FCAS Security Senior Associate – Operational, Physical and Personnel.

Job title: Operational Security Administrator

Location: Warton

Salary: £41,361+ dependant on experience

What you’ll be doing:

1. Being accountable for Physical and Personnel access to secure FCAS facilities at Warton, all the people, equipment and data in them in accordance with all applicable Government, customer contractual and business requirements.
2. Controlling and Protecting Classified material and hardware. Maintaining accurate records for receipt, transfer, loan, destruction and mustering of classified material.
3. Providing Security reminder briefings for those accessing the facility.
4. Providing support for Local Visits, contractor & maintenance visits to the secure facilities.
5. Assuring the integrity of BAE employees working in the assigned business area by maintaining personnel security and access control processes and procedures. Including security front of house duties.
6. Providing security advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders and make recommendations to improve security solutions for the work stream.
7. Maintaining effective relationships and coordinating with key local functions and business representatives.
8. Supporting the security culture by raising security awareness among employees and management in the local area and modelling behaviours that demonstrate BAE Systems values.
9. Required to be on call if desired.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

1. Proficient in Microsoft 365 package – Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
2. Fantastic planning and organisational skills.
3. Experience within an administrative role dealing with classified information.

Desirable:

1. Working in or around security and assurance.

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.

FCAS Physical and Personnel Security Team:

Reporting to the FCAS Secure Facility Lead and working under the guidance of the Senior Administrator, you’ll support key operational, physical, and personnel security activities. Your work will help ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, while also protecting the interests of our business, shareholders, and customers.

By joining our FCAS Security team, you will play a vital role in safeguarding BAE Systems’ people, information, infrastructure, and asset.

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: 30^th 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.