Job Title:
Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Manufacturing Build Planning
Location:
Barrow-In-Furness – Onsite
Salary:
£42,000+ Depending on experience
What you’ll be doing:
Provide decision -making information by calculating production, labour, and material costs; reviewing production schedules; estimating future requirements
Responsible for converting the Engineering Design intent into Manufacturing Engineering data (sometimes highly detailed) for Manufacturing Operations use
Liaising with engineering teams to capture design intent and accommodate changes that may affect planning outputs
Build effective internal and cross functional relationships to achieve overall Project requirements
Support justifications/business cases that seek to improve business performance, and thus provide optimised return on capital investment
Assure product and process quality as determined
by company processes. Develop and test new systems when the need arises
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Considerable understanding of engineering drawings and CAD models
Experience within a Manufacturing environment/operational environment
Experience engaging with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve engineering/planning issues
Desirable:
Familiarity with SAP/Teamcenter
Understanding of submarine build strategy
HNC or equivalent experience would be advantageous
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 Manufacturing Build Planning Team
As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will have significant involvement in key Manufacturing Engineering projects. You will use your knowledge and experience to guarantee delivery of Manufacturing Engineering outputs into Operations that ensure design intent can be met. 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 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:
21st October 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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