Overview
Job Title: Principal Engineer – Site Engineering Authority
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about options for this role.
Salary: Competitive (dependent on skills and experience)
Purpose: Provide independent engineering governance and assurance across all assets within your prescribed area, acting as the Engineering Authority for your domain.
Responsibilities
* Act as Engineering Authority for your prescribed area, covering all buildings and assets, providing independent governance and assurance across assets.
* Provide technical and specialist engineering advice and support to maintenance, operations and project teams.
* Produce/approve engineering functional requirements, accept design solutions, maintain oversight, and validate engineering integrity.
* Protect and maintain the engineering baseline for all accepted assets and infrastructure within your area, including configuration management and change control.
* Develop, manage and control planned maintenance schedules and approve maintenance concessions.
* Provide engineering governance and assurance for all projects within your area throughout the full project lifecycle, including role as Design Review Chairperson.
* Provide asset risk management and support risk-based investment prioritisation and decision-making for asset-related investments.
* Deliver Asset Management plans for key assets to meet current and future boat programme requirements.
* Offer engineering advice and support to equipment breakdowns and lead recovery activities.
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree level qualification in engineering or related discipline, or sufficient relevant experience to become a Chartered Engineer.
* Experience with Asset Management and Facilities Management.
Desirable
* Experience with management of nuclear classified systems including design, operation and/or modifications.
* Experience in related industries such as Nuclear, Oil and Gas.
Benefits
Competitive pension, employee share plans, flexible health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits (including green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts). Potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
The Site Engineering Team
An exciting opportunity to join as a Principal Engineer, providing engineering assurance across the site within projects, process and operations. The team offers technical oversight and leadership to site-wide fixed assets to support the boat build programme, ensuring facilities, infrastructure and assets are available and performing when required. The team acts as a verification function to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, site license conditions and business processes, supported by specialist engineering teams.
Relocation support packages are available for Submarines roles, subject to eligibility criteria.
Why join us?
This is a place to make a real difference within an inclusive culture that values diversity, integrity and merit. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in assessments, please speak to your recruiter about reasonable adjustments. Some roles are subject to security and export control restrictions; applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard and may require higher levels of National Security Vetting depending on the role.
Closing Date
16th September 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications; please apply early if interested.
Additional information
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Technology, Information and Internet
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