ME3 – Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Significantly influence, collaborate and coordinate ME activities creating the future legacy for Ship-Building on the Clyde and in our customer facilities
• Lead, develop and motivate assigned team members through positive, open and honest communications
• Define & Approve Facilities, Equipment, Tooling and Processes where appropriate and confirm and approve team member work
• Understand and Influence product design to define optimised products to meet operational capabilities
• Agree, prioritise, schedule and plan activities to meet project/programme requirements

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• HNC/HND/Degree in Manufacturing or Engineering or related field coupled with applying this in an ME Environment
• Previous experience in any of the following: Manufacturing Engineering, Process / Method Planning, NC Programming, Tool Definition, Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing System Implementations or Facility Investment activities
• To understand and interpret requirements, specifications, and engineering outputs to understand cost, Manufacturing System Implementations or Facility Investment activities

Desirable:

• Understanding Lean Principles and appropriate selection/application
• Conceptual and methodical thinking to describe and define processes and procedures

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 Manufacturing team:

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will have significant involvement in key Manufacturing Engineering projects. You will use your knowledge and experience to guarantee delivery of Manufacturing Engineering outputs into Manufacturing & Operations that ensure design intent can be met. The role holder will advise, coach and lead other team members as part of their daily responsibilities as well as being responsible for influencing vessel design, optimising production processes, methods, facilities, equipment and tooling to drive improvement to achieve and exceed performance in safety, quality and cost targets.

In return, this role will give you the opportunity to be significantly involved in Key Manufacturing projects.  You will use your knowledge and experience to guarantee delivery of Manufacturing Engineering Projects.  The role holder will advise, coach and lead other team members as a core part of their daily responsibilities.  The teams you will work in and support will collaborate and integrate with Design Engineering, Detail Planning, Quality and Operations to improve competitiveness and to deliver existing and future contracts.

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: 7^th 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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