Principal Manufacturing Engineer – SSNA Infrastructure
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-site
Salary: £47,271 – £56,000
Closing Date: 15th September 2025
What you’ll be doing
* Develop concept industrial capabilities, infrastructure and technology into requirement plans and business cases
* Project manage the delivery of your scope, plan and schedule respective WBS aligned to annual & quarterly deliverables for future facility
* Establishing and maturing facility and infrastructure requirements as defined by Senior Requirements Manager of DoA, leading a change with a New Production Line Operating Model for concept industrial capabilities through RIBA LCM
* Influencing how future manufacturing is carried out within our facilities, conducting process maps, producing analysis, technical query resolution and demonstrating tangible outputs for improvement
* Bringing forward innovative ideas for the Submarine build philosophy and the build environment, while retaining appreciation for the current ways of working throughout the production line
* Building and maintaining relationships with facility owners, the senior leadership team, Subject Matter Experts and key stakeholders; managing both internal and external line of influence
* Responsible for translating the Engineering Design intent (Drawings, Standards etc.) into Manufacturing Engineering data for use in facilities capability development ensuring appropriate levels of documents authoring & controls are maintained
Your skills and experiences
* HNC/D or equivalent within the Construction, Engineering or Project Management fields
* Subs Operations / Trade Domain knowledge advantageous (Coatings, Build, T&C), Engineering or Infrastructure / Facility Management experience
* Stakeholder management and Subs networking experience advantageous
* Experience in managing complex projects, programmes or portfolios including, AutoCAD SolidWorks skills beneficial
* Experience of Engineering or Project oversight to major projects, oversight of facility configuration and management of system
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.
Team and role overview
As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will oversee a team delivering complex, cross-discipline manufacturing projects, ensuring methods of manufacture, assembly, and repair meet safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets throughout the product lifecycle. You’ll apply your expertise to ensure design intent is achieved in operations, manage resources to support project delivery, and balance stakeholder demands across Manufacturing Operations and Programme teams. This is a key leadership role focused on driving capability, compliance, and operational excellence. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you will 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 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 security and export control restrictions. All applicants must at minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Some roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, which may require extended UK residency for vetting checks.
Note: The closing date and early application notice are included above. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Technology, Information and Internet
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