Principal Marine Structural Engineer

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

6/26/2025

Expleo is a global engineering, technology and consulting service provider that partners with leading organisations to guide them through their business transformation, helping them achieve operational excellence and future-proof their businesses.

Expleo boasts an extensive global footprint, powered by 19,000 highly skilled experts delivering value in 50 countries and generating more than €1.4 billion in revenue.

As a Principal Structural Marine Engineer , you will carry out detailed Engineering design activities, working closely with cross-functional teams on a range of projects, making sure that complies with industry standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

• The Principal Structural Marine Engineer is tasked with authoring, reviewing, and substantiating marine and structural designs through rigorous calculations, simulations, and support during commissioning and diagnostic testing.
• This role necessitates leading and contributing to product development throughout the design lifecycle, while providing technical support to key customers to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of engineering outputs.
• Additionally, the engineer must serve as a Technical Authority, possessing deep expertise in a specific aspect of marine or structural engineering, and bear technical responsibility for the delivery of engineering outputs.
  
  

Qualifications

• Ideally degree qualified but HND/HNC level qualification in an engineering discipline with extensive experience in relevant field will be considered;
• Be a member of a relevant institution (e.g. RINA, IET, IMechE, IMarEst etc.);
• Either already UK Security cleared or able for achieve UK SC clearance.
  
  

Essential Skills

• Experience in ship scantling
• Familiarity with DNV Rules for ships
  
  

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of Shock and Ansys is desirable but not essential
  
  

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges 
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects  
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses 
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 
• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people
  

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive