Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Location: Barrow – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £65,000
What you’ll be doing:
- Collate Jig and Fixtures requirements and demands for Manufacturing Engineering and Build & Test
- Gather Module requirements and demands for Manufacturing Engineering and Build & Test
- Create Line Balancing using the Build Strategy to ensure the equipment is within TAKT time
- Model production lines within facilities to make the best use of the available space and to enable to build strategy
- Ensure that all Manufacturing Engineering activities comply with the Operational Framework and that compliance with all Manufacturing Engineering policies and mandates are maintained
- Lead and manage Manufacturing Engineering staff and executives; ensuring that each team member is assessed (for capability and skills), developed, deployed and trained
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Manufacturing/production background
- Stakeholder manager experience
- Experience with Build aids, Jigs/Fixtures or Construction tooling
- Interim product or Sub products within a high hazard industry
- Production line balancing experience
Desirable:
- Knowledge of Submarines
- Project management qualification
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 Manufacturing Engineering Team:
The Manufacturing Engineering team is made up of Build Strategy, Dimensional Management, Processes and a newly formed team being Jigs, Modules and Facilities. The teams work closely with each other to ensure SSNA is creating the most optimised buildable design and, ensuring the Facilities are mapped out to correctly adhere to the Build Strategy. This is an opportunity to build your own team and for you to create a lasting career with BAE Systems.
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: 18th February 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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