About us

MacTaggart Scott primarily supports the Naval Defence industry, providing complete solutions to customer needs from analysis of initial customer requirements, to design and manufacture, and right through to commissioning and through life support. Established in 1898, we are proud of our history and tradition, but believe that sustainable competitive advantage can only be achieved through continuous improvement, investment, and a commitment to business excellence at every level within the company.

The Role

As an Engineer at MacTaggart Scott you will have the opportunity to be the technical lead on design projects for mission critical equipment for the Naval Defence industry. Issuing out packages of work to Design Engineers the Lead Design Engineer will manage activities to ensure that design solutions are delivered on time, to budget and meet customer expectations. The Project Engineer will be minimally supervised and will work closely with the Principal Engineer.

Closing Date: 31/04/25

Duties will include:

• Leading the project design team, technical compliance, budget and programme management and customer communication.
• Providing innovative design solutions including supporting calculations and analysis.

• Ensuring thorough project awareness from the initial requirement specification through to final customer acceptance is essential.
• Ensuring that the product costs are established and optimized throughout the design evolution
• Providing technical input to bids and enquiries.
• Solving problems experienced during equipment build and test in the workshop.
• Supporting for in-service issues.
• Identifying areas of risk in the delivery to the project schedule or cost and plan mitigation work.
• Assisting to coordinate and drive risk management across the design projects.
• Assisting with ensuring that Lessons Learned is actively implemented in a timely manner within the design project schedules.

Requirements

Essential skills, experience and knowledge requirements:

The successful candidate must have;

• Experience with solid modeling design tools including structural analysis using finite element modelling.
• A flair for problem solving and innovation, a flexible approach to work activities
• Experience in creating and checking high quality production drawings.
• Intermediate or more MS Office Skills.

Benefits

Your future at MacTaggart Scott – What we offer

• As part of our Healthy Work-Life Balance employees can choose between a 4- or 5-day working week. Allowing you to fit work around your priorities and personal life, not the other way round.
• Flexible working hours between 07:00 and 19:00, and core hours of 09:30 – 15:30.
• Our leave policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave,paid parental leave, military reservist leave, plus more.
• We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, with a dedicated Learning and Development team.
• A generous referral programme.
• Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program as well as our Employee Assistance Programme and an onsite nurse.
• Onsite Canteen and Car Park