Principal Engineering Manager - Site Asset Management Office

Job Title: Principal Engineering Manager - Asset Management

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 skills and experience plus executive car allowance

What you'll be doing:

1. Delivering effective Asset Management services to support all teams using the Asset Management System
2. Driving the adoption of digital tools such as Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Building Information Management (BIM)
3. Developing and implementing the site-wide Asset Management strategy, advising on maintenance, refurbishment, and asset use to balance cost, performance, and safety risks
4. Driving continuous improvement of Asset Management services in line with ISO 55001 requirements and relevant industry good practice
5. Coordinating across engineering, operations, maintenance, projects, estates, and other stakeholders to standardise approaches, resolve conflicts, and ensure consistent delivery across programmes

Your skills and experiences:

1. Proven experience in Maintenance and Engineering, with comprehensive experience in managing Asset Lifecycle and developing engineering strategies
2. Good understanding of ISO 55001 asset management principles
3. Experience in highly regulated environments, such as nuclear or similar industries, is advantageous
4. Registered within an engineering profession, with the capability to attain chartered status
5. Holder of recognised asset management qualification (e.g. IAM Certificate or Diploma)

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 Asset Management Office team:

The Asset Management Office team is the central hub for Asset Management Capability and Services for the BAE Systems Barrow Site and, ultimately, exists to enable optimised decision-making across the whole asset lifecycle; from acquire to retire. With significant ongoing investment in new capabilities for the BAE Systems Barrow site, this is an exciting time to join the team and help us make it a success.

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.

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.