Principal Engineer – Site Engineering Authority (Electrical/Mechanical)

Job Description

Job Title: Site Engineering Authority-Facilities and Assets (Electrical/Mechanical)

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: £45,628+ Dependent of skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• You will be responsible for specific systems including conducting site / asset walk-arounds, ensuring compliance with site License / Authorising conditions 
• Delivery of engineering documentation to support asset and facility readiness in order to achieve programme Hold Points
• Understanding new requirements across the business and supporting requirements captures to ensure asset and facility performance meets programme and legislative requirements
• Providing engineering assurance across Projects, Operations and Maintenance
• Responsibility for asset management across defined assets, ensuring we are maintaining our assets throughout their lifecycle
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and supporting the site modification process
• Verifying engineering calculations, analysis, designs and other documentation, to ensure compliance and validity

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Degree in Engineering discipline is essential
• Have experience with Asset Management and Facilities Management

Desirable

• Experience with Management of Nuclear classified systems including but not limited to Design, Operation and/or Modifications
• Experience in related industry such as; Nuclear, Oil and Gas etc. would be advantageous

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 Site Engineering Authority:

Join us as a Principal Engineer in an exciting role where you’ll provide engineering assurance across site projects, processes, and operations. You’ll be part of a talented team of 35 professionals, organized into four specialised groups focusing on Facilities, Ship Lift and Transfer, Radiological, and Nuclear Substantiation. This position offers exposure to high-profile programs such as SSNA, AUKUS, Dreadnought, and Astute, ensuring that our facilities and assets meet requirements for future projects. Acting as a verification function, the team ensures compliance with statutory regulations, site license conditions, and company procedures. With opportunities for career advancement, you could develop into an Engineering Management role when the time is right. We also offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to eligibility.

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 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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