FalconWorks Core Programme Security Manager
Job title: FalconWorks Core Programme Security Manager
Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £54,793+ dependant on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
- There is a requirement to travel to sites to provide security advice
- You will oversee the readiness of the team’s response to security incidents
- This role will require you to monitor performance of allocated staff in order to ensure that work is carried out effectively. You will provide on-the-job technical advice to new team members around tasks and act as a supervisor to team members and coach/mentor to all new team members
- Ensure you liaise with government regulators to refine requirements, frameworks and operational criteria ensuring this is communicated to Falconworks and its entities
- Support FalconWorks programmes and sites to produce accurate threat assessments and operational requirements
- You will be required to support the security culture, behaviours and communications by raising security awareness among employees and management in the local area and modelling behaviours that demonstrate BAE Systems values
- You’ll also have people manager responsibilities in this role
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Suitably qualified by experience having demonstrable security managerial background
- Experience of leading a team
- Experience of working within government security policies
Desirable:
- Relevant security qualification
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 Falcon Works Security team:
Leading a team of qualified security professionals who provide support and advice to BAE Systems joint ventures and entities in relation to current government guidance and best practice.
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: 16th June 2025
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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