Engineering Manager – Mechanical Designer (People Capability)
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Job Title: Engineering Manager – Mechanical Designer (People Capability)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Competitive
What You’ll Be Doing
- Manage the development of the Designer Strategic Workforce Plan whilst understanding demand and being able to define suitable supply solutions across multiple Programmes ensuring all Business SQEP requirements are met
- Hold accountability for defining the execution of the Strategic supply solution, including Core, Contingent, Early Careers and Strategic Outsourcing/Offload
- Develop and embed a robust skills assessment methodology to identify capability vulnerabilities
- Identify the Early Careers numbers through the IPB to allow for future growth within the business, ensuring that we can continue to grow and nurture our own talent within the business
- Manage the definition and execution of Make verses Buy decision in relation to required supply solutions
- Manage the strategic leadership of resource growth via the implementation and development of novel cross-functional outsource partnerships involving multiple new suppliers. This includes the development of the Strategic Outsource & Offload supply solution ensuring we are protecting our own capability to design and build Nuclear Submarines
- Hold a relevant STEM Degree or equivalent professional experience
- Have gained a detailed and comprehensive understanding of designer principles, concepts, systems, theories and practices
- Hold good knowledge of performance and specifications relating to development of the submarine platform
- Have experience within engineering leadership and expertise related to complex process and application of toolset capability needed in enabling submarine design and manufacture
- Familiarity with engineering and project management functions and a knowledge of project management techniques, relevant to small projects
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.
The Design Capability Team
This is an exciting opportunity to be a key part in our engineering capability development within our Submarine division. By joining us in the team, you will be collaborating with various business units and key stakeholders externally and internally whilst working within the team to manage the development of strategic solutions, ensuring we are protecting our own capability to design and build Nuclear Submarines. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll 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 (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) 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 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: 6th August 2025
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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#J-18808-Ljbffr- Location:
- England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £100,000 - £125,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Engineering