Senior Engineer – Project Engineering

BAE Systems; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Engineer in Project Engineering to support critical projects. This role involves providing embedded engineering expertise, managing suppliers, and ensuring compliance with governance standards. You will be part of a newly established team, shaping its direction while gaining exposure to diverse projects. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and is aligned with a culture that values diversity and inclusion. If you are passionate about engineering and want to make a significant impact within the defence sector, this is an exciting opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in relevant STEM subject or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering processes in defence or maritime.

Responsibilities

• Support project delivery by providing embedded engineering expertise.
• Manage suppliers to ensure compliant technical solutions.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Project Lifecycle Management

Engineering Standards Knowledge

Technical Documentation

Education

Degree in Engineering/Physics/Maths/Science

Tools

PRINCE2

APM

PMP

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BAE Systems | Defence & Engineering | Lead Recruitment Specialist | Maritime Submarines

Job Title: Senior Engineer – Project Engineering

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

Salary: Circa £48,000

What You’ll Be Doing

• Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you’ll support the delivery of projects by providing dedicated embedded engineering expertise, ensuring alignment with governance standards and compliance with the BAE Lifecycle Management Framework
• Support and compile engineering documentation to support requirements capture and design maturation from creation and implementation through validation. Capture iterative design changes in accordance with the requirement scope, ensuring revisions and configurations are controlled in accordance with company processes
• Deliver all documentation in a captured, configured, and controlled manner in accordance with the company Lifecycle Framework (LCM or RIBA)
• Support and manage suppliers to aid in the delivery of compliant technical solutions against contractual requirements and regulations
• Provide technical input to Lifecycle Framework deliverables against milestones & gated/staged Design Reviews
• Liaise with both internal and external customers as required, ensuring that their requirements are adequately supported and that their needs are fully considered and incorporated where appropriate and agreed
  
  

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree level qualification in relevant STEM subject (Engineering/Physics/Maths/Science) or equivalent industry/armed forces experience
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering processes and best practices within the defence, maritime, or related industries
• Proven Delivery & Experience working within project lifecycle management, with a broad understanding of the entire process. (LCM, RIBA, NPI)
• Knowledge of applicable engineering standards, including safety and environmental regulations
  
  

Desirable

• PRINCE2/APM/PMP
  
  

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 Project Engineering Delivery Authority Team

You will be joining a newly established team with the opportunity to shape its direction as needed. This role offers a fresh challenge and greater exposure within the business, along with continuous opportunities for professional growth and qualification enhancement. You will be involved in a range of projects, supporting the business with embedded engineering to a system engineering and design led approach. These activities will be aligned with the business framework & Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V) strategy. Your responsibilities will span from designing and setting up facilities and capabilities to supporting test programs through to system certification. 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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 6th May 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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