Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Infrastructure

BAE Systems; Askam-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Askam-in-Furness is looking for a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to manage complex manufacturing projects and oversee infrastructure requirements. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to meet safety, quality, and delivery targets while driving operational excellence. Required qualifications include an HNC/D or equivalent in relevant fields and stakeholder management experience. The company offers a competitive pension scheme and various health and lifestyle benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Knowledge of submarine operations/trade domains is advantageous.
• Experience managing complex projects, programmes or portfolios.
• Background in engineering or project oversight on major facilities.

Responsibilities

• Convert industrial capability concepts into requirement strategies.
• Manage delivery of allocated scope and work packages.
• Build relationships with facility owners and stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Experience with AutoCAD

Experience with SolidWorks

Education

HNC/D or equivalent in Construction, Engineering or Project Management

Job description

Responsibilities

• Convert industrial capability concepts, infrastructure needs and technology plans into defined requirement strategies and business cases.
• Manage delivery of allocated scope, including planning and scheduling work packages in line with annual and quarterly milestones for future facility development.
• Define and develop facility and infrastructure requirements in collaboration with the Senior Requirements Manager, supporting implementation of a new Production Line Operating Model using RIBA LCM.
• Contribute to the development of future manufacturing processes by creating process maps, analysing data, resolving technical queries and providing measurable improvements.
• Support the evolution of submarine build methods while maintaining an understanding of existing production practices.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with facility owners, senior leadership, subject matter experts and key stakeholders across internal and external organisations.
• Translate engineering design intent into manufacturing engineering outputs to support facility capability development, ensuring documentation accuracy and compliance.
• As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will work with a team delivering complex, cross‑discipline manufacturing projects, ensuring methods of manufacture, assembly, and repair meet safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets throughout the product lifecycle. You'll apply your expertise to ensure design intent is achieved in operations, manage resources to support project delivery, and balance stakeholder demands across Manufacturing Operations and Programme teams. This is a key leadership role focussed on driving capability, compliance, and operational excellence. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Qualifications

• HNC/D or equivalent in Construction, Engineering or Project Management.
• Knowledge of submarine operations/trade domains (Coatings, Build, Test & Commissioning), Engineering, or Infrastructure/Facility Management is advantageous.
• Stakeholder management and submarine sector networking experience desirable.
• Experience managing complex projects, programmes or portfolios; AutoCAD and SolidWorks skills beneficial.
• Background in engineering or project oversight on major facilities, including configuration and systems management.
• 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.

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.