assurance: Actively manage the quality of project work, ensuring appropriate detail, adequate checking, and timely completion.
• Liaison: Communicate with customers, shipyards, subcontractors, suppliers, and classification societies to ensure all information is available and queries are answered promptly.
• Workload Management: Efficiently manage your own workload and that of your assigned project teams, across multiple projects, following priorities and proposing solutions for scheduling conflicts.
• Risk Management: Review project work to identify and address potential technical risks.

 

Your professional experience will enable you to take on a holistic oversight for projects, understanding the work flow and design process from each department to provide a strong technical project lead in the mechanical team.

This is an excellent opportunity to grow within a well respected and established company with strong benefits and team culture.

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SYR are excited to be representing a client who design and build a range of award-winning Superyacht tenders to impeccably high standards.  The opportunity for an experienced Composites Manager to join the team has arisen.  The Composites Manager will promote and continue to develop a world class facility whilst engaging a cross-functional team, promoting the latest processes & procedures, ensuring targets are met and the highest quality delivered

This role is based in Southampton and carries overall responsibility for the Composites and Paint departments, as well as the effective management of site operations, safety, and production flow.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the productivity, quality, and output of the Composites and Paint departments, ensuring the development, engagement, and succession planning of all staff.
• Support the Design team in tooling design, mould split strategy, and build process development, ensuring manufacturability and efficiency from concept through to production.
• Lead innovation and development in composite processes to enhance quality, efficiency, and working environment.
• Manage the flow process through the facility in line with IPC procedures, ensuring optimal use of resources and adherence to production targets.
• Take overall responsibility for site management, including Health & Safety, security, and the safe operation of all facilities and equipment.
• Provide line management to the Composites Coordinator, Chargehands, and Paint Chargehand, offering guidance, technical expertise, and HR support.
• Work collaboratively with Project Managers across both sites to ensure composites and paint activities are aligned with project plans, priorities, and timelines, and to manage a smooth handover of projects to the next stage of build at the other site.
• Provide input to the Managing Director on build schedules and work closely with the Fitout Manager to align resource planning, departmental outputs, and workflow across both sites
• Support production scheduling and capacity planning to ensure projects are delivered on time, to specification, and within budget.
• Manage resourcing and staffing levels by department and by project, maintaining flexibility to meet production requirements.
• Coordinate the movement of projects between shops, ensuring efficient logistics and minimal disruption to workflow.
• Foster a collaborative, empowering team culture, encouraging open communication, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Lead by example in upholding all company policies, standards, and quality expectations to deliver a world class product.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Extensive knowledge of small craft construction and marine tooling design.
• Strong understanding of advanced composites systems (Infusion / Prepreg / wet lay) and related manufacturing methods.
• Experience supporting design-for-manufacture and tooling development processes.
• Proven leadership within a composites manufacturing environment, ideally within the marine sector.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience of managing, maintaining and developing a production facility with a strong understanding of Health & Safety and site management responsibilities.
• Confident leadership style with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously within HR, H&S, and financial frameworks.
• Commercial awareness of project-based manufacturing.
• High-level understanding of master schedules and planning systems.
• Skilled in conflict resolution and cross-departmental collaboration.
• Quality driven, organised, and able to deliver on time and on budget.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and MS Project.

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