Principal Engineer – Governance & Assurance Lead

Job Description

Job title: Principal Engineer- Assurance & Governance Lead

Location: Barrow in Furness, Filton, Frimley, Broadoak, Weymouth, Manchester

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £45,628+ Dependent of skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Organising and facilitating Engineering Design Reviews, ensuring efficient collaboration and decision-making
• Administering and updating Engineering Management Plans to align with evolving needs
• Collecting and analysing data for internal team processes and assurance, and presenting insights to senior stakeholders to ensure compliance and governance requirements are met
• Overseeing the certification process at the programme level, ensuring the department meets compliance standards
• Assisting in the implementation of various compliance and governance documentation to uphold industry standards
• Managing Safety and Information Assurance to ensure adherence to regulatory and safety protocols

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Degree in STEM subject or equivalent relevant experience
• Chartered or working towards Engineer
• Broad Systems Engineering knowledge
• Previous experience of producing Engineering management plans
• Front end design process experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of ARP4754A/DO178C/DO254

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 Process and Governance team: 

You will play a key role in delivering and sustaining operational excellence for UK Defence. As the System Owner for Governance and Assurance, you’ll take ownership of critical processes, ensuring compliance across all areas. Working across multiple business units, you’ll develop strong networking skills and build valuable contacts while gaining broad exposure to the entire submarine lifecycle. You’ll contribute to key decisions that directly impact the safety and performance of submarines. This is a highly rewarding role, offering the opportunity to help shape and implement our new ways of working.

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: 29^th January 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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