Senior Design Change Management Engineer

BAE Systems; Waterlooville; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Design Change Management Engineer to join their team at Portsmouth Naval Base. The role involves coordinating design changes for naval ships, ensuring compliance with design intent, and applying governance standards. The ideal candidate has a degree in engineering, strong knowledge of design change management, and relevant toolset experience. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £50,000 and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Degree in an engineering discipline and/or proven experience in design change management.
• Experience with relevant toolsets, such as Windchill.
• Strong knowledge of engineering change and design change management.
• Previous success working within an intensive engineering delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor changes to the configured baseline for naval ships.
• Uphold engineering governance standards for design changes.
• Ensure compliance with design intent and operational requirements.
• Manage configuration updates to artefacts impacted by engineering change.

Skills

Degree in engineering discipline

Experience in design change management

Knowledge of engineering change

Leadership skills

Problem-solving skills

Understanding of Configuration Management

Education

Degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

Windchill

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior Design Change Management Engineer

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role

Salary: Up to £50,000 dependent on skills and experiences

What you’ll be doing

• Coordinating and monitoring all changes to the configured baseline for all Naval ships maintained at HMNB Portsmouth: collaborating with key stakeholders across the engineering community and the MOD
• Applying robust governance: upholding engineering governance standards, ensuring sufficient evidence exists that confirms engineering changes have been fully integrated and that the design intent has been achieved
• Assuring Compliance with Design Intent: monitoring for deviations from design intent and ensuring the platform’s material state remains compliant with operational and safety requirements
• Developing, maintaining and ensuring compliance with Design Change & Configuration Management Plans in line with MOD policy
• Managing configuration updates to artefacts impacted by engineering change, ensuring timely delivery within their associated repositories
• Acting as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Design Change & Configuration Management systems and toolsets used by the Enterprise
• Acting as a champion for driving continuous improvement to the way the team operates

Your skills and experiences

• Degree in an engineering discipline and/or proven experience in design change management, with experience of relevant toolsets, such as Windchill
• Strong knowledge of engineering change and design change management
• Good understanding of the MOD/Navy ethos, including experience with the associated processes, toolsets and personnel
• Previous success working within an intensive engineering delivery team
• Proven leadership with excellent PM and problem-solving skills, delivering rigorous data analysis and manipulation while coordinating high-quality outputs from diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Understanding of Configuration Management and Systems Engineering principles is desirable

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 Warship Technical Authority team

Comprising 200+ Engineers, the Warship Technical Authority sits within the Asset Management arm of BAE Systems Maritime Services and plays a key role with supporting a range of international customers, as well as the UK MoD with its Royal Navy Warships located at Portsmouth Naval Base.

As Senior Design Change Management Engineer, you will be a key member of a continually evolving and expanding engineering team that are ultimately responsible for the successful management of Design Changes for the Royal Navy across multiple classes including: T45, QEC and Hunt MCMV, as well as contributing to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of these vital vessels.

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: 22nd January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.