Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (Reliability Centred Maintenance)

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

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Support Engineer (RCM - Maint Design) based in Barrow-in-Furness. This role involves providing technical leadership, engaging in system analysis, and collaborating with stakeholders on maintenance design projects. The successful applicant will have a background in submarine nuclear operations and experience in analyzing complex engineering problems. The company offers competitive benefits and opportunities for career development in a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Background as Submarine nuclear operator / maintainer.
• Ability to analyse complex problems.
• Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle and how support activities align to it.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring of others.
• Support stakeholder engagement and collaboration working groups.
• Provide estimates for scope of work and resources required.

Skills

Submarine nuclear operator / maintainer

Ability to analyse complex problems

Knowledge of engineering lifecycle

Extensive domain knowledge of ship systems

Job description

Job Title: Support Engineer (RCM - Maint Design)

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

• Provide ex-operator knowledge to assess and analyse system designs, diagrams and information data to ensure technical accuracy, process instructions correctness, and input for maintenance derivation outputs.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring of others.
• Have a clear understanding of, and apply, the Quality and SH&E Management System documentation.
• Support stakeholder engagement and attend collaboration working groups in support of BAE Systems scope of work for maintenance design.
• Provide estimates for the scope of work and resources required to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for maintenance design activities.

Your skills and experiences

Essentials:

• Background as Submarine nuclear operator / maintainer.
• The ability to analyse complex problems.
• Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle and how support activities align to it, with some experience operating in several lifecycle phases.
• Extensive domain knowledge over the full range of ship systems and how they relate to ILS and Safety.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of relevant Ministry of Defence (MoD), industry and corporate standards.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems 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 SQEP team

You will join an established team tasked with delivery and assurance of maintenance derivation work, maintenance task assessment, level of repair analysis and maintenance tasks instructions. Your role involves collaboration with a range of internal and external stakeholders including industry partners across a number of submarine programmes. There will be opportunities to grow, develop your skillset and build a lasting career with BAE Systems. We offer relocation support packages across all submarine 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.

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: 18th 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.