Senior Engineering Manager – Mechanical Engineering (Platform Combat Systems)

Job Description

Job title: Senior Manager – Mechanical Engineering (Platform Combat Systems)

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

Salary: £56,667 – £73,333

What you’ll be doing:

• Management and integration of multi-disciplined engineering teams; leadership of engineering resources, delivery of packages of work/services, involving new products and/or complex upgrades, utilising new and existing technologies, requiring multiple interfaces with customers/suppliers
• Delivery of projects to meet customer and contractual obligations; management of cost, quality, timeliness and specification, resolution of engineering conflicts between disciplines, systems and capabilities
• Integration of activity solution development; meet a coherent and prioritised set of demands, tailor and apply engineering processes, tools and approaches to develop innovative and creative solutions to contracts specifications

Your skills and experiences:

• Previous Mechanical Engineering background is preferred
• Demonstrable leadership/management experience
• Projects and or planning execution exposure
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders & suppliers
• Strong influencing, communication and relationship building skills
• Qualified to degree level in STEM subject preferred, OR extensive experience within a similar role
• Chartership (Desirable)

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave incentive 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 Platform Major Systems team:

Join our team and help deliver critical Platform Combat Systems capability into our UK Royal Navy Submarines platforms. The role is fast paced, working across key stakeholders across industry to design, build and commission key mechanical systems. The role will allow you to develop experience of supporting the life cycle from design right through to the generation of validation evidence against the system requirements and apply this across Submarines in the same class. There will be opportunity to expand this experience in to multiple classes of Submarine as the work develops across the BAE Systems Submarine portfolio, including Astute, Dreadnought, SSSN-AUKUS and our in-service platforms.

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: 6th May 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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