Propulsion Service Manager

Job Title: Propulsion Service Manager

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – Onsite only

Salary: £50,600-£55,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead a specialist team of engineers to deliver commissioning, diagnostics, and defect rectification for assigned projects
• Plan, resource, schedule, and supervise the daily activities of engineers to maximize team utilization and efficiency
• Provide both administrative and technical supervision for engineers, including performance reviews and coordination of training and development
• Develop and implement safe systems of work in compliance with the company’s SHE (Safety, Health, and Environmental) and product safety procedures
• Apply expertise to solve complex commissioning and diagnostic problems across various systems and equipment
• Lead the handover of systems and present trials to ship staff
• Advise Project and Programme teams on the creation of work order estimates and system delivery schedules
• Provide performance data to support metrics and assess both contractual and individual performance
• Work with technical autonomy and offer mentorship, guidance, and support to less experienced engineers and technical staff
• Engage with customers and authorities through written communication, phone, or face-to-face interactions to discuss technical issues and proposed solutions
• Build positive, effective relationships with customers and colleagues, adhering to the Business Code of Conduct

Your skills and experiences:

• Qualified to HNC/HND as a minimum, and will have also served a recognised apprenticeship or equivalent experience
• Typically requires incorporated Engineer status (or equivalent experience)
• Subject Matter Expert in an engineering discipline. Requires technical breadth & depth, is an engineering discipline expert on projects
• A detailed understanding of Health and Safety legislation and safe systems of work and product safety as applicable to ship maintenance and repair. Qualified Risk Assessor and or trained in Managing Safety
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning and Human Resource tools
• A deep technical knowledge across a broad range of Systems and equipment across a range of naval platforms and extensive experience of Commissioning, fault diagnosis, defect rectification and trials particularly with internal combustion systems and propulsion equipment

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.

Propulsion Systems Services team:

The Propulsion Systems Services Manager is accountable to the Mechanical Services Lead and equivalent leadership for overseeing the coordination and performance of the propulsion systems services team, including staff welfare and company tasking. Key responsibilities include providing engineering support to operations, maintenance, and project teams, as well as ensuring continuous through-life support for main propulsion systems for naval vessels and any other tasks. Additionally, this role involves the management and coordination of activities within the Outboard Motor Workshop

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: 16th June 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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