Engineering Manager – Support Engineering

Job Title: Engineering Manager – Support Engineering

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: From £55,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage the oversight and governance of the delivery of and derivation of the maintenance activities and procedures. With this, you will need to ensure that the design for support and through life support requirements are in place and fit for purpose
• Author and maintain a Dreadnought Alliance Maintenance Management Plan
• Co-ordinate the Technical Lead ownership and reviewing of the “in-build and in-service” maintenance provided by BAE Systems on Dreadnought and her equipment, while also coordinating technical reviews of all supportability related work on behalf of the Alliance
• Act as the point of contact for all maintenance related supportability tasking, with particular emphasis on working relationships with DSST, BAE, Babcock, and Rolls Royce
• Co-ordinate Technical Lead ownership and reviewing of the operating procedures by BAE’S on Dreadnought and her equipment
• Act as the point of contact and authority for all relevant maintenance related Working Groups including: DSST Maintenance WG, Test & Commissioning Dreadnought Maintenance WG

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• A degree in a relevant engineering discipline or relevant experience in either submarine operations or submarine systems engineering
• Experience and knowledge of supporting with accurate, expert decisions and advice, whilst carefully considering alternative options and empower others to make decisions where appropriate

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working in a Design Authority/Approving Authority role
• Wide ranging depth and breadth of technical experience in own specialism, with knowledge and application of Systems Engineering approaches

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 Alliance Support Engineering Team:

The Dreadnought Alliance is formed between the Ministry of Defence’s Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce. The Alliance Engineering team are responsible for delivery of safe and fit for purpose Dreadnought submarines to the Whole Boat Technical Specification.

By joining us in the role and team, you will be responsible for Supportability, Availability, Reliability and Maintainability associated with the system and platform design and the engineering goodness of ILS deliverables including Maintenance Instructions and Operating Procedures. 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: 5th March 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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