Assistant Chief Engineer – Civil (Site Engineering Authority)

BAE Systems (New); Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 80,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Chief Engineer – Site Authority

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: Circa £80,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead a team of Engineers who collectively have responsibility for facilities, assets and infrastructure within a defined zonal area. Responsible for functional management leadership and influence over significant engineering resources of different engineering disciplines.
• Making complex engineering decisions relating to facilities, fully understanding the relationship between different systems and features of the facility, making judgements of significant impact on facility performance and compliance.
• Leading an engineering sub function delivering work that is core and key to the reputation and performance of facilities and the business.
• Ensure assets, facilities and infrastructure are safe, legal, compliant and meet the performance demands of the business.
• Responsible for assessing and approving asset modifications to maintain configuration control.
• Identify asset improvements across projects, maintenance and operations and raise risks/investment requests to improve.
• Responsible for ensuring maintenance is suitable to support projected asset usage.
• Monitoring asset operational performance and recommending areas of improvement.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience that would support a Chartered membership of professional body.
• Previous experience of leading diverse engineering teams in a regulated environment.
• Broad engineering background with good understanding of key legal obligations for managing large manufacturing facilities & assets.

Desirable:

• Experience in asset management/strategy and delivery.
• Demonstrable experience of developing asset strategies to drive improved asset performance.
• Working in highly regulated industries such as Oil & Gas/Rail/Aerospace/Nuclear.

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 External Engineering Authority Team:

As the Assistant Chief Engineer, you will support the Deputy Chief Engineer in leading a multi-disciplined engineering team to deliver independent engineering assurance across all BAES sites. You will ensure the assets within the area of responsibility are safe, legal and compliant as well as developing the strategies to ensure that the assets are managed effectively to meet current and future operational demands. 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: 22nd 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.