Job Title: Engineering Manager – Product Safety
Location: Barrow-In-Furness – 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:
* In this role you will manage a team of safety engineers and will be responsible for the delivery of safety case activities across all the submarine projects within BAE Systems submarines, including Dreadnought class, SSN AUKUS, and Astute
* The team conducts activities to ensure our submarines are resilient to major internal hazards such as fires, explosions, floods and steam releases
* You will work alongside the team engaging with multiple engineering teams across the programmes to ensure risks are managed and reduced through good design
* You will ensure the team has the right size, skills and experience to deliver against each of the programme demands and prioritise the team’s support to ensure major programme milestones are supported
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
* Educated to a degree level in Engineering or equivalent experience
* Experience working in high hazard industries, such as Defence, Oil & Gas, Rail, etc
* Safety case development/Engineering skills
Desirable:
* Previous role in Engineering Management
* Capability Management
* Programme/Engineering Delivery
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 Safety & Environmental Team:
This is an exciting time to be joining the BAE Systems Safety & Environmental Team. With the recent government contract won to help deliver the next generation of Submarine Fleet, BAE are in a very strong position to innovate new technologies within the Defence/Marine sector. You will be given the opportunity to develop within your role with the support from Senior Management to help you advance within your career. 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: 7th May 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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