Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Industrial Engineering
Location: Samlesbury, Onsite – 5 days per week onsite
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: £49,400+ (DOE)
Who we are:
Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.
From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.
What you’ll be doing:
In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with production and engineering teams to improve manufacturing processes, enhance efficiency, and help reduce costs. You’ll observe shop floor activities through time studies and activity sampling to validate standard time values, identify non-value-added tasks, and highlight opportunities to reduce waste. By analysing standard time data and reviewing manufacturing practices, you’ll play an important part in identifying practical improvements that support a more efficient and effective production environment.
You’ll also help optimise workflow and resource planning by creating work balance boards that clearly show station workloads and schedules. This includes identifying bottlenecks, improving process flow, and carrying out critical path and capacity analyses. You’ll develop manning profiles, recommend balanced workloads and staffing levels in partnership with production teams, and support the integrity and accuracy of standard time data. In addition, you’ll contribute to both bottom-up and top-down manufacturing cost estimates for new projects, helping ensure plans are realistic, data-driven, and inclusive of the needs of the wider team.
Core duties:
* You’ll have a relevant qualification or training, such as a minimum HND (or equivalent) or completion of a recognised apprenticeship.
* You’ll have experience working in a manufacturing environment, ideally within an Industrial Engineering or similar continuous improvement role.
* You’ll have considerable knowledge of manufacturing processes and technologies, with a solid understanding of lean manufacturing principles and production control.
* You’ll be confident using digital tools, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, to analyse data and present insights clearly.
* You’ll have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
The F35 Industrial Engineering Team:
Industrial Engineering works collaboratively across Manufacturing Engineering to improve how we work. By using tools such as standard time values, timing trees, observations, work balance boards, bids, discrete event simulation, and bottom-up estimates, the team helps standardise processes, improve visibility, reduce waste, and support accurate, data-driven manufacturing decisions.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
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: 25th 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.
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