Project Engineering Manager

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Maritime Services

We serve and protect those who serve and protect us. Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK Maritime Services Business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent. At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

At BAE Systems we are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

Our Maritime Services Business

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £600million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us.

Our people are encouraged to be as creative as they can be and are always looking at ways to develop and challenge the way we do things, identifying and prioritising continuous improvement activities across the business.

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment.

Join us and the projects you’ll be involved in will positively impact our customers for decades to come. You’ll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

Project Engineering Manager (Investigations)

Would you like to join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities? We currently have a vacancy for a Project Engineering Manager (Investigations) at our site in Broad Oak, Portsmouth.

As a Project Engineering Manager (Investigations), you will be responsible for managing the Technical Interface and oversight, co-ordination and prioritisation of the Design Authority Task Management System, to ensure that focus is maintained on the key customer and project issues. You will manage the Help Desk system on the TRAM Programme to ensure the accurate, appropriate and timely completion of queries.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work within a varied role where no two days are the same. This is an important and respected role in the project which will allow you to build your career and develop into other areas within the Business.

Your main responsibilities as a Project Engineering Manager (Investigations) will involve:

• Oversight, prioritisation and direction of the Spearfish Design Support Task Management system
• Introducing the Task Management system to the Spearfish Mod 1 variant torpedo when it becomes the responsibility of the team
• Attending the Design Authority Remedial Action Panels to ensure that appropriate prioritisation is given to issues of concern to MOD and the project
• Facilitating the activities and interactions necessary to ensure adequate liaison across the various sub- groups within the Company to achieve task completion
• Providing monthly and quarterly task and help desk reports to the MOD
• Maintaining a regular and actioned review with project staff as appropriate to capture and progress all processing related issues
• Validate and authorise the issue of support equipment drawings for spares procurement
• Managing the Help Desk to ensure that MOD and queries are recorded and processed within the obligations of the contract
• Supporting the Spearfish Modifications and Handbook Committees, with appropriate technical information arising from the Task Management System
  

Essential

Your skills and qualifications

• Familiarity with the Engineering Lifecycle with some experience of operating in one or more phases of that environment
• Qualified in a relevant Engineering or closely related discipline to degree level or proven engineering experience
• Experience being involved in multiple projects and allocating tasks within an engineering function
• Competent to operate Microsoft Office applications and capable of operating effectively within the SAP system, with particular focus on non-conformance and Engineering Change management
• Able to produce structured engineering reports
  

Desirable

• Capable of understanding the Engineering principles of operation of Torpedoes and Support Equipment to analyse technical anomalies
• An understanding of the requirements and behaviour of the Spearfish system in the In-Service and Support domain, including key Safety issues
  

What We Are Looking For In You

You will be able to communicate effectively with internal and external staff at a range of levels and in both oral and written modes. You must be able to appreciate customer and end-user concerns and use that information to influence design staff responses. You must be able to work effectively in a team environment with staff at all levels. You will be confident to challenge where necessary to ensure that project priorities are followed.

Location: Broad Oak, Portsmouth

Salary: up to £47,940 depending on skills and experience

Benefits

Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world’s leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems.

Job

Engineering

Primary Location

GB-ENG-HAM-Portsmouth BroadOak

Closing Date

27/May/22, 5:59:00 PM