Join Our Team as an HVAC Technical Lead!
Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – Enjoy a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Speak to your recruiter about the options available for this role.
Salary: Up to £52,000, depending on skills and experience + Overtime
What You’ll Be Doing:
As an HVAC Technical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in our dynamic team. Your responsibilities will include:
* Technical Autonomy: Utilize your expertise to provide guidance and advice to fellow professionals within the project team.
* Prioritization: Use the programme delivery plan to prioritize team activities, ensuring quality, schedule, and cost-effectiveness.
* Project Leadership: Act as the focal point for discipline-specific tasks, championing continuous improvement and compliance with best practices.
* Engineering Excellence: Deploy your high-level expertise in engineering toolsets, including CAD and information management tools, to deliver complex design activities.
* Decision-Making: Leverage your knowledge to make informed decisions and facilitate problem-solving in line with policies and business plans.
* Issue Escalation: Effectively escalate complex design issues and advise the Detail Design Delivery Team Lead on proposed technical resolutions.
* Team Development: Identify capability gaps and development needs within the team, contributing to training and development plans.
* Mentorship: Support activities such as skills coaching and mentoring, contributing to management reporting.
Your Skills and Experiences:
We’re looking for candidates who bring:
* Experience in large-scale engineering projects or technical roles.
* A breadth and depth of specialist technical knowledge, along with broad experience of processes, data, systems, and the business environment.
* HNC/HND qualification in a technology, engineering, or science-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
* HVAC experience or Auxiliary Systems preferred, with considerable experience in an engineering or technical role.
* Preferred experience in Ship Building.
Why Join Us?
At BAE Systems, we offer more than just a job. Here’s what you can expect:
* Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, and a wide range of flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits.
* Growth Opportunities: This is an exciting opportunity for progression and growth within the business, allowing you to be part of a dynamic team facing varied challenges.
* Inclusive Culture: Be part of an inclusive environment that values diversity of thought and empowers you to fulfill your potential.
About the HVAC Team:
The BAE Systems Design Services HVAC Team consists of 15 engineers dedicated to developing and delivering HVAC design guidance, testing, commissioning, and fault finding for all current naval platforms based in Portsmouth Naval Base.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you can truly make a difference. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and strive to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.
Important Security Information: Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as nationality and residency may affect your eligibility for certain roles. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with many roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting.
Closing Date: 6th February 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please submit your application as soon as possible!
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