Job Title:
Combat Systems Hub Discipline
Lead
Engineer
Location:
Portsmouth Naval Base – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak
to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary:
Up to £65,000 (dependent on skills and experience)
What you’ll be doing:
Provide overarching technical support and guidance across Combat Systems Engineering activities for multiple Asset
Management
projects. This includes mentoring junior and senior engineers and offering specific technical input where needed, working alongside project Combat Systems
Leads
Lead
a team of approximately 15–20 engineers (6–10 direct reports), ensuring business
objectives
are communicated effectively and resource demands are
managed
across projects
Act as the focal point for all line managers within the Combat Systems Engineering Discipline to ensure effective and consistent delivery of personnel
management
activities
Ensure Combat Systems Discipline maintains the right level of trained, professional engineers, including appropriate subject matter experts, in accordance with the demands placed by the WTA Delivery
Leads
Manage
resource movement within the WTA and the wider BAE Systems organisation, to ensure engineers obtain the necessary development and experience, whilst enabling projects to deliver
Demonstrate extensive and detailed knowledge of platform combat systems. Leverage this
expertise
to provide
leadership
and mentoring to engineers and projects as required
Liaising with the wider BAE Systems organisation to grow and maintain links and relationships with wider network of
expertise
Represent the Warship Technical Authority Mechanical Discipline at internal reviews and
management
meetings, including
management
of the relationship with the Combat Systems Engineering Function within Maritime & Land
Your skills and experiences:
A personable and professional approach that positively influences the team dynamic
A considerable background in people and capability management in a complex engineering organisation
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills across engineering, functional, and programme boundaries
Experienced in growing team capabilities through individual development and mentoring
Experience of the
Management
of change and embodiment on
complex
platforms
Skilled at problem solving to enable decisions and prioritisation, when dealing with unexpected demands and ambiguous information
Effective at building and maintaining a network of relationships in support of developing the technical expertise of the discipline
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.
Warship Technical Authority team:
The Combat Systems Hub Discipline
Lead
Engineer is responsible for supporting and resourcing the day-to-day delivery of engineering output from the Asset Management Warship Technical Authority (WTA), in alignment with the agreed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). The role supports the Asset Management WTA Capability Lead in ensuring activity across the Combat Systems Hub the Discipline is coherently resourced and executed
The primary responsibility is the generation and maintenance of a robust, suitably qualified and experienced Mechanical Engineering Discipline. This is enabled through development, training and providing experiences to a Discipline comprising of approximately 45 engineers, ranging from a Principal level to Early Careers
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
19th January 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.
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