Engineering Manager – Manufacturing Technology

Job title: Engineering Manager – Manufacturing Technology

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

Salary: Up to £66,580 depending on qualifications and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Applying a breadth of knowledge, skills and experience of engineering and company approaches, techniques and governance to manages the development and adoption of future Manufacturing Technology associated with the design and build of naval ships

• Selecting and developing candidate technologies for the manufacture of naval ships covering product and delivery solutions

• Defining the qualification obligations for the assurance hold points during development/on-boarding of new Technology and providing assurance to the Head of Technology holding Technical Authority as to the adequacy and robustness of the Safety Case and supporting documentation

• Overseeing the application of Lifecycle Management for the delivery of Technology projects

• Supporting the development of budgets/estimates, schedules and Risks and Opportunities for a portfolio of naval ship manufacturing technology projects

• Contributing to the continuous improvement of processes, designs and products in conjunction with technical experts

• Resolving a range of engineering issues and problems, compiles and reviews technical reports and accompanying presentations to present manufacturing technologies as mature solutions to select for adoption in naval ship design

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of manufacturing within Ship building

• Exceptional knowledge of the development of New Technology and its on-boarding for use in the defence sector or related industry

• Detailed knowledge of the product development lifecycle and the engineering, programmatic and commercial skills required to deliver, ideally in the Concept and Business Winning part of the Lifecycle

• Strong people management skills and leadership experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment in the defence sector or related industry

• Programme planning and tracking skills, including Earned Value Management and Risk and Opportunity management

Desirable:

• Knowledge and understanding of the strategic direction of the business

• Engagement to senior levels in the customer, supplier and other wider industry community

• Priority setting and the management of conflicting priorities

Degree qualified or equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline. Some disciplines may require a Masters level education. Chartered Engineer, or other relevant, equivalent professional registration. Member of appropriate professional institution, ideally working towards Fellow.

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 BAE Systems Naval Ships Future Business and Technology team:

The Engineering team includes engineering managers, warship engineers (covering survivability, aviation, boats, operation), systems engineering (covering requirements and acceptance, supplier engagement and design data management), naval architecture (layouts, hydrodynamics, structure, outfit), power and propulsion engineers, electrical engineers (covering power, electrical systems and control), mechanical engineers, fluid systems engineers, combat systems integration engineers (integration of mission systems on naval ships), Technology engineers (introducing new technology and/or processes), safety and environmental specialists and detail designers (2D drawings and 3D models).

We work with other companies in the naval and merchant shipping sector including designers, equipment suppliers, specialist engineering consultancies and Classification Societies.

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: 12th August 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 25th August.

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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