Principal Operations Technician – Site & Facilities

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Operations Technician (Control Engineer)

Location: Barrow-In-Furness – Shift work

Salary: £40,748+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Taking control of work processes – Interfacing with all parties across site
• Complying to Operating Instructions for Nuclear Facilities (Nuclear Basline Position)
• Carrying out plant and key infrastructure walk downs – and doing check lists for Chilled Water, Sea Water, Demineralised Water, etc.
• Generating and reviewing operating instructions
• Monitoring of plant status and oversight of building management systems that control heating, ventilation, lighting high and low voltage electrical distribution, fire detection/suppression systems and other mechanical services. Eg demineralised water, HP air, LP air.
• Escalating and communicating to site wide customers, for any impact to infrastructure or assets and co-ordination of initial incident response and recovery plan

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• HNC (or equivalent) Relevant engineering background (Electrical, Mechanical, Instrumentation & Controls)
• Previous experience in a similar role in an industrial or commercial environment
• Maintenance of facilities and infrastructure experience

Desirable

• SAP knowledge
• Knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS)
• Understanding of working in a nuclear licensed site 

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 Facilities Management team:

You will be heavily involved in the oversight of the infrastructure to support the Dreadnought Programme and final submarines of the Astute class. You will also be a key player in bringing these new facilities online to support these goals and develop the yard for the future. You will be interacting directly with the customer and senior stakeholders regularly and developing significant relations across the business. There will also be prime development and progression opportunities for yourself to move within BAE.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. 

Closing Date: 11th October 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.