Job Title: Technical Illustration lead Location\: Warton - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary\: £56,766 depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Coordinating, supervising and managing the Technical Illustration staff including training and development needs Monitoring, QA (quality assurance/quality control) and co-ordinating all illustration projects produced for internal Technical Authors, EPC’s (Eurofighter partner companies), external suppliers and sub-contractors Leading accordance with the Eurofighter specification SP-J-0-E-0019, Tornado AvP70 and Tornado MIL Specifications Maintaining appropriate spend, achievement and progress status and provide specific reports as required for budgets and timescales allocated in support of all programme deliverables Maintaining the validity of information held in databases; Mercury, UltraCSDB, IMACS & TPUBS in order to provide concise and accurate information Liaising with BAE Systems internal & external Customers and Contract teams Supporting regular engagements and meetings with stakeholders and provide support to future capability topics, new project bids and technical review packs and embracing the development and application of technology and systems to achieve business driven objectives Your skills and experiences: Professional Technical Illustration Degree/HND qualification or equivalent experience working as a Technical Illustrator within the Aircraft Industry Previous experience of managing Technical Illustrator / Author professionals (SME’s) Ability to understand and create technical and engineering drawings from source data and deliver suitable product deliverables across all customer bases Previous People management and ability to effectively communicate on all levels 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 Technical Illustration Team – Fast Jet Support team: The position of Group Leader is to manage the Technical Illustration Team and the total production of technical illustrations and associated documentation to the Fast Jet Support, Engineering Capability, Technical Information Services and Data Products IPD, AGE customers. 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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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\: 18th March 2026 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. LI-NB1 LI-Hybrid