Principal Operations Engineer

Barrow-in-Furness

Submarines

Engineering

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Job Description

Job title: Principal Operations Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness- onsite

Salary: Competitive

 

What you’ll be doing: 

  • Authoring and maintaining processes and procedures in support of programme delivery demands through the analysis of multiple sources of technical information and stakeholder engagement and collaboration
  • Reviewing complex engineering drawings, engineering requirements and nuclear safety requirements, to author high-quality and accurate processes and procedures which are clear, comprehensible, coherent, concise, and safe
  • Liaising and collaborating with all relevant stakeholders/suppliers/subcontractors to clarify technical issues and to ensure that their requirements are adequately supported, that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate
  • Ensuring that processes and procedures satisfy associated design, safety case, security and health and safety requirements that BAE Systems, our business parties, and customers demand
  • Providing expertise and support during key test events (this may entail working outside of core working hours on an infrequent short-term basis)
  • Articulating and presenting procedures to the Stakeholders for assessment and approval and, where required, amend procedures in accordance with feedback
  • Monitoring and recording of progress, status, dependencies etc. into production schedules
  • Ensuring a comprehensive set of work file records for processes and procedures, are developed and maintained to a standard which and can tolerate scrutiny during audit events
  • Investigating contentious/vague information to bring about clarity and meaning for the benefit of the quality of processes and procedures under authorship

Your skills and experiences:  

Essential:

  • Knowledge of processes, document generation and health and safety legislation in a manufacturing environment
  • HNC or equivalent qualification or experience within relevant engineering discipline
  • Able to gather and analyse information of the end user and organise information according to associated requirements and end user’s needs
  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal

Desirable:

  • Manufacturing Engineering background/engineering background
  • Experience of technical report writing and/or procedural writing
  • Ability to use Document Management Systems

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 PAG (Procedural Authorisation Group) Team:

As a Principal Operations Engineer you will be part of the Procedural Authorisation Group Team providing technical services to support to the PAG. This role covers both in-build and future submarine programmes and will be accountable for supporting the delivery of processes and procedures, standards compliance and test readiness, amongst other related areas.

This role will provide you with interaction and understanding of a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, as well as training and development specific to this role. You will work as part of an integrated team to develop processes and procedures for test and commissioning methods. The duties of this role are technically challenging and diverse. 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: 27th 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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