Electrical and Electronic Discipline Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Electrical and Electronic Discipline Lead

Location: Portsmouth – Great Baddow. 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 commensurate with skills and experience   

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead business capability, including CAPEX requirements, to maintain and advance test equipment and systems aligned with electronic and electrical needs
• Act as the Engineering Authority’s delegate, upholding business management systems to meet process requirements for electrical and electronic delivery
• Manage, mentor, and strategically place Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduates on assignments, ensuring alignment with project goals and career development
• Liaise across functions to support both short-term recruitment needs and strategic workforce planning for long-term capability.
• Oversee engineering practices, conducting Design and Technical Bid Reviews and providing assurance for the engineering function.
• Support delivery streams for active vessels and advanced products, such as radars and underwater sensors, ensuring asset readiness and alignment with customer requirements

Your skills and experiences:

• Expert in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with direct experience delivering complex products, particularly in sensor or automation environments
• Provides lifecycle support across projects, ensuring alignment with business and customer needs
• Skilled in Design and Technical Bid Reviews, offering high-level assurance and oversight
• Experienced in stakeholder management, adept at resolving complex issues and coordinating with key partners

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 Team:

BAE Systems Maritime Services provides products and support services to a diverse range of customers world-wide across two business delivery streams, products and warship. This role sits within the engineering function which supports both core delivery streams in providing engineers with the right level of SQEP to meet the demands of the product development, manufacture and support delivery to the range of customers. The business has circa 1550 professional engineers whose employment, recruitment and development are coordinated by Seven discipline leads, of which this most is one. 

There is no direct line management responsibility, but the individual is expected to engage with each of the circa 200 individuals who are contained within the electronic and electrical discipline. These individuals operate in low technology maturity levels in sensors, automation and across the delivery of support to the variety of clients that use current and legacy products delivered by the business.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home. 

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: 21st November 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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