Degree Apprentice Submarines Quality Engineer Barrow

Job Title    Degree Apprentice Submarines Quality Engineer Barrow 

Location    Barrow

Salary       We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and Share Incentive Plan.

What you will be doing

As a ‘Project Management Degree Apprentice – Quality’, we will support you to balance your academic studies whilst gaining practical work experience; enabling you to link theory to common practice and essentially gain a degree in Project Management.
This extensive five-year degree apprenticeship programme will help you to build a strong foundation for your career and upon completion of the scheme, you will transition into a position in either the Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering team.
Quality is integral to the design, manufacturing and commissioning of the Submarines, which protect our nation and our way of life. 
The Quality function uses its ability to investigate, assure, analyse, problem solve and engage with teams right across the business to ensure that our products are delivered to the right specifications, and that our processes deliver the expected outcomes. As a Function, we are continually improving our ways of working to adapt to an ever-changing environment.
The Quality Function is responsible for business and programme Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality Assurance, Quality Records, Quality Control, Quality Improvement, Quality Strategy & Capability; you will have the opportunity to spend time with each department to understand what they do and why they do it.
As a ‘Project Management Degree Apprentice – Quality’, you will work closely with all areas of the business, across a broad spectrum of tasks. These could range from dealing with senior stakeholders working directly on the product, to liaising with suppliers and improving Quality across the business. 

What Does The Apprenticeship Involve?

Whilst you study for your degree, you will get to immerse yourself in a variety of placements across the business. Each with something different to offer, giving you the opportunity to explore both office and shop floor environments and helping you to gain the competencies you need to become an effective Quality Engineer. 
You will learn from the most skilled subject matter experts in the business and receive support from the network of stakeholders that you build throughout your five-year degree apprenticeship. 
In support of your degree apprenticeship, you will get to experience placements across the business, including quality, project management, project controls, operations and engineering. All of these will give you a breadth of experience and understanding of the business as a whole, and the importance of the quality function.
BAE Systems are committed to your development and alongside the apprenticeship and degree; there will be plenty of other opportunities to enrich your learning experience with work and challenges outside of your day-to-day role.

What Qualification Will You Get?

Project Manager [Level 6]

Overview of business unit

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.
The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.
Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world’s most complex engineering challenges.
We have sites in Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Frimley, Ash Vale, Broad Oak and Weymouth, and we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around. Join us and you’ll be part of something important; something you can be proud of. 

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.   

Team 

Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It’s rewarding work that truly makes a difference. And as you tackle critical projects, you’ll work alongside a supportive team – driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.  

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 under represented 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.
We also provide the opportunity to get involved in projects outside of your primary remit. We encourage you to seek a stretch project in which you’ll gain different experiences. With our huge portfolio of products and our multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner. Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives and support groups (called employee resource groups) which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role. To ensure we retain our talented people, we offer a blend of sponsorship, additional support in career development planning and a portfolio of high potential development programmes.  
Our mission is to build a strong, diverse, adaptable, and high performing work force that will develop and grow our future business. We believe that everyone has talent, and at the heart of our talent management approach our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s top employer in the defence and security sector for valuing diversity and inclusion.

Export Control / Security

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.

5 GCSEs grade A*-C or 4-9 (or equivalent) including Maths and English & 96 UCAS Tariff Points (240 point old system), or equivalent, which must include one of the following subjects; Maths, Business-related (including Psychology and Law), IT, Engineering, Science, Numerate (excluding General Studies & UCAS points gained at AS level).