Principal Engineer – Site Engineering Authority

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Job Title:

Principal Engineer, Site Engineering Authority

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

(Dependent on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

Acting as Engineering Authority for your prescribed area, covering all buildings and assets, providing

independent

engineering governance and assurance across all assets within your area

Providing technical and specialist engineering advice & support to the maintenance, operations & project teams

Producing / approving engineering functional requirements, accept design solutions, maintain engineering oversight, validate engineering integrity

Protecting and maintaining engineering baseline for all accepted assets and infrastructure within your prescribed are, including configuration

management

and change

control

Development,

management

and

control

of planned maintenance schedules & approval of any maintenance concessions

Providing Engineering governance and assurance for all projects within your area throughout the full lifecycle of the project, from requirements capture to handover, including a role as Design Review Chairperson

Providing an asset risk

management

capability and support a risk-based investment prioritisation and

decision -making process for all asset related investments

Asset

Management

delivery – development and maintenance of asset

management

plans for key assets to ensure they can deliver the current and future boat programme requirements

Engineering advice and support to equipment breakdowns and supporting /

leading

recovery activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

Degree level qualified (in a relevant Engineering or Science discipline) or sufficient relevant experience to become a Chartered Engineer

Have experience with Asset

Management

and Facilities

Management

Desirable

Experience with

Management

of Nuclear classified systems including but not limited to Design, Operation and/or Modifications

Experience in related industry such as; Nuclear, Oil and Gas

etc .

Benefits:

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 Site Engineering team:

An exciting opportunity to join us as a Principal Engineer, where you will be providing engineering assurance across the site within projects, process and operations. Site & Facilities Engineering are a dedicated Engineering team that provides technical and engineering oversight, advice and

leadership

to site wide fixed asset to support the boat build programme by ensuring the facilities, infrastructure and assets are available and performing when required. The team act as a verification function, ensuring that work is compliant with statutory requirements, site license conditions and business processes. The team are supported by specialist engineering teams and other specialists throughout the business to support

decision

making.

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:

8th October 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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Location:
Barrow In Furness
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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