Military Transition Scheme – Marine Engineer

Are you a service leaver who’s passionate about using your knowledge and experience to ensure military equipment is safe to operate, resilient and capable? Join the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Military Transition Scheme as a Marine Engineer, and you’ll work closely with our military customers and industry to deliver and innovate.

We value the wide-ranging skills and experience of service leavers, and we’re working together with the Cabinet Office and Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to offer you the chance to take on a fixed-term contract of up to two years. You’ll become a civil servant with access to all our usual benefits, including our support to develop and progress. From CV writing and interview preparation to on-the-job and formal training, we’ll coach and support you to apply for a permanent role with us when you’re ready.

About us

We’re an integral part of UK Defence. We make sure our military is equipped, supported, and connected, as they protect life at home and overseas. We manage a vast range of complex projects to buy, support and supply vital equipment and services that the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force need, so they can operate safely and effectively.

About this role

Join us as a Marine Engineer and manage and deliver the continued safe operation of vital systems across the Royal Navy fleet. You’ll use your in-depth technical knowledge and experience of Royal Navy platforms, marine equipment, and systems to provide technical support and advice as well as creative and innovative solutions to technical challenges.

Depending on your skills and experience, you could be:

• Determining customer requirements and generating technical specifications
• Managing equipment and/or system requirements and their acceptance
• Supporting and managing systems integration and verification, and assisting with the production, acceptance, and resultant configuration management
• Establishing and overseeing project engineering activities from concept to delivery, including testing and trials, design change management, installation planning, and capability transition into operational service
• Provide through-life engineering in-service support throughout project lifecycle
• Challenging technical assumptions to identify improvement and innovation opportunities

We have roles at Level 1 to Level 3 available. Not sure which level is right for you? Talk to us about your experience and we’ll discuss the most suitable role for you to join us on. And once you’ve joined, we’ll give you all the support you need to keep progressing.

• Level 1 – £26,000 per annum
• Level 2 – £35,200 per annum
• Level 3 – £43,400 per annum

Col retired from the RAF and now works as an Engineering Manager in our Ships domain. He said:

“I’m very happy to be working in a familiar environment alongside military personnel, and I’m really supported to achieve my professional ambitions. What’s more, the organisation understands that family comes first and if someone wants to work flexible hours, or work part time or in a job-share, they’ll bend over backwards to accommodate. Here, everyone works together to achieve the organisation’s objectives. That’s how I know I’ll finish my career working for the MOD.”

Who are we looking for?

You’ll need to have experience in one or more of the following fields in engineering: marine (propulsion and auxiliaries), mechanical, or electrical systems. You’ll also need experience in providing technical advice and delivering successful engineering outcomes in a marine environment. If you also hold a Higher National Certificate (Level 4) qualification or higher in an engineering discipline, or have demonstrable equivalent knowledge skills and experience, you’ll be ticking all our boxes.

We employ many military service leavers, and we’re keen to attract many more. Your experience aligns with our purpose, and your knowledge means you’ll add value for both our end users and the taxpayer from the get-go. In turn, we offer great opportunities both in terms of development and meaningful, vocational work.

Eligibility

To be eligible to join through this route:

• Veteran candidates must:
  • have served within the Armed Forces for at least 1 year
  • be within 5 years of leaving the Armed Forces
  • be within 10 years if you have been medically discharged
• Military partners or spouses must:
  • have a current serving partner/spouse
  • have a partner/spouse who falls within the above veteran criteria

Benefits

• If you join us with a break in service from the military of less than five years, and you have completed five years of military service, the military leave allowance will be preserved, and you will be awarded 30 days of leave
• Otherwise, 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
• Market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27%
• Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes
• Discover more in our Little Book of Big Benefits

Ready to join us?

Please submit your CV to Charlie Johnson and Marinos Loukaidis, Ships Engineering Capacity team
Email:
Charlotte.Johnson519@mod.gov.uk
Marinos.Loukaidis100@mod.gov.uk

We thank you for your service and look forward to hearing from you.