Manufacturing Engineer in PA14

Energy Jobline ZR; Port Glasgow; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy job board is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for their Scotstoun & Govan location. The role involves project management, creating investment plans, and collaborating with various teams to improve manufacturing processes. The ideal candidate should have project management experience, awareness of manufacturing equipment, and a relevant engineering qualification. Competitive salary of £40,808 and various benefits are included.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Discounted health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in project delivery and stakeholder management.
• Strong analytical mind for data analysis tasks.
• Awareness of Health & Safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Create investment plans and proposals for manufacturing.
• Project manage the integration of new technologies.
• Ensure stakeholder engagement in strategic investments.

Skills

Manufacturing equipment awareness

Project management

Analytical skills

Advanced computer literacy

Knowledge of engineering standards

Education

Engineering or manufacturing apprenticeship / HNC / HND / Degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Job Title

Manufacturing Engineer

Location

Scotstoun & Govan

Salary

£40,808

What you’ll be doing

Create requirements through collaborations with supporting teams to obtain market surveys for equipment, facilities, technologies. Create optimised proposals for investments and justifications/business cases that can be endorsed by senior leaders to gain funding. Project manage the technical selection, integration, and implementation of investments into the manufacturing function. Ensure all stakeholders are engaged, committed, and aligned to deliver strategic investments through project reporting and communications. Create investment plans for maintaining and increasing capability for business benefit.

Your skills and experiences

• An awareness of manufacturing equipment/facilities capabilities/benefit types in order to create & justifications business cases.
• Experience in project management / project delivery, project reporting and controls as well as good stakeholder management skills.
• Have an analytical mind and advanced computer literacy to conduct data analysis work; e.g. in Excel, professional knowledge of relevant engineering & manufacturing engineering standards/practices (including Health & Safety regulations).
• Engineering or manufacturing apprenticeship / HNC / HND/ Degree, or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing engineering / systems role.

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.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for introducing plant, equipment and technologies that contribute to making the great ships of today and tomorrow on the Clyde and leaving an enduring legacy, making a real difference. You will collaborate with manufacturing, quality, engineering, supply‑chain, MoD customer, Royal Navy, finance and project management as well as having safety at the centre of everything you do. Development through manufacturing engineering competencies, skills and courses, active support in progression of professional registration and chartership are provided and encouraged.

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 thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

Inclusion

We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a 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.

Security & Vetting

These restrictions mean that factors such as your , any 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 security vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date

31st October 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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