Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria

Energy Jobline CVL; Kirkby-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy job board is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Kirkby-in-Furness. The role includes managing jig and fixtures for manufacturing processes, engaging in stakeholder discussions, and ensuring product quality. Ideal candidates have an HNC or equivalent in mechanical engineering and experience in manufacturing environments. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and various benefits, including a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Responsibilities

• Manage Jig and Fixtures requirements for Manufacturing Engineering.
• Review new requests for Jigs, Tooling & Modules.
• Influence jig and module design through discussions.
• Gather Module requirements for Manufacturing Engineering.
• Engage with stakeholders to implement lessons learned.
• Contribute to the management of Quality and SHE Systems.
• Develop and test systems as needed.
• Act as project focal point for specific tasks.

Skills

HNC qualification or equivalent experience in mechanical or structural engineering

Background in manufacturing or production environments

Proven stakeholder management abilities

Good communication skills

Experience working with build aids, jigs/fixtures, or construction tooling

Exposure to interim products or sub‑assemblies within high‑hazard industries

Education

HNC qualification in mechanical or structural engineering

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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: £42,215+ depending on skills and experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Collate and manage Jig and Fixtures requirements and demands for Manufacturing Engineering and Build & Test into technical documentation.
• Reviewing new request for Jigs, Tooling & Modules
• Influence jig and module design through technical discussions with stakeholders
• Enablement of the SSNA Build Strategy through Jigs, Modules & Tooling
• Gather Module requirements and demands for Manufacturing Engineering and Build & Test
• Engaging with stakeholders from other Programmes in order to assess and implement LfE into SSNA Jigs, Tooling and ways of working
• Contribute to the management of the Quality and SHE Systems, for Manufacturing Engineering processes and documentation e.g. calling up safe methods of working
• Assure product and process quality as determined by company processes. Develop and test new systems when the need arises
• Act as a project focal point for discipline‑specific tasks, ensuring best practices are adopted and embedded. This may involve developing processes within their sub‑discipline by studying product requirements, researching, designing, modifying, and testing development methods and equipment, and conferring with field specialists and technologists

Your skills and experiences:

• HNC qualification or equivalent experience in mechanical or structural engineering
• Background in manufacturing or production environments
• Proven stakeholder management abilities with good communication skills
• Experience working with build aids, jigs/fixtures, or construction tooling
• Exposure to interim products or sub‑assemblies within high‑hazard industries

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 function comprises Build Strategy, Dimensional Management, Processes, and the newly established Jigs, Modules & Tooling and Facilities teams. These groups collaborate closely to ensure SSNA delivers an optimised, build‑ready design, while aligning facility layouts to support the overall build strategy. The purpose of the Jigs, Modules & Tooling team is to play a key role in enabling the SSNA programme and supporting its planned delivery cadence through the effective deployment of tooling solutions. We offer relocation support across all Submarine 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 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 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.

Security and Vetting

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 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 in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date

Closing Date: 12th 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.