Job Title: Air Sector Engineering Manager
Location: Warton / Brough – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £61,110
We are looking for Delivery Managers, Technical Managers, and Functional Managers within Air Engineering.
As a Delivery Manager, you will use your sound engineering knowledge and experience to propose and deliver solutions to problems throughout our product development cycle. You will play a key role in integrating components and systems together. You will manage all aspects of engineering, delivering them to high standards through ensuring sound engineering governance. You will understand and manage the maturity of our engineering solutions as they develop and take corrective action to ensure our products are the best they can be. You will lead the integration of engineering across all aspects of Air platforms & products, covering all stages in the engineering lifecycle – from concept to delivery. Your role will be to ensure high quality engineering activities are executed to schedule, on budget and delivered right first time.
As a Technical Manager, you will interface with our customers, understanding their requirements and keeping them involved during product development. You will influence a diverse and highly skilled community of engineers, whilst also interfacing with non-engineering functions across the business. You will be responsible for authorising the engineering integration of systems at all lifecycle stages as well as ensuring our engineering product meets expected standards. You will work with and guide your subject matter experts to propose, develop and deliver engineering products and solutions that meet our customers' needs.
As a Functional Manager, you will be responsible for increasing and enhancing our engineering capability, through evaluating and implementing new tools and processes fit for the future with opportunities to collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders. You will explore new ways of working, thinking outside the box to deliver innovative solutions and embracing new tools and technologies. We are looking for experienced Engineering Managers with relevant & potentially diverse industry experience to complement our highly skilled and growing engineering teams, working on cutting-edge air defense projects. You will have the opportunity to lead engineering teams involved in complex systems engineering projects through all stages in their lifecycle, from concept to delivery and throughout in-service product use.
What you’ll be doing:
* You will be leading and working as part of an established systems engineering team in a highly regulated environment, working on key platforms / projects, both new concept and ongoing support to in-service products and services.
* You will collaborate with multiple functions (engineering, project management, human resources, etc.) and support our engineers through applying your engineering experience and knowledge.
* You will propose and develop engineering and business solutions to problems throughout our product development cycle.
* You will understand and manage the maturity of our engineering solutions as they develop and take corrective action to ensure our products are the best they can be.
* We are looking for general engineering managers with leadership qualities and diverse experience, in areas of engineering such as; Bid Management, System Architecting, System Design, System Realisation, Test & Evaluation, Configuration Control, Requirements Management, and Product Qualification & Certification.
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
* Experience managing teams to deliver complex engineering solutions.
* Experience in Systems Engineering activities involved in the development of complex systems across engineering lifecycles.
* Excellent people management, leadership, communication, and IT skills.
* Experience of working within a defense background.
Desirable:
* Degree educated in a STEM subject/ Chartered.
* Experience of working with engineering tools and methods in a highly regulated industry.
* Experience of Model Based Engineering approaches and the supporting methods and toolsets.
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.
The Air Sector Engineering team:
Joining the AIR Sector Engineering team at BAE Systems opens doors to unparalleled opportunities in Delivery, Technical, and Functional Engineering management. A career with us promises a dynamic environment where you can leverage your solid engineering background while advancing professionally.
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.
Closing Date: 24th January 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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