Mechanical Resourcing Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Mechanical Resourcing Lead

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. We offer a range of flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £62,000+ Dependent on skills & experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversight and leadership of mechanical engineering capability and resource pool within the Warship Technical Authority (WTA)
• Responsible for developing and delivering against future strategic resource demands in accordance with the Business Resource Profile (BRP), including working with Project Controllers and Project Leads
• Manage capability and resource movement within the WTA and the wider BAE Systems organisation, to ensure engineers obtain the necessary development and experience
• Represent the Mechanical Discipline at internal reviews and management meetings, including management of the relationship with the Mechanical Engineering Function within Maritime & Land
• Act as the focal point for all line managers within the Warship and projects to ensure effective and consistent delivery of personnel management activities
• Identify and champion opportunities for continuous improvement within the Discipline and the wider WTA Hub

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience of managing large teams ideally in a Mechanical/Engineering environment
• Experience of Training and supporting teams including personal development reviews & growing team capabilities through individual development and mentoring
• Prior background working across different Functional and Engineering teams with great stakeholder management
• Qualifications include an honours degree in Engineering (or equivalent experience), working towards or holds professional registration (IEng/CEng)

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.

Warship Technical Authority:

The Mechanical Discipline Lead is responsible for supporting and resourcing the day-to-day delivery of engineering output from the Asset Management Warship Technical Authority (WTA), in alignment with the agreed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). The role supports the Asset Management WTA Capability Lead in ensuring activity across the Mechanical Discipline is coherently resourced and executed.

The primary responsibility is the generation and maintenance of a robust, suitably qualified and experienced Mechanical Engineering Discipline. This is enabled through development, training and providing experiences to a Discipline comprising of approximately 45 engineers, ranging from a Principal level to Early Careers.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 2nd March 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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