Principal Engineer – Site Engineering Authority
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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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- Job Type:
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