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Engineering Manager

  • Location: Barrow-in-Furness District
  • Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 16 days ago

  • Sector: Defence & Aerospace
  • Contact: Jonathan Maironis
  • Contact Email: j.maironis@jamrecruitment.co.uk
  • Client: BAE Systems
  • Expiry Date: 01 January 2025
  • Job Ref: 82439_1732118983

I'm looking for an Engineering Manager to join one of the worlds most prestigious Aerospace & Defence organisations at it's site in Barrow-in-Furness.

What you'll be doing:

  • You will support BAES-SM production of the safety Build Assurance Justification
  • Be able to review and ascertain the appropriateness of the Safety Argument and Safety Evidence provided by BAE and ensure that the platform is being built to design intent
  • You will liaise with the Barrow Safety Assurance Manager on any concessions where the Platform build differs from design intent
  • Play a key part in acting as the MOD technical liaison with Platform and Nuclear Propulsion build committees
  • You will help to provide the safety interface with the propulsion/reactor/ships/weapons Test Groups

Your skills and experiences:

  • Be able to demonstrate strong stakeholder management skill-sets and experiences with senior board levels
  • You will have gained programme management experience
  • Previous experience in build assurance or maritime platforms of complex systems
  • You will have gained good experience of technical risk management/governance procedures
  • Hold a degree within a STEM subject

The Dreadnought Alliance is a collaboration between Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and the Ministry of Defence to deliver the 'Dreadnought Class SSBN' programme. The scope of the Dreadnought Programme is the delivery of four SSBNs to the Royal Navy to maintain the UK's Continuous At Sea Deterrence (CASD). This post is part of the Joint Design Authority within the Dreadnought Alliance, which is the Platform & Whole Boat Design Authority for Dreadnought.

The salary range is £55,000 to £70,000 plus an excellent benefits package and is a hybrid-working role.

You MUST be eligible for SC Clearance to be considered for this position.