Job title:Engineering Manager
Location:Glascoed
Salary:Up to £57,000 dependent on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Supporting and coaching a Product Engineering Design/Process Engineering team to develop and qualify Munitions products
- Guiding and ensuring the delivery of the engineering programme to schedule, working closely with the programme project manager
- Holding delegated authority from Chief Engineer for ensuring product safety and product performance
- Overseeing the engineering team, setting goals, monitoring, and driving performance
- Reviewing engineering resource demand to ensure the team is appropriately sized and skilled to meet future needs of the business
- Taking responsibility for the effective application of Technical and Design Reviews throughout the Engineering lifecycle and to ensure appropriate governance
- Supporting the bid process through chairing technical bid reviews and presenting findings to range of stakeholders
- You will also have people management responsibility in this role
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- BEng or BSc or equivalent experience in mechanical, aeronautical, chemical, or materials engineering
- People management and leadership skills with experience of organisational design and implementation skills
- Experience of working with hazardous materials or processes
Desirable:
- Prior experience related to Energetics Materials science and the use of energetics within munitions
- An understanding of engineering problem solving methodologies, i.e., Design of Experiments, Taguchi analysis, Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Process Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (PFMEA)
- COMAH site experience
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Artillery Tanks & Mortar team:
This is an exciting opportunity for you to get involved in a variety of projects within the Mortars and Naval area, you will be working on both new products within development and supporting in the manufacturing of existing products, with an involvement across the entire lifecycle from concept to in service use. You will be a part of a large team and will be reporting directly into the Artillery Tank and Mortar Chief Engineer, and working alongside other Engineering Managers that will be overseeing other areas. You will have the chance to bring your knowledge and experience and to share this with you direct reports which will be made up of Process Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Controls Engineers. We will support you with career development and further learning to allow you to progress within the business.
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:30th May.
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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