Assistant Project Leader - Electrical Designers (C%26I Integration)

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense organization in Barrow-in-Furness seeks an Assistant Project Leader to support project leaders and contribute to design work. You will engage with key stakeholders and guide teams, ensuring high standards and project deadlines. Candidates with an electrical background will excel in this flexible and collaborative role which offers extensive benefits including a competitive pension scheme and various health and lifestyle perks.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Electrical background would be greatly advantageous.
• Experience mentoring or supporting a team needed.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement is required.

Responsibilities

• Support project leaders in delivering development reviews.
• Contribute to design work and project progress.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Electrical background

Experience mentoring / supporting a team

Experience with Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Electrical or Mechanical HNC

Job description

Job Title:

Assistant Project Leader - Electrical Designers

Location:

Barrow - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:

Negotiable depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Support project leaders by helping deliver development reviews and ensuring key milestones are achieved
• Contribute to design work, producing outputs and modelling that drive project progress
• Support team meetings, such as DSUMs and problem-solving sessions, to keep collaboration focused and effective
• Engage with key Internal and External stakeholders, focusing on maintaining clear communication and alignment
• Take accountability for designer activities, ensuring your work meets high standards and project deadlines

Your skills and experiences:

• Electrical background would be greatly advantageous
• Electrical or Mechanical HNC
• Experience mentoring / supporting a team
• Experience with Stakeholder Engagement

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 Integrated Combat Systems team:

In this role, you will play a key part in diagnosing and resolving multi-faceted technical tasks across operations, repair, installation, and commissioning activities. You’ll contribute to design reviews, providing valuable input that shapes project outcomes, while also guiding and coaching a growing team to develop innovative solutions to problems. This is an exciting opportunity to build your career with BAE, where you’ll gain exposure to advanced projects, benefit from excellent professional development pathways, and work closely with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Your experience and collaboration will directly influence the successful delivery of critical programmes, making this a role where your impact will truly be felt.

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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:

4th December 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.