Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Supply chain

Barrow-in-Furness

Submarines

Operations / Manufacturing

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Job Description

Job Title: Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Supply Chain

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+ depending on experience

 

What you’ll be doing:

  • You will be required to act as manufacturing subject matter expert to support both the wider Supply Chain Resilience Team and our suppliers to develop, drive and deliver through the BCCR programme stages
  • Carry out manufacturing readiness assessments and analysis of a supplier’s capability, capacity and resilience to meet the SSNA drumbeat
  • Typically, assessments could include:

       Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL)

       Design Producibility/ Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA)

       Facilities, Equipment & Tooling

       Make Vs Buy

       Manufacturing Planning & Scheduling

       Manufacturing Process Maturity

       Process Capability & Control

  • Support suppliers in development of manufacturing optimisation plans
  • Validate suppliers proposed manufacturing opportunities
  • Support development of plans for the long-term management and monitoring of supplier optimisation, enabling confidence reporting on the ability of the supply chain to maintain build rate for SSNA

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Proven background in either Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or similar
  • Experience of setting up lean production lines, optimising product flow and continuous improvement
  • Experience in assessing Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL)

Desirable:

  • Degree qualified in a STEM subject
  • Knowledge of Project Management toolsets
  • An understanding of the RIBA Plan of Work and its relationship to manufacturing readiness
  • Understanding of Life Cycle Management and required manufacturing Inputs

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 BCCR team:

This is an exciting and early opportunity to support the dynamic Supply Chain Resilience team. We work within the wider Barrow Capability, Capacity and Resilience (BCCR) Programme. Our purpose is to assess and enable the Supply Chain to support accelerated production timescales and underpin the required in yard dates for the SSNA build programme. Within this role there will be an opportunity to travel

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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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: 11th 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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