Chemical Design Engineer

Job Title: Chemical Design Engineer

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

Salary: £ 43,649

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, development, test and evaluation activities of new and legacy propelling charges
• Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner, from the trials planning stage to completion of the trial and presentation of the data
• Development and use safe systems of working for Engineering tasks
• Interface with suppliers, both internal and external, to ensure that development activities are completed to time and schedule
• Development of quality systems
• Contribution to the Life Cycle Management Process where required
• Contribution to the Risk Management process
• Liaise with customers – both internal and external as demanded

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Experience in the Chemical/Chemical Engineering industry
• Experience of hazard identification, risk assessment and mitigation in support of trial or test activities
• IT Literate

Desirable

• A working knowledge of gun propellants ,the propelling charge design process
• Familiarity with the Life Cycle Management (LCM) process
• A working knowledge of Systems Engineering and Engineering design
• Advanced data analysis, report writing and computing skills
• Competent presentation skills
• Experience in the planning and conduct of evaluation trials

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 Charge and Propulsion Team:

As a Chemical Design Engineer you will be operating as part of a multi-disciplined propelling charge development team involved in the development, design and manufacture of charges for a number of new munitions products and maintaining performance of legacy products.

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 13th March 2026.

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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