Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Tooling

BAE Systems; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace firm in the UK seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to oversee tooling operations from procurement to delivery. You will guide early careers engineers, manage onsite tooling contracts, and contribute to manufacturing outputs ensuring quality and safety standards. The role requires a strong background in manufacturing and relevant engineering qualifications. This position offers competitive benefits including a pension scheme and various employee perks, set in an inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Eligibility for annual incentive

Qualifications

• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplined team and provide guidance.
• Accountability of onsite tooling contract management.
• HNC qualification or equivalent experience.
• Background in manufacturing or production environments.
• Experience with build aids, jigs/fixtures, or construction tooling.
• Exposure to interim products or sub-assemblies within high-hazard industries.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of tooling from procurement to delivery.
• Provide specialist advice on tooling options.
• Lead tooling, calibration and capability reviews.
• Communicate with stakeholders to deliver best practice.
• Support business-wide improvement initiatives.
• Develop and motivate reporting staff.

Skills

Multi-disciplined teamwork

Guidance to early careers engineers

Onsite tooling contract management

Background in manufacturing

Experience with build aids and construction tooling

Exposure to high-hazard industries

Education

HNC qualification or equivalent in mechanical or structural engineering

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Tooling

Location: Barrow-In-Furness (On-site)

Salary: £42,000+ Depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for all aspects of tooling from procurement to final delivery, liaising with all stakeholders and providing guidance and reporting as required
• Provide specialist advice on tooling options (applicability for task) and support the operations teams with tooling issues and problem solving where required
• Leading tooling, calibration and capability reviews as needed
• Be responsible for communicating and working with a variety of stakeholders to deliver packages of work which achieve a ‘business best practice’ solution
• Provide functional support to local and business wide improvement initiatives. (e.g. Visual management, Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People, Learning from experience etc.)
• Lead, develop, and motivate any reporting and assigned staff through good communications, open and honest management techniques, in keeping with the Company values, policies, & procedures
• Responsible for identifying own development opportunities
• Build effective internal and cross functional relationships to achieve overall Project requirements

Your skills and experiences:

• Able to work as part of a multi-disciplined team and provide guidance to early careers engineers as part of their development
• Accountability of onsite tooling contract management within remit for ME tooling team (i.e. tooling trials on-site)
• HNC qualification or equivalent experience in mechanical or structural engineering
• Background in manufacturing or production environments
• 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

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will have significant involvement in key Manufacturing Engineering projects. You will use your knowledge and experience to guarantee delivery of Manufacturing Engineering outputs into Operations that ensure design intent can be met. The role holder will advise, coach and lead other team members as part of their daily responsibilities 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 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.

Because 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: 9th January 2026

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.

Due to the festive season, there may be a delay in the processing of your application. Your application is important to us, and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.