Technical Operational Manager

Job Title: Technical/Operational Manager

Location: Samlesbury -on site

Salary: £61110+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Acting as a key focal point for the Operations/ Production and In-Service customers, and ensuring that the Materials Engineering teams deliver to plan, and are seen as a reliable, supportive support function

• Ensuring that delivery is data-driven and operationally focused

• Ensuring that the teams comply to procedures and processes; providing strong leadership on any Quality arisings and ensuring that any issues are closed out robustly, using problem solving techniques and root cause analysis

• Ensuring that the teams deliver to the cost budgets, and that work is performed efficiently. Having a continuous improvement mind set and ensuring that the teams are seeking out ways to improve working practices; being strategic in future improvements around equipment, working practices and technology

• Providing direct leadership to the Materials Engineering Team Leaders and ensuring that the teams are developed and grown to maximise the well-being of the organisation, and its performance. Also act as the interface between the team leader(s) and the departmental operations manager/ Principal

Your skills and experience:

Essential:

• People management and leadership experience of technical/engineering activities

• Knowledge and leadership experience of health and safety activity

• Demonstrable experience within a delivery role

• Ability to manage planned and unplanned emergent work and understand budgets

• Experience of working in a fast-paced industry environment

• Experience with adherence to a Quality Management System (QMS)

Desirable:

• Knowledge of manufacturing/production/engineering processes would be a significant advantage

• Aerospace industry experience

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.

The Materials Engineering – Operations team:

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that Materials Engineering activities are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. As a key part of Operations, Materials Engineering plays a crucial role in meeting customer expectations and delivering to plan.

This position requires strategic vision and strong leadership across Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People (SQCDP) initiatives. The role spans multiple locations, including Samlesbury, Warton, Coningsby, Brough, various RAF bases, and overseas sites, requiring some travel. The majority of the role will be spent on-site in Samlesbury.

You will lead a highly skilled and knowledgeable team, driving accountability, ownership, and effective leadership to ensure objectives are met on schedule and within budget.

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 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:27th March 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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