ME3 – Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Scotstoun & Govan

Salary: £44,196

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow – shaping a safer future, for all of us.

Role Description:

Collaborate with strong influence to optimise engineering definitions and output formats, ensuring alignment with current and future capabilities and best practice, while embedding a Value Engineering, APQP, and PFMEA mindset across applicable programmes. Lead and develop the technical contributions of colleagues, motivating team members through positive, open, and honest communication. Define and approve facilities, equipment, tooling, and processes, and where appropriate, review and approve the work of team members. Apply Lean tools and techniques to solve problems and improve performance in product delivery across ship manufacture and integration, as well as within supporting business processes. Create clear, robust, and visual work instructions—including the specification of tooling, equipment, and plant—to enable a highly skilled operations team to deliver world-class products that are both verifiable and repeatable. Plan and define facilities, equipment, tooling, and processes to achieve and continuously improve quality, cost, and schedule targets, ensuring safety remains the highest priority. Agree, prioritise, schedule, and plan activities effectively to meet project and programme requirements.

Core Duties:

• Proven experience of usage of Manufacturing / Production engineering processes and procedures with experience in Manuf Execution System, CADCAM, PLM, NC Programming, Tooling, Quality Engineering, Industrial Eng and Continuous Improvement, to a level where you can coach others in best practice adoption / benefits
• Good interpersonal skills are essential: including facilitating, coaching, presenting and stakeholder management where you will lead the change task
• Effective articulation and interpretation of requirements, specifications and engineering outputs, from an impact to cost, quality and schedule drivers
• Project and task management skills in coordinating and delivering successful activities where you will be viewed as the lead with knowledge of relevant Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering standards/practices (including Health & Safety regulations)
• Engineering or Manufacturing apprenticeship / HNC / HND/ Degree, or equivalent work experience in a Manufacturing Engineering / Production Engineering/ Technician role

The Manufacturing Engineering team:

Our Manufacturing Engineering Teams work closely with our Naval Ships Manufacturing Teams in the deployed General Manager Business Areas within Naval Ships at the Glasgow sites of Govan and Scotstoun. You are part of the larger Manufacturing Engineering Dept of 100 people within the larger Manufacturing Function. As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer (ME3) you will have significant involvement in key Manufacturing Engineering projects. You will use your knowledge and experience to guarantee delivery of Manufacturing Engineering outputs into Manufacturing & Operations that ensure design intent can be met. The role holder will advise, coach and lead other team members as part of their daily responsibilities as well as being responsible for influencing vessel design, optimising production processes, methods, facilities, equipment and tooling to drive improvement to achieve and exceed performance in safety, quality and cost targets. You will be working for a Principal Manufacturing Engineer. Predominantly working on tasks to increase our Capabilities that deliver the Type 26 Programme and further enable our highly skilled teams across T26, Canadian Surface Combatant and Hunter Class as well as Future Business opportunities to make BAE Systems even more capable and effective.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work – this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family – support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

We welcome applications from all candidates and give full, fair and open consideration to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our recruitment team to discuss any further support you may need. Connect with us at baesystems.com/connect

Security Statement:

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: 6th April 2026

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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