Senior Digital Engineer

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Job Details

Quest Global is an organisation at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognised expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognise that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organisation that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

You will be working on the cutting edge of our client portfolio, and we see this as an area of high growth.

We are looking to expand our Digital Engineering capability in all levels of experience and are keen to hear from you if you feel you’re ready to take the next step in your career.

You must be a Sole UK National and qualify for Security Clearance.

Job Description

As a Senior Digital Engineer supporting the Digital Capability Manager, you will play a critical role in the delivery of digital infrastructure projects for a major Naval Nuclear client. You will work across various stages of project delivery, from scoping and process design through to implementation, testing and deployment. Your technical input and team support will directly contribute to maintaining and enhancing digital infrastructure to meet operational, safety, and compliance requirements.

The role requires you to support and mentor the development team with technical advice and direction, and to be the conduit between the developers and the Digital Capability Manager. Providing technical assistance and support to the team across all stages of the product lifecycle as well as assisting in strategic decision making.

Key Responsibilities:

Work transparently with various engineering discipline leads / teams to provide clear and concise reports and information regarding progress and management of Risk and Opportunities in relation to the Engineering activities.

- Bring learnings & operational best practices from other engagements.
- Undertake technical and feasibility studies and site investigations.
- Develop detailed Rework transparently with various engineering discipline leads / teams to provide clear and concise reports and information regarding progress and management of Risk and Opportunities in relation to the Engineering activities.
- Work transparently with various engineering discipline leads / teams to provide clear and concise reports and information regarding progress and management of Risk and Opportunities in relation to the Engineering activities.
- Bring learnings & operational best practices from other engagements.
- Undertake technical and feasibility studies and site investigations.
- Develop detailed Requirement Specifications and Technical Design Documents.
- Support projects and members of the team as they evolve through the project engineering lifecycles.
- Assess the potential risks of specific projects, as well as undertake risk management in specialist roles
- Communicate and liaise effectively with a wide set of project stakeholders
- Support governance meetings.
- Think both creatively, logically, and strategically to resolve design and development problems
- Be adaptable, as project requirements evolve, and ensure relevant parties are notified of changes in the project
- Compile and peer review project and technical reports.
- Think both creatively, logically, and strategically to resolve design and development problems
- Be adaptable, as project requirements evolve, and ensure relevant parties are notified of changes in the project
- Compile and peer review project and technical reports.

Work Experience

Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in Computer Science, Software, IT or a closely related discipline.
- Knowledge and awareness of assessing data and producing summary reports.
- Able to develop a project specification with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines.
- Able to produce details of specifications, outline designs and recommend modifications.
- Proficient in research, analytical, conceptual and planning skills.
- Able to consider the implications of issues such as cost, safety and time constraints.
- Experience in Software Development or similar role.
- A good understanding of data quality and structure.
- Knowledge of best practices in software architecture and planning.
- Experience with end-to-end testing.
- Experience using AI and AI concepts in workflows.

Desirable Skills:

Good Communication skills - Makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens effectively; clarifies information as needed.

- Experience or awareness of dockyard, defence, marine, or infrastructure projects.
- Ability to handle discussions / communications independently.
- Works in a Collaborative environment.
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements and customer needs.
- Solution orientated mindset and the ability to consider the bigger picture.
- Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite (Intermediate+)
- Comfortable working with unstructured data and building data pipelines.
- Experience in RAG Methodology.
- An eye for detail.