Principal Manufacturing Engineer – SSNA Infrastructure

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Job title: Principal Manufacturing Engineer – SSNA Infrastructure
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-site
Salary: £47,271 – £56,000
What you’ll be doing:
Develop concept industrial capabilities, infrastructure and technology into requirement plans and business cases
Project manage the delivery of your scope, plan and schedule respective WBS aligned to annual & quarterly deliverables for future facility
Establishing and maturing facility and infrastructure requirements as defined by Senior Requirements Manager of DoA, leading a change with a New Production Line Operating Model for concept industrial capabilities through RIBA LCM
Influencing how future manufacturing is carried out within our facilities, conducting process maps, producing analysis, technical query resolution and demonstrating tangible outputs for improvement
Bringing forward innovative ideas for the Submarine build philosophy and the build environment, while retaining appreciation for the current ways of working throughout the production line
Building and maintaining relationships with facility owners, the senior leadership team, Subject Matter Experts and key stakeholders; managing both internal and external line of influence
Responsible for translating the Engineering Design intent (Drawings, Standards etc.) into Manufacturing Engineering data for use in facilities capability development ensuring appropriate levels of documents authoring & controls are maintained
Your skills and experiences:
HNC/D or equivalent within the Construction, Engineering or Project Management fields
Subs Operations / Trade Domain knowledge advantageous (Coatings, Build, T&C), Engineering or Infrastructure / Facility Management experience
Stakeholder management and Subs networking experience advantageous
Experience in managing complex projects, programmes or portfolios including, AutoCAD SolidWorks skills beneficial
Experience of Engineering or Project oversight to major projects, oversight of facility configuration and management of system
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 Build & Test (SSNA Infrastructure) Team:
As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will oversee a team delivering complex, cross-discipline manufacturing projects, ensuring methods of manufacture, assembly, and repair meet safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets throughout the product lifecycle. You’ll apply your expertise to ensure design intent is achieved in operations, manage resources to support project delivery, and balance stakeholder demands across Manufacturing Operations and Programme teams. This is a key leadership role focussed on driving capability, compliance, and operational excellence. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 15 th September 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:
Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Category:
Trades, Manufacturing And Operations

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