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BAE Systems • Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom

Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (Maintenance Design)

2 days/week at home

A little flex time – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements depending on the role you apply for – explore your options with our recruiter during the application process.

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Job Description

Job title: Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (Maintenance Design)

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Filton, Faslane (Clyde), Brough, BroadOak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Negotiable dependant on experience

What you’ll be doing:

  • Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring of others
  • Have a clear understanding of, and apply, the Quality and SH&E Management System documentation; e.g. process instructions, workmanship standards and risk assessments applicable to Support Engineering work scopes
  • Support stakeholder engagement and attend collaboration working groups in support of BAES scope of work for maintenance design
  • Provide appropriate ex-operator knowledge and input for maintenance derivation outputs
  • Provide estimates for the scope of work and resources required, in order to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for maintenance design activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Background as Submarine nuclear operator / maintainer
  • The ability to analyse complex problems
  • Knowledge of the engineering lifecycle and how support activities align to it
  • Extensive level of domain knowledge over the full range of RCM activities and how they relate to ILS and Safety

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of relevant Ministry of Defence (MoD), industry and corporate standards

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 Supporting Engineering – Maintenance Team:

You will join a 60-person strong team tasked with the delivery and assurance of maintenance derivation work, maintenance task analysis, level of repair analysis and maintenance tasks destructions. The role involves collaboration with a range of Internal and External stakeholders including industry partners across a number of Submarine programmes. This is a role that can offer personal growth and development within the career framework. We offer relocation support 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: 12th July 2024

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

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
Matched pension contribution
Salary sacrifice
Employee discounts
Lunch and learns
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Working at BAE Systems

Company employees

90,000+

Office locations

UK-wide - more than 50 locations

Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

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