Job Title: Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Onsite)

Salary: £47,271+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and develop a team, including training, mentoring, and supporting professional accreditation (CEng / IEng / EngTech)

• Provide specialist technical advice, applying innovation and creativity to drive problem-solving and continuous improvement

• Manage scheduling, planning, budgets, performance, and governance processes to ensure successful delivery of outputs

• Chair technical meetings and reviews to support Manufacturing Engineering deliverables

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Apply approved tools and systems (e.g., Life Cycle Management, Production Systems) to achieve project outcomes

• Conduct peer reviews and ensure compliance with mandated procedures

• Act as Technical Lead within your sub-discipline and serve as an authorised signatory

• Provide input to senior management on resourcing requirements and workforce planning

• Support business cases for the introduction of new or replacement technologies and equipment

Your skills and experiences:

• HNC with extensive Manufacturing Engineering experience, or a relevant degree with practical ME experience

• Sheet metal bias with experience in fabrication, design-for-manufacture, and production support

• Knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma principles, with a proven track record of driving process improvements

• Demonstrated leadership, decision-making, and people management skills

• Experience in planning, build line support, validation, quality, and configuration control

• Proficient with CAD, G Codes, and key manufacturing tools (PLM, ERP, MES)

• Ability to deliver innovative solutions and results within agreed time, cost, and safety requirements

• Excellent understanding of design-to-manufacture processes and future product development

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 team:

As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will manage and guide a team of manufacturing engineers in delivering complex, cross-disciplinary projects. Drawing on your expertise, you will ensure that Manufacturing Engineering outputs align with design intent and operational requirements. You will play a key role in understanding business and functional needs, supporting project delivery, and managing resources in collaboration with the ME Manager. This role also requires strong stakeholder management to balance the priorities of Manufacturing Operations and Programme demands, while delegating tasks effectively to achieve successful outcomes. 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: 26th 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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