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Job Title: Engineering Manager – Site Authority Engineering

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

Salary: Circa £58,000+ depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

  • Create through life asset management plans defining fit for purpose maintenance strategies & prioritised investment demands to enable the site assets to deliver the site strategic objectives
  • Provide independent Engineering Authority across external BAE Systems Site & Facilities Assets on behalf of Subs Engineering Director to ensure safe legal and compliant assets and facilities
  • Provide technical engineering advice & support to the maintenance, operations & project teams
  • Produce/approve engineering functional requirements, accept design solution, maintain engineering oversight, validate engineering integrity, protect & maintain engineering baseline for all projects on Site & Facilities assets

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Degree in Engineering and Chartered membership of professional body (or relevant experience or working towards chartership)
  • Previous experience of working in and leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams
  • Broad engineering background with good understanding of key legal obligations for managing large manufacturing facilities & assets

Desirable:

  • Experience in large asset intensive company
  • Demonstrable experience of developing asset strategies to drive improved asset performance
  • Working in highly regulated industries such as Oil & Gas/Rail/Aerospace/Nuclear

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The External Engineering Authority Team:

As the Engineering Manager you will be reporting to the Principal Engineering Manager – Site Engineering Authority. You will lead a multi-disciplined engineering team to deliver the role of Engineering Authority ensuring the assets within the area of responsibility are safe, legal and compliant as well as acting as the Asset Manager developing the strategies to ensure that the assets are managed effectively to meet current and future operational demands. 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 26th March 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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Company benefits

Enhanced maternity leave – Up to 52 weeks with the option of returning to work on reduced hours for the first 13 weeks
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks for eligible employees
Adoption leave
Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Open to part time work for some roles
Gym membership
Buy or sell annual leave
Bank holiday swaps
Company shutdown periods
Share options
Salary sacrifice
Employee discounts
Lunch and learns
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Mental health first aiders
Health insurance
Family health insurance
Annual bonus
Shared parental leave
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
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