Senior Operations Technician

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Operations Technician

Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Onsite)

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensure the timely maintenance and validation of complex electrical and mechanical equipment
• Support maintenance reviews by providing relevant technical expertise and recommendations as needed
• Access, interpret, and apply Quality and HS&E Management System documentation (e.g., Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments) while adhering to all safety regulations and control measures
• Utilize maintenance software such as SAP to efficiently manage and update maintenance records
• Providing support and guidance on Responsible Document Management
• Reviewing the effectiveness of Responsible Document Management

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• HNC or equivalent
• Demonstrate the ability to understand new systems
• Experience in the maintenance and repair of Fixed Plant Systems (Electric, Electronic, Software-Controlled)

Desirable:

• IEE Regs 18th Edition qualification
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Data handling

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 Plant Maintenance team:

As part of our team, you will play a key role in providing technical support for both planned and reactive maintenance across our site, facilities, plant, equipment, and infrastructure. Your work will ensure everything remains fit for purpose, compliant with HS&E regulations, and fully supports our business operations to meet customer expectations. You will have regular opportunities to collaborate with key stakeholders and contractors, while also developing your skills and advancing your career with BAE Systems. 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: 15^th April 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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