Configuration Leader

Job Title: Configuration Leader

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. 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 £52,000, depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertaking Configuration management activities through analysing and reporting data
• Leading the development of toolsets to enable verification of Design Change Embodiment and management of associated physical verification activities
• Managing non-conformance across the Engineering and Build stakeholders through coordinating processes for concessions
• Chairing Concessions board meetings and technical meetings regarding product design and non-conformance
• Acting as a key interface with the customer and industry partners
• Managing and leading a small team of professionals

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Extensive understanding of Configuration Management requirements, techniques and processes
• Experience developing Configuration Management toolsets and reporting methods
• Project Management experience
• Excellent leadership experience
• Good stakeholder management experience

Desirable:

• Recognised Engineering qualification (e.g. CMII qualification or HNC)
• Project Management qualification (e.g. AMQ or Prince2)
• Proficiency with SAP, Teamcenter or similar toolsets

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 Configuration Status Accounting team:

This varied and developing role where your input will define new processes and future ways of working. You’ll gain exposure across the entire function, including senior partners. We offer relocation support packages 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 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: 19th 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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