Job Description - Warship Engineering (00128711)

Warship Engineering - 00128711

Job title: Warship Engineer

Location: Bristol, Glasgow or Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements depending on experience and personal situation – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

What you’ll be doing:

Resolve engineering issues and problems, compiling technical reports, drawings and accompanying presentations required for the role

Collaborate with the wider engineering team to support the production, maintenance, and status reporting of bid documentation and processes

Support wholeship general arrangement development in partnership with other disciplines

Assist in the development of designs of flight decks, hangars, magazines and supporting compartments from an “initial concept” level of maturity to greater levels of maturity as deemed appropriate

Understand the function of flight deck landing aids, and how they contribute to aviation operations.

Integrate vulnerability reducing design features, including shock mitigation and ballistic/blast protection into future concept ship designs

Your skills and experiences:

Warship engineering knowledge of some, not all, of the following sub-disciplines (operability, Adaptability, Susceptibility, Vulnerability, Recoverability, or Aviation)

Knowledge of Compartment Design and Sizing

Experience of Technical Report Writing

Source, read and interpret engineering standards

Good multi-disciplinary communication

Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution.

Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation.

Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.

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.

Naval Ships Future Business and Technology Engineering Team:

As a Warship Engineer you will undertake a defined range of activities, namely generating engineering outputs for concept ship designs, doing so in line with all relevant processes and quality requirements, supplying advice and support to designers, operations and other functions and ensuring defined objectives are achieved whilst continually maintaining quality and service requirements.

The BAE Systems Naval Ships Future Business & Technology (FB&T) Engineering team is responsible for developing naval ship designs and engineering delivery solutions to compete for future Royal Navy and overseas naval ship design and build opportunities.

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: 30 th July

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.