WTA Principal Engineer

BAE Systems (New); Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense engineering seeks a WTA Principal Engineer to lead a multi-disciplined team in Portsmouth. This role includes ensuring design integrity on complex military platforms, applying engineering standards, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Competitive benefits and career development are offered within an inclusive culture that values diversity.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave allowance

Flexible working

Employee assistance program

Cycle2work scheme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer or equivalent experience required.
• Experience on ship platforms is essential.
• Ability to manage a team across multiple engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite engineering team ensuring design intent and quality.
• Act as Technical Authority for resolving engineering issues.
• Maintain communication with stakeholders and manage project reporting.

Skills

Team Management

Technical Leadership

Engineering Design Standards

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Job title: WTA Principal Engineer

Location: Portsmouth

Salary:£55,080+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a multi-disciplined onsite engineering team to assure that complex solutions are embodied onto the Platform in accordance with Design Intent and to correct quality standards in line with project timescales and contractual requirements
• Applying understanding and knowledge of military and civilian design standards to assure maintenance of design intent throughout the project
• Acting as the onsite Technical Authority for the resolution of Design Queries and front line engineering issues
• Providing technical leadership for the delivery and acceptance of key test and assurance events, including Installation Inspections, setting to work and commissioning trials to assure that the solution embodiment is delivered to design intent and that all requirements, including safety related requirements have been achieved
• Ensuring that engineering programme integration for onsite activities (including Key OEM contractors) is robust with dependencies understood, captured and proactively managed
• Providing updates into the Lead Engineer to ensure that project reporting accurately reflects progress and any risks and issues are suitably highlighted
• Maintaining effective ongoing communication and managing the relationships with onsite stakeholders including DE&S, Royal Navy, key OEMs such as GE, MTU, NGUK, Tyco and Darchem, and the Shipyard Repair Team

Your skills and experiences:

• Chartered Engineer or equivalent experience
• Experience on ship platforms
• Engineering experience with knowledge of multiple disciplines (although not necessary to be an in depth expert on other disciplines)
• Ability to manage a team of Engineers

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The team:

Would you like to support andprovide governance and oversight of Engineering decisions that affect the Platform and Auxiliary systems of the complex warships that are supported in Portsmouth. We currently have a vacancy for aWTA Platform & Auxiliary Systems Principal Engineer.

As Principal Engineer you will undertake a defined range of engineering activities in line with the extant Common Support Model Work Breakdown Structure, the CSM Business Processes and relevant BAES Business Management Processes/Procedures. The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure the design intent and safety of platform and auxiliary systems and to collate the assurance evidence of this for the respective WAA while working under the definitive engineering authority of the appropriate Class Lead Engineer (CLE).

In addition to this, this role sits as part of the wider WTA team supporting all RN complex warships. As such there will be the opportunity to provide support to all classes including T45, QEC, Hunt and T23 as required.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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: 27^th June 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.

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