Engineering – Continuous Improvement Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Engineering – Continuous Improvement Lead

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

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and experiences + bonus package

What you’ll be doing:

• Identifying, initiating, co-ordinating and leading delivery of any necessary improvement projects designed to improve the engineering service outputs across QEC, T45, T23 and Hunt classes based in Portsmouth Naval Base
• Acting as the engineering team point of contact for the delivery of all Strategic Improvements to support Asset Management transformation
• Identifying and improving where necessary the interfaces between key stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient interactions between them 
• Identifying risks and supporting the development of relevant mitigation activities associated with continuous improvement projects and activities
• Driving the evolution and implementation of policies and processes that will improve capability insertion, configuration control and design change activities, aligning where necessary disparate practices between the various classes, to maximise a common approach to the engineering service delivery
• Complying with SHE statutory requirements, regulations, and company procedures 

Your skills and experiences:

Essential skills:

• Previous experience in a Continuous Improvement role, ideally with an Engineering and/or Project Management background
• Good appreciation of Lean and Continuous Improvement principles and change and quality management
• Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels and an ability to influence and work with key stakeholders across team, customer, and supplier communities
• Ability to set clear direction and purpose, driving the team to achieve outputs to schedule, quality and budget

Desirable skills:

• Continuous Improvement related training/qualifications, such as Lean Six Sigma

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 Warship Technical Authority team:

Comprising 200+ Engineers, sits within the Asset Management arm of BAE Systems Maritime Services, and plays a key role with supporting a range of international customers, as well as the UK MoD with its Royal Navy Warships located at Portsmouth Naval Base.

As the WTA Continuous Improvement Lead, you will be a senior member of the team and will ultimately be responsible for the successful identification, development, and integration of changes within the engineering team to ensure we continue to provide operational excellence.

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 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: 14^th October 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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