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Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Build Strategy

Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid) – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £40,748+

What you’ll be doing:

Responsible for influencing and converting the Engineering Design intent into Manufacturing Engineering data (sometimes complex) for Manufacturing Operations use

Contribute to the management of the Quality and SHE Systems, for Manufacturing Engineering processes and documentation e.g. calling up safe methods of working

Build effective internal and cross functional relationships to achieve overall Project requirements

Assure product and process quality as determined by company processes. Develop and test new systems when the need arises

Provide decision-making information by reviewing production schedules, estimating future requirements

Agree and prioritise with the customer, emergent work affecting manufacture, fabrication or construction. In doing so, they must be able to manage the allocated projects and sub-projects from conception, through to completion with full stakeholder engagement and agreement

Act as a project focal point for discipline specific tasks ensuring best practices are adopted and embedded

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

HNC and/or equivalent, plus substantial experience in a Manufacturing Engineering role or Foundation degree with experience in a Manufacturing Engineering role

Experience in performing route cause analysis and reporting on countermeasures

Professional knowledge of relevant Engineering standards (including SHE regulations)

Stakeholder management & communication skills

Desirable

Systems design knowledge

Submarine design, build or operation experience

Experience with SAP, Teamcenter, NX, Or JIRA

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The SSNA Manufacturing Engineering team:

Working in either the Process team or Build Strategy team, you will be joining the SSNA programme but will need to collate learning from experience from Dreadnought & Astute when needed. You will be liaising and managing relations with a variety of stakeholders and business teams. You will be playing a key part in supporting the delivery of major projects and gaining exposure to senior stakeholders. This is a great opportunity for you to build a lasting career with BAE Systems. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 17th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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