Senior Manufacturing Engineer

BAE Systems; Newport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to apply their expertise in manufacturing processes. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with production requirements, interpret technical drawings, and conduct essential safety assessments. Benefits include a competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, and a range of health and lifestyle discounts. This is a full-time role based on-site in Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Responsibilities

• Apply manufacturing engineering knowledge to support development.
• Interpret production drawings and generate tooling requirements.
• Create and maintain manufacturing work instructions.
• Conduct health and safety related activities.
• Undertake technical liaison with sub-contractors and customers.
• Develop training packages for modern technologies.
• Work alongside development teams for Design for Manufacture.

Skills

Experience of working in a Manufacturing Environment

Understanding in MRP/ERP systems

Excellent understanding of Production Engineering principles

Ability to read engineering drawings and circuit diagrams

Education

HNC/D qualification in engineering or time served equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight

Salary: Up to £56,140 dependent on experience. Part time & accruing hours available. Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options

What you’ll be doing:

• Apply depth and breadth of Manufacturing Engineering knowledge and experience to Support/undertake development in the following disciplines: Electromechanical assembly
• Interpret production drawing data to identify & generate: Tooling requirements, Manufacturing process requirements, handling & safety requirements, estimation of assembly times, methods/routings
• Create and maintain manufacturing work instructions, effective/efficient/practical shopfloor layouts
• Conduct the following health and safety related activities: Risk, COSHH, PUWER, Manual handling assessments
• Undertake technical liaison with sub-contractors and customers
• Develop training packages to ensure modern technologies and processes are understood and correctly implemented
• Work alongside development teams to ensure Design for Manufacture is considered for all new products

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience of working in a Manufacturing Environment
• Requires a good understanding in MRP/ERP systems
• Excellent understanding of Production Engineering principles
• An ability to read and understand engineering drawings, circuit diagrams etc.
• HNC/D qualification in engineering, or time served equivalent

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 Manufacturing Engineering team:

The Manufacturing Engineering team consists of 6 Engineers, including this position. Our Engineers participate in every step of the build process, providing support to the manufacturing functions to ensure requirements are met. Manufacturing Engineering interact with every department within BAE Systems, interfacing with Procurement, Projects, Stores, Manufacturing, Engineering and more. It is a dynamic environment which requires excellent communication, problem solving and planning.

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: 24th November 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.