Project Manager – Delivery (Sea Trials)

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Project Manager for Sea Trials, positioned in Barrow-in-Furness or HM Naval Base Faslane. In this role, you will manage Sea Trials, ensuring compliance with BAE's requirements and work closely with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have strong Project Management and Testing experience and the flexibility to travel and operate at sea.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in Project Management and Testing & Commissioning.
• Willingness to go to sea on a Submarine.
• Valid UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Establish management arrangements for Sea Trials.
• Supervise and monitor staff at sea.
• Prepare for advancement of Sea Trials.

Skills

Project Management

Testing & Commissioning

Communication

Flexibility to travel

Driving skills

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager – Delivery (Sea Trials)

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

Salary: £56,000+ depending on skills & experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Establishing management arrangements for Sea Trials to generate and maintain the Sea Trials Programme
• Preparing for the advancement of Sea Trials, ensuring BAE requirements are met
• Performing the role of BAE Systems representative at sea
• Supporting Astute Sea Trials obligations
• Working closely with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Supervising and monitoring of staff

Your skills and experience:

Essential:

• Project Management experience
• Testing & Commissioning experience
• Willingness to go to sea on a Submarine
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexibility to travel on short notice
• Valid UK Driving Licence

Desirable:

• Royal Navy Submarine background
• Knowledge of Naval Bases (Faslane Ideally)

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 Post-Exit & Acceptance Team:

This role offers a dynamic and fast-paced environment and provides exciting opportunities for travel and the chance to use your knowledge to improve the way we work. You’ll have a balance of collaborative work with industry partners and independent assignments, including deployments off-site both within the UK and abroad. 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: 2nd July 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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