Engineering Manager (Information %26 Knowledge Management)

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company based in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking an Engineering Manager for Information & Knowledge Management. In this role, you will drive the digital engineering project, ensuring innovative solutions align with operational needs. Ideal candidates have proven experience in digital solutions within complex engineering environments. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in complex engineering settings.
• Solid understanding of IKM principles.
• Skilled in translating operational needs.

Responsibilities

• Drive digital engineering project delivery.
• Collaborate to define functional requirements.
• Implement and optimize digital toolsets.

Skills

Experience delivering IKM/digital solutions

Understanding of IKM principles

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Job Title: Engineering Manager – Information & Knowledge Management

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

Salary: £57000 - £61000 per annum

What you’ll be doing:

• Drive delivery of the digital engineering project under the T2S roadmap, embedding innovative IKM solutions into Support Engineering workflows
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define functional requirements, ensuring digital tools align with real-world operational and maintenance needs
• Implement and optimise digital toolsets (PLM, ERP, and collaboration platforms) to enhance data accessibility, traceability, and reusability
• Integrate engineering and support systems to enable seamless, validated information flow across teams and platforms
• Apply Def Stan 00-600 and S-Series standards to engineering data, ensuring consistency across ILS, technical publications, and maintenance planning

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proven experience delivering IKM/digital solutions or technical data integration in Defence or other complex engineering settings
• Solid understanding of IKM principles and their role in through-life support
• Skilled in engaging stakeholders and translating operational needs into practical technical solutions

Desirable:

• Familiarity with Def Stan and S-Series specs (S1000D, S2000M, S3000L)
• Experience in information assurance, metadata standards, and configuration management
• Understanding of submarine or shipbuilding support environments

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 Information & Knowledge Management team:

This role leads the delivery of digital engineering and information management capabilities that transform how Support Engineering accesses and uses technical data across the submarine lifecycle. You will drive integration of systems, data, and documentation under the Transition to Support roadmap for the Dreadnought and SSNA programmes. You will work closely with Support Engineering, ILS, IM&T, and MOD stakeholders, This is a high-impact, forward-looking position offering scope for growth into senior leadership, ideal for someone passionate about digital transformation and continuous improvement in a complex engineering environment.

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: 17th November 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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