Mechanical Engineering Manager (Platform Systems)

Barrow-in-Furness

Submarines

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Job Description

Job Title: Mechanical Engineering Manager (Platform Systems)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. 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:

  • Manage and lead a team responsible for the design, development and delivery of ship systems, ensuring clear understanding of scope, providing strategic guidance, and advising on best practices to achieve sustainable success
  • Enable programme delivery by planning engineering scope, generating resource estimates and  managing the capability profile of your team
  • Responding with agility to emergent programme challenges, working collaboratively across functions to maintain engineering quality and schedule integrity
  • Ensure design evidence, justification and validation meets the required quality standards, is well-documented, and approved by the appropriate stakeholders
  • Guarantee all work aligns with contractual obligations while adhering to company standards, safety protocols, environmental considerations, and local business processes
  • Lead and participate in design reviews and collaborative programme activities, simplifying complex technical arguments into clear, concise, and logical presentations for technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Create innovative design solutions within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality benchmarks to meet critical project milestones

Your skills and experiences:

  • BEng (Hons), MEng, or equivalent qualification in a relevant STEM discipline
  • Proven track record in delivering mechanical systems throughout the full development lifecycle
  • Extensive experience in applying technical expertise across all stages of the engineering process
  • Knowledge and hands-on experience in specifying mechanical equipment and components, such as heat exchangers, pumps, diesel generators, hydraulic systems, and compressors
  • Demonstrated passion and understanding of leadership and management, with relevant qualifications or training considered an advantage

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 Platform Systems team:

The Mechanical Engineering Manager (Platform Systems) plays a key leadership role, guiding and supporting the engineering team with a focus on collaboration and growth. This role involves managing team leads on a daily basis, working closely with the Senior Engineering Manager to ensure smooth operations. You’ll also be responsible for fostering the skills and competencies of the team, while overseeing project plans and activities to keep everything on track. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 February 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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