Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer – Estimator
Location: Rochester; Kent: Onsite
Salary: Up to £42,000 depending on experience
Responsibilities
* Working closely with the bid team to ensure requirements are understood and flowed down through the operations and supply chain, and agree achievable timescales for provision of estimates.
* Create high‑impact, cost‑effective estimates that shape winning proposals, collaborate closely with operations and supply chain teams, support customer and supplier fact‑finding, and influence key bid decisions.
* Drive continuous improvement by analysing build and support activity durations, tracking material costs and build times to reveal true production costs as designs evolve.
* Coordinating inputs from operations and supply chain, producing high quality, achievable and cost-effective estimates for the provision of required services and products in support of the customer proposal.
* Supporting fact finds by our customers for our estimates and also to support fact finds of our suppliers cost base.
* Supporting the various phases of the bid review and approval process, and being able to articulate the content and basis of our estimates in a professional manner.
* Reviewing build times & support activity durations, estimating future targets and working to improve processes.
* Tracking material costs and build times during the development phase as the design matures to understand the true production cost.
Qualifications
* Demonstrated ability to create detailed Manufacturing Build Instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and tooling/fixturing designs.
* Understanding of the transition of designs from development to full‑scale manufacturing, ensuring Design for Manufacture (DFM).
* Proven experience using systems like SAP, Oracle, or Epicor to manage complex Bills of Materials (BOMs).
* Experience in calculating resourcing profiles ensuring the right mix of skills.
* Qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or time served in a similar role and/or CIPS Qualification (advantageous).
Eligibility – Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. Applicants must meet Baseline Personnel Security Standard and may require higher levels of National Security Vetting, typically after 5–10 years continuous residency in the UK.
Closing Date: 15th April 2026
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