Job Title: Principal Engineer – Engineering Coordinator
Location: Barrow-in-Furness or Filton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Competitive
What you’ll be doing:
* A focal point for specialist engineering (Transversal) teams across the Business to interact with the SSNA design. To co-ordinate Transversal teams in providing their expectations into the SSNA programme, and conversely ensure that the Transversal teams meet the programme needs
* Manage a large group of stakeholders, technical co-ordination of inputs and outputs, programming work and reporting progress. Communicating widely and effectively through diverse means will be a key part of the role
* Presently the work is largely centred on co-ordinating the derivation, extraction and application of requirements to the submarine systems and equipment, but will evolve with design maturity
* Set within the Systems Engineering team of the SSNA programme, the role will encompass systems engineering tools and practices, with particular emphasis on requirements management, from derivation through to acceptance
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
* Degree level qualification
* Experience working within an engineering function supporting a large product
* Excellent stakeholder management & relationship building skills
* Leadership skills/influencing skills
Desirable:
* General Submarine knowledge
* Systems Engineering experience
* Project Management
* Chartered/Working towards chartership
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 Transversal team:
SSNA is the newest submarine under design at BAE Systems, and for the first time in history the platform will be used by multiple nations. This is an exciting time to join a dynamic, fast paced and growing programme, and to have a significant impact on the future.
This role involves widespread networking and stakeholder management, touching on all technical aspects of submarine design with learning potential across diverse engineering disciplines and practices. This is a real opportunity to showcase talent, leadership potential, and to shape the evolving organisation. 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: 21st November 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.
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