Undergraduate Placement Submarines Weights Mass Property Engineer Barrow Cumbria June 2024

Job Title    Weights Mass Property Engineering Industrial Placement

Location     Barrow (Cumbria)

BAE Systems do offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however it is expected on our Undergraduate Programme you will be required to attend your site 3-4 days per week. Please note, this may be subject to change in line with the needs of the business. The hybrid working arrangements including which days you are required to work on site/remotely will be outlined by your line manager.

Salary        £22,000 

How do you decide how heavy a submarine should be before you start designing it?  How do you make sure that when you design a submarine it will stick to pre-determined weight limits once it’s been built?  How do you accurately estimate the mass of an entire submarine and the 250,000+ individual components that it’s made from (some weighing just grams and some weighing thousands of tonnes)?  How can you be sure you are confident about the accuracy of these estimates?  How do you make sure that weight is evenly distributed around the submarine, so that is can dive and re-surface?  If you want to help solve these problems, so that BAE Systems can design, build and deliver existing and future classes of cutting edge and technologically advanced submarines to the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy, then we want to hear from you!

What you will be doing

As a Weights Engineering Undergraduate, you will be working as a part of a specialist team, who work closely with a range of other engineering teams and submarine systems owners (e.g. Reactor, Secondary Propulsion, Electrical, Operations, Instrumentation and Calibration, and Naval Architecture), across all submarine programmes (Astute, Dreadnought and SSNA [the replacement for the Astute class of submarine]).  You will have the opportunity to get involved in all stages of the submarine’s life cycle, from concept design, through to in-build support and commissioning activities (such as a sea trials).

We also provide the opportunity to get involved in projects outside of your primary remit. We encourage you to seek a stretch project in which you’ll gain different experiences. With our huge portfolio of products and our multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner. Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives and support groups (called employee resource groups) which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role. To ensure we retain our talented people, we offer a blend of sponsorship, additional support in career development planning and a portfolio of high potential development programmes.  We are also fully committed to supporting graduates to work towards professional registration and Chartership with a range of professional institutes (e.g. the IET and IMechE).  Our Undergraduate scheme is accredited with a number of different professional institutes, which means that we have demonstrated high standards of delivery and support. 

Our mission is to build a strong, diverse, adaptable, and high performing work force that will develop and grow our future business. We believe that everyone has talent, and at the heart of our talent management approach our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s top employer in the defence and security sector for valuing diversity and inclusion. Accelerated development will be offered to those who have the aspiration, ability, and performance to fulfil roles that are critical to our future success. Using The Future Talent Programme, we select high potential graduates and provide them with further tailored development opportunities. 

Specific activities could include:

•    Helping to set whole-boat weight limits and using this to inform submarine design, so that as built submarines are below these weight limits;
•    Manipulating, interpreting and drawing inferences from large data sets relating to the mass, volume and density of materials to help inform submarine design;
•    Using weight estimates to help inform submarine design, to ensure that submarines are neutrally buoyant and can therefore surface and dive;
•    Providing advice and guidance to other engineering teams and systems owners, to ensure that individual systems on the submarine are designed in accordance with set weight limits;
•    Helping to ensure that as the submarine is being built, it sticks to set weight limits whilst meeting design and engineering requirements, and providing other teams with guidance and support to mitigate and resolve emergent issues relating to this.  
•    Weighing objects that can range in mass from milligrams to thousands of tonnes and providing estimates on the level of certainty associated with these measurements.

The breadth of activities above gives an indication of the wide array of activities carried out by the department. You should note that there is the opportunity to tailor both your Undergraduate experience and final role to the type of work that you find most enjoyable once you have experienced the different types of roles within the team. 

Skills
As a minimum requirement you’ll need to be on course for achieving a 2:2 in your Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a relevant STEM degree (such as Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Analytics and Physics). To be considered for this role you must be returning to University to complete your degree.

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.   

Team  
Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It’s rewarding work that truly makes a difference. And as you tackle critical projects, you’ll work alongside a supportive team – driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realize your true potential.  

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 under represented 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.

Export Control / Security
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.

Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a relevant STEM degree (such as Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Analytics and Physics)