Senior Team Lead – Mechanical

Job Description

Job title: Senior Team Lead – Mechanical

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

Salary: Up to £57,000 (depending on qualifications and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing specialist engineering expertise to organise and co-ordinate the Piping Discipline with the Detail Design Engineering Team to ensure defined delivery objectives are achieved whilst continually maintaining quality and cost
• Line management and accountability of a team of Piping Detail Designers for the delivery of a complex scope of work across a stage of the engineering lifecycle, this includes management and accountability for a number of technical teams across sites where required, including subordinate Technical and Team Lead Detail Designers and Senior Detail Designers
• Liaising closely with the Programme Management Professionals on time, cost and schedule delivery performance status; and the Piping Sub-Discipline Technical Specialist Team on technical performance and Quality; while supporting the development of the Piping Detail Design resources in line with Detail Design Capability Strategy
• Making informed decisions based on policies, procedures and delivery plans to ensure task completion; coordination of work activities taking into consideration wider delivery inputs and outputs

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• In-depth knowledge of all aspects of the Piping Discipline within Detail Design in the Marine Engineering or similar industry sector
• Experience in the design, integration, build and engineering support of mechanical piping systems
• Experience in more than one phase of LCM, with sufficient experience of total LCM to enable awareness of adjacent phases / through life engineering issues
• Experience managing a small team

Desirable:

• Developing skills and experience in Engineering Management, Leadership Project Management, Risk Management, Budget Management, Commercial Awareness
• Knowledge and experience CAD Tools (FORAN)
• IEng status or working towards CEng status (UK)

Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution. Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation. Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.

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 Canadian River Class Destroyer Detail Design Team:

The Detail Design Team is one of the largest engineering disciplines at Naval Ships and covers a wide range of delivery focused engineering tasks playing a crucial role and specialising in the development and implementation of 3D CAD integration, and production of Engineering outputs. Detail Designers are deployed across the engineering lifecycle from early concept stages through to support.

This role offers you the opportunity to be involved in the exciting Canadian River Class Destroyer programme, in which you will work within the Detail Design Engineering Team alongside various other Engineering and Project Management teams, along with a range of industry partners across the UK and Canada. In this role you will provide technical knowledge and leadership experience to the growing Mechanical Detail Design Team, working within a team of other experienced engineers. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn and develop with support and guidance to allow you to further progress your career.

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: 17th September 2024 – Interviews for this position will take place W/C 23rd September 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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