Engineering Manager (Configuration Control)

BAE Systems; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking an Engineering Manager (Configuration Control) to oversee design solutions and configuration management across multiple sites including Barrow-in-Furness and Coventry. The successful candidate will manage asset hierarchies and provide key technical direction, ensuring compliance with both contractual and company standards. This role requires strong leadership and communication skills, focusing on collaborative efforts within the team and with external stakeholders. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Good knowledge and experience of managing asset hierarchies and breakdown structures including Work Breakdown Structure, Product Breakdown Structure and Bill of Materials.
• Possess a full understanding of plans, schedules, process instructions, forms, user guides and standards relating to the Datum Pack.
• Have a full working knowledge on the complex data sources required in the production of the Datum Pack.

Responsibilities

• Support with the development of design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality.
• Articulate the impact of good and bad configuration control across the project.
• Support the development of estimates for work scope and resources.
• Provide technical direction to configuration control engineers.

Skills

Managing asset hierarchies

Understanding process instructions

Knowledge of complex data sources

Job description

Job Title:

Engineering Manager (Configuration Control)

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness, Coventry, Filton, BroadOak or Brough. On-site working and travel to other sites is expected.

Salary:

Negotiable dependent on experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting with the development of design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with the project or business milestones by establishing and maintaining the appropriate configuration control baselines. With this, you will be complying with contractual requirements and undertaking work in accordance with company, safety, environmental and local business processes, standards and procedures.
• Articulating the impact of good and bad configuration control and baseline management across all areas of the submarine combat system, the platform, its through-life support and the documentation.
• Supporting the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to enable delivery involving bids, proposal development and project planning activities for configuration control and baseline management activities.
• Provide technical direction to other configuration control engineers and support with the management and planning of specialist activities.
• Provide appropriate configuration status reporting for LCM deliverables, Datum Pack, EIP deliverables and design reviews.
• Manage configuration governance on project documentation and deliverables such as System Requirements Documents; Verification Cross-Reference Index; Integration, test, evaluation and acceptance plans.
• Oversee configuration control audit information and reporting to support with project and business reviews.

Your skills and experiences

• Good knowledge and experience of managing asset hierarchies and breakdown structures including Work Breakdown Structure, Product Breakdown Structure and Bill of Materials.
• Possess a full understanding of plans, schedules, process instructions, forms, user guides and standards relating to the Datum Pack.
• Have a full working knowledge on the complex data sources required in the production of the Datum Pack. This includes but is not limited to the Life Cycle Catalogue, DIP, electronic Document Management System Enterprise Change Request database and Equipment Information Packs for the Logistic Support Information and Initial Provisioning teams.

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 Product Configuration Engineering team

By joining us in the team at this exciting time, you will have the opportunity to work with the Support Engineering and Project Management Teams to ensure that there is a consistent and co-ordinated approach to change management across the function. You will be very heavily customer facing in this role and will work closely with a number of external and internal stakeholders including industry partners. This opportunity will be rewarding, providing the chance to grow while contributing to the success of multi-faceted and high-profile programmes. 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: 7th January 2026

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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