Senior Governance Engineer

Job title:  Senior Governance Engineer

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

Salary: £47,683+ dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversee the management of Avionics Systems Governance databases, ensuring documentation is kept accurate, current, and aligned with local and national standards
• Collaborate with stakeholders and process owners to identify and address any gaps or inconsistencies in documentation, enhancing clarity and strengthening governance
• Facilitate regular governance reviews within the department and in partnership with central Governance and Quality teams, supporting shared understanding and continuous improvement
• Support and guide the department through documentation audits and local process confirmation activities, ensuring a consistent and confident approach
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying practical, effective ways to streamline and enhance local documentation management

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience in managing documentation systems, with a focus on accuracy, organisation, and compliance
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and effective documentation
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining productive relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Background in a process-driven engineering environment—such as automotive, civil aviation, or defence—with a solid understanding of structured workflows and quality standards

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Avionics Systems Capability and Governance Team:

The Avionics Systems Capability & Governance Team consists of a small group of hard working engineers with a fantastic work ethic, covering all aspects of Governance, Export Control, Security, Resourcing and Business Support. We work closely with the primary departmental engineering teams to ensure that all business is conducted in line with due process and Export Control/Security protocols. Our stakeholders include engineers from the Royal Air Force and our European Partner Nations which means that no two days are alike! As a team we constantly strive for Best Practice and new ways of working with a view to sharing our knowledge with other areas to continuously improve not just our own teams, but other engineering departments also.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 10^th July 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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