Senior Marine Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
Brighton
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Engineering
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SKILLS

Civil Engineering Technical Design Communication Skills Marine Engineering Project Design Report Writing

FULL DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Senior Marine Engineer to join a growing design consultancy and provide ongoing technical design support to a range of clients in the UK with ongoing work available and excellent development opportunities for the right individual.

About the role:

We are looking for a Senior Marine Engineer to join a growing design consultancy and provide ongoing technical design support to a range of clients in the UK with ongoing work available and excellent development opportunities for the right individual.

As a Senior Marine Engineer you will be working on a range of marine, ports, highways, energy and flood defence projects and should be able to demonstrate experience in completing design on projects in these sectors. Within the role as a Senior Marine Engineer it will be essential for the chosen individual to complete accurate reports and designs, and your input and contribution to the team are viewed as essential in the continued development of the business.

As part of your responsibilities as a Senior Marine Engineer, your guidance to more junior engineers and CAD technicians will be invaluable in supporting the business as the engineering department as a whole strives to provide continued excellent service to the company’s clients.

About you:

Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years experience working for UK based design consultancies, and a background working on similar projects is desired in order to ensure a close match to the existing and upcoming workload.

In addition to having a confident, commercial and professional outlook you should have:

  • Degree in Civil Engineering
  • Minimum of 5 years UK based experience
  • Strong analytical, communication and technical design skills
  • Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English
  • Chartered or near-Chartered status with the ICE
  • Driving license and own vehicle

About the business:

The company are an established design consultancy who have been working on UK based projects across the last 45 years, and have built up a reputation for working on projects to a high level of detail and client satisfaction. This is an excellent opportunity to join their Brighton office where their team continues to go from strength to strength and provide excellent design engineering services to their UK based clients.

With a portfolio that includes marine, ports, highways, energy and flood defence projects of varying value and complexity, they have a wealth of experience and some exciting future projects that have lead to them requiring another skilled and eager individual to join them as part of their business development.

Benefits package:

  • Company pension
  • 32 days holiday + Bank Holidays
  • Healthcare plan
  • Cycle to work scheme (and onsite storage and showering facilities)
  • Chartership support and an excellent record of success in staff attaining this
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