Job description

Your new company

This organisation is a specialist boatbuilder delivering complex, high-performance vessels within a highly regulated environment. Combining advanced engineering, precision manufacturing, and end-to-end production capability, they are recognised for producing robust, fit-for-purpose vessels with a strong emphasis on safety, quality, and compliance across the full build lifecycle.

Your new role

As the Design & Configuration Lead, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing system design and drafting functions, ensuring outputs are compliant, accurate, and aligned to required standards. You will manage configuration across the full lifecycle of projects, ensuring robust documentation, traceability, and engineering integrity are upheld. This position requires a blend of technical leadership, hands-on design capability, and stakeholder coordination across engineering, production, and external design / compliance partners.

• Leading the development and delivery of compliant, fit-for-purpose system designs
• Managing configuration control, including documentation, revisions, and drawing registers
• Supporting quality management systems (QMS) and engineering procedures
• Monitoring build activities to ensure alignment with approved designs and managing deviations
• Coordinating internal and external designers, engineers, and suppliers
• Providing technical input into safety-by-design and risk mitigation processes
• Ensuring design deliverables are completed to agreed timelines and project priorities
• Supporting research and development initiatives across materials, design, and manufacturing
• Coordinating and managing a complex certification process with external vendors

What you'll need to succeed

You will be an experienced marine engineering professional with qualifications in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering. You'll also need a proven background in regulated marine design environments / specialist boatbuilding.

You will bring:

• A degree in Engineering and/or Naval Architecture (or equivalent experience)
• Extensive experience (circa 7+ years) in design of systems requiring regulatory certification
• Proven capability managing design and drafting teams
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders and external design agencies
• Strong understanding of configuration management across complex projects
• Proficiency in 2D/3D CAD (AutoCAD preferred) and Microsoft Office/SharePoint
• The ability to interpret and apply industry standards and classification rules (e.g. AMSA, DNV or similar is highly advantageous).

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• High attention to detail and organisational capability
• Proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to work autonomously while leading team effectiveness

What you'll get in return

This role offers the opportunity to step into a senior leadership position within a technically advanced environment. You will be part of a collaborative and high-performing engineering team, contributing to projects with real technical complexity and impact.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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