Senior Detail Designer

BAE Systems - UK; Halifax; On-site; CAD 71,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company is seeking a Senior Detail Designer to join their Halifax team as part of a significant design program. You will provide design solutions for complex projects, mentor junior designers, ensure regulatory compliance, and work closely with teams in the UK. The role offers competitive salary and extensive benefits, including flexible working hours and retirement savings plan.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance

Paid sick leave

Flexible working

Group health, dental, and vision benefits

Life insurance

Annual bonus eligibility

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) match

Qualifications

• Solid leadership and mentoring skills; ability to coach and develop early-career designers.
• Strong quality assurance skills, with experience in checks and audits of design outputs.
• Ability to work with high technical autonomy and responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Deliver design solutions in line with design intent, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Coach and guide early-career designers while managing design tasks.
• Perform self-checks and peer reviews of engineering outputs.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Quality Assurance

3D CAD modelling

Tools

AutoCAD

CATIA

Job description

Job Title: Senior Detail Designer

Location: Halifax, NS

Salary: $71,564 - $89,367

What you’ll be doing:

• Deliver design solutions in line with design intent, considering the needs of stakeholders such ; ensure designs meet regulatory and approval standard
• Coach and guide early-career designers, ensuring technical development and progress
• Manage and execute design tasks with a high level of technical responsibility
• Work closely with the Senior Team Lead and other senior design team members to ensure alignment of design solutions and deliverables
• Perform self-checks and peer reviews of engineering outputs, including Bill of Materials (BOM), ensuring compliance with the Detail Design Quality Management Process/System

Your skills and experiences:

• Solid leadership and mentoring skills, with a proven ability to coach and develop early-career designers
• Ability to work with a high level of technical autonomy and responsibility
• Strong quality assurance skills, with experience in performing checks and audits of design outputs
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Proficient in 3D CAD modelling and other design tools (e.g., AutoCAD, CATIA)

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a generous annual leave allowance and paid sick leave. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, group health, dental, and vision benefits as well as life insurance – you may also be eligible for an annual bonus.

In addition, you will also be entitled to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) company match of up to 5% of your annual salary.

The Detail Design team:

As a Senior Detail Designer, you will take on a leadership role within the design team as part of the River Class Destroyer program. You will work harmoniously with the team in the UK to deliver complex design solutions, ensuring alignment with requirements, and supporting the team in meeting regulatory compliance and approval standards. Additionally, you will coach and mentor junior designers and may occasionally deputize for the Technical Lead - Detail Design.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: June 20th,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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