Sailing Simulator Operator in Castletown

Role Title

Sailing Simulator Operator

Location/Base

Primarily based at the British Sailing Team in Portland, Dorset, with occasional travel to Artemis Technologies in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Department Overview

Artemis Applied Technologies is the consulting and engineering services division of Artemis Technologies. The company offers advanced technical solutions to both internal and external clients, including design, engineering, and simulation services for the maritime, offshore energy, defence, high-performance sport, and clean technology sectors. These services aim to help organisations address complex design and engineering challenges, adopt clean propulsion technologies, and transition to more sustainable operations.Within Artemis Applied Technologies, the Simulation department delivers projects related to vessel and vehicle simulation. It is also responsible for the Artemis Applied Technologies’ in-house performance prediction tool chain and human in the loop simulators.

The Role

Artemis Applied Technologies develop and operate simulators, both at our facility in Belfast and at client sites. The simulators are used for a wide variety of use cases from vessel concept design and on-board system development to athlete and crew training. The Sailing Simulator Operator will primarily be responsible for operating and maintaining a world-first dinghy sailing simulator. Working alongside performance coaches, the Sailing Simulator Operator will help deliver innovative and impactful training sessions that accelerate athlete skill development and support the medal winning aspirations of our clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for maximising system up time, managing session outputs such as data and video, maintaining excellent records, analysing athlete and system data, following and refining maintenance schedules, and upholding health and safety best practice. They will be responsible for ensuring the safe operation of sessions and for liaising with manufacturers and service engineers. The role also involves liaising with other high-performance staff to ensure appropriate and balanced session programming within competing athlete training priorities, and with medical staff to ensure participants are fit to train.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the simulator
• Run safe and productive simulator sessions for coaches and athletes
• Work with the coaches to develop effective simulator sessions and drills
• Manage scheduled preventative maintenance, and act as first line of support for day-to-day system errors as they arise across electrical, mechanical, and software systems
• Support in implementing and testing hardware and software upgrades
• Liaise with third parties and contractors on system maintenance and fault fixing
• Manage the facility, including health and safety, user access, and session booking
• Manage session outputs, including data, video, and records, and analyse session performance data to provide insight to coaches and athletes
• Ensure high standards of the performance environment are maintained
• Attend team and 1-1 meetings and fulfil reporting requirements as required by Artemis Applied Technologies and the British Sailing Team
• Build good working relationships across Artemis Technologies and the British Sailing Team
• Contribute to shaping a culture that reflects Artemis Technologies Values and Guiding Principles and enables the company to achieve its goals.
• The nature of the work is varied and performance focused. As such, from time to time you may be asked to assist in other technical areas which may be outside your day-to-day duties.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications and Experience

• University degree in an engineering or physical science discipline, or equivalent practical experience in a technical role.
• A sailing background is strongly desirable, though not absolutely essential.
• Experience in another technical marine background is welcome.

Key Skills

• Highly organised with a commitment to process and an eye for detail
• An engineering all-rounder, comfortable working with both electrical and mechanical systems
• Strong execution of technical tasks and application of practical hands-on skills.
• Broad spectrum engineering reasoning and problem solving, with the ability to grasp the architecture of a complex system.
• Strong computer and software literacy, including some coding or scripting experience (e.g. Python).
• An understanding of physical systems modelling.
• Self-starting, with a growth mindset and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Extremely adaptable, and comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity.
• Physically able to participate in recovering injured or stricken participants from the simulator.

Communication skills

• Good record keeping and report writing skills – clear, concise, and well structured.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good communication skills, confident delivering technical material to both technical and non technical audiences.

Teamworking

• Ability to relate well to others, and build co-operative and collaborative working relationships, both internally and externally.
• A team player, comfortable as a fully immersed member of a high-performance team and equally comfortable with lone working at times.

Organisation and Time Management

• Ability to coordinate with coaches, performance staff, and other departments, and flag issues early.
• Able to plan and manage maintenance schedules alongside a demanding session programme.
• Able to estimate the effort required to complete technical tasks and deliver to schedule.

Location and Working Arrangements

• Based in Portland at the British Sailing Team facility, employed by Artemis Applied Technologies and seconded to the British Sailing Team for 80% of your time.
• 39 hours per week. Working hours will follow the athlete training programme and will regularly fall outside normal working hours, including weekends and bank holidays.
• Occasional travel to Belfast and to training and competition venues may be required.

Closing Date

05 November 2026 at 5pm

LIFE AT ARTEMIS TECHNOLOGIES

At Artemis Technologies, you will not just be starting a new job — you’re joining a passionate team.

Everything we do is driven by our purpose and mission: to decarbonise high-speed maritime transport and lead the RACE towards a sustainable future. We CARE for our planet, and our people, who are helping us protect it.

At the heart of our culture are four core values that connect us, shape the way we collaborate, and guide the meaningful impact we strive to make together:

We are Accountable: You’ll be trusted to take ownership, face challenges head-on, and contribute to meaningful solutions. We value people who are committed, prepared, and take pride in getting things done right.

We are Responsible: Integrity, honesty, and respect are at the core of how we work. You’ll be part of a team that supports each other, follows through, and always strives to do the right thing — for each other and for our mission.

We are Entrepreneurial: We think big, stay curious, and welcome new ideas. You’ll be encouraged to innovate, question the norm, and go the extra mile — because progress demands bold thinking and practical action.

We are Collaborative: You’ll be joining a high-energy, friendly team that believes in the power of working together. We build trust, lift each other up, and share success as one team.

Day to day operations is just one part of life here. We’re proud to foster an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive—and have fun along the way. From team socials and wellness activities to events for you and your family, we make time to enjoy the journey, build real connections, and celebrate what matters most.

We’re proud of what we do — and even more proud of how we do it, together, building a more sustainable future, one wave at a time.

Remuneration

• Private Medical Insurance.
• Health Cashback Plan.
• Group Income Protection
• Stakeholder Pension.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Electric Vehicle scheme.
• Life Insurance (3 x salary)
• Employer Assistance Programme.
• 22 days holiday plus 13 public/bank/closure holidays (pro-rata). You will also accumulate up to 5 service – related holidays over your first five years of employment.
• Regular social events (staff and family).
• Robust Performance Management Framework.
• Enhanced Maternity and sick pay provisions.

Equal Opportunities

Artemis Technologies is an equal opportunities employer and therefore is committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity and does not discriminate, whether on grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, disability, age, class, religion or belief, community background or passport held. These principles underpin our professional behaviour and are embedded in our policies, procedures, day-to-day practices, and external relationships. We therefore welcome and encourage job applications from a fully diverse range of candidates.

We monitor the community background and sex of our job applicants and employees in order to demonstrate our commitment to promoting equality of opportunity in employment and to comply with our duties under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998. If you do not answer the related application questions, we are encouraged to use the residuary method of making a determination, which means that we can make a determination as to your community background on the basis of the personal information supplied by you in your application form.

Note: If you provide these details you are obliged to do so truthfully as it is a criminal offence under the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (NI) 1999 to knowingly give false answers to these questions.

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