Environmental Project Engineer

Copello are supporting a leading Defence client in their search for an Environmental Project Engineer. You will expected to work closely and build relationships with a range of functions, sectors and Chief Engineers including Systems Engineering, Architecture, Design and Proving teams.

You will provide technical expertise in generating environmental requirements, supporting the development of robust product designs and defining and managing cost effective proving strategies throughout the product development cycle. You will also work closely with our existing team of highly experienced project and test engineers to define and deliver environmental test programmes.

You will provide a technical focal point for all stages of the product lifecycle, through concept definition, design aid, formal qualification and certification and onto in-service support. Our expertise covers the areas of: environmental requirement specification and management; definition of proving methodologies; certification; project management; data analysis; simulation and modelling and testing in climatic, mechanical (vibration and shock) and fatigue.

Some of the key challenges for the role include:

• Effectively dealing with multiple issues, tasks and priorities concurrently, cross-projects.
• Interaction with the customer community at a high level, maintaining integrity of engineering outputs.
• Ensuring adherence to delivery timescales and costs, whilst supporting complex technical engineering projects
• Contributing to EE&F strategy to keep pace with emerging technologies and threats.

What we''re looking for from you:

• Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience.
• Experience of planning, managing and delivering small to medium sized work packages.
• Knowledge of environmental engineering within the defence sector or relevant industry.
• Knowledge of vibration, shock, temperature and humidity environments, and their applicability to different products at different life cycle stages.
• An understanding of environmental test processes, test measurements and instrumentation.
• Knowledge of international Environmental Standards (DEF STAN 00-035 / AECTP 300 / AECTP 400 / Mil-std 810 etc.)