Graduate Submarines Manufacturing Engineer Barrow September 2024

Job Title      Graduate Manufacturing Engineer

Location     Barrow  – This role does not involve Hybrid working and will be based full time on site

Salary         £34,000 + £2,000 Welcome Bonus 

What you will be doing
Graduates will use their innovative flair to transform designs into products and processes to help our manufacturing and construction teams deliver cutting edge technology in an effective manner. You’ll be involved at multiple levels of the business, from solving manufacturing problems on the shop floor, through to working on strategic workflows to develop functional capabilities. There will also be the opportunity to work within programmes to better understand the business and increase your levels of product and business knowledge. In order to help develop your technical abilities you will be given delivery responsibility early on for objectives, one of which will be your own improvement projects.

We 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 our 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 to maintain our future focused critical skills, 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 inspirational talent 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. Accelerated development will be offered to those who have the aspiration, ability, and performance to fulfil roles that are critical to our future success. We will identify those employees who have high potential.

Follow your passion with the following responsibilities:
• Producing appropriate department documentation
• Liaising with planning and other technical departments
• Developing innovative process and product solutions
• Identifying your own development opportunities
• Understanding, developing and implementing greater customer and external relations
• Working across manufacturing work streams to share best practice and develop your knowledge and skillset

Skills
As a minimum requirement you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in STEM.

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.

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.
 

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