Job Description

Job Title: Principal Engineer - Site Engineering Authority

Location: Barrow-in-Furness \xe2\x80\x93 we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements

Salary: From \xc2\xa343,373 (depending on skills and experience)

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll be doing:

\xc2\xb7 Creating plans through life asset management defining fit for purpose maintenance strategies & prioritised investment demands to enable the site assets to deliver the site strategic objectives

\xc2\xb7 Providing independent Engineering Authority across all Site & Facilities Assets on behalf of Subs Engineering Director issuing Engineering Advice Notice for any breaches or potential breaches of Regulatory or internal SHE arrangements

\xc2\xb7 Providing technical engineering advice & support to the maintenance, operations & project teams

\xc2\xb7 Providing coaching and mentoring to junior engineers

\xc2\xb7 Producing / approving engineering functional requirements, accepting design solution, maintaining engineering oversight, validating engineering integrity, protecting & maintaining engineering baseline for all projects on Site & Facilities assets

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

\xc2\xb7 Degree qualified in a STEM subject, or equivalent engineering, maintenance, or operational experience

\xc2\xb7 Experience in managing complex stakeholder relationships, people management and leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams

\xc2\xb7 Experience in managing scopes of work to challenging schedules

\xc2\xb7 Broad engineering background with good understanding of key legal obligations for managing large manufacturing facilities & assets

Desirable

\xc2\xb7 An understanding of Asset Management principles

Benefits:

You\xe2\x80\x99ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts \xe2\x80\x93 you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Site Engineering Authority Team:

This is an exciting time to take up a new engineering challenge in a thriving Defence industry. In this role you will have the engineering authority and technical ownership for assigned areas/ systems to ensure that asset condition and performance is understood and controlled in line with business policy. This will involve managing present and future asset performance covering all the stages of a system/facility lifecycle across Projects, Operations and Maintenance. You will have the chance to further your engineering career, working on high value, complex programmes, alongside future promotion opportunities in technical leadership or engineering management.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you\xe2\x80\x99ll be able to make a real difference. You\xe2\x80\x99ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you\xe2\x80\x99ll 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 30th August 2023

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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