Job Title: Senior Production Planning & Control Professional – Function
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (3 days per week onsite). 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:
Develop, implement, and improve PP&C processes across multiple facilities
Produce training materials, user guides, and process documentation
Deliver training sessions, audits, and capability assessments
Generate performance and capability reports for decision-making
Collaborate with facility managers and cross-functional teams to ensure process consistency
Identify improvements, share best practice, and resolve process issues
Support capability development and continuous improvement initiatives
Align PP&C activities with programme build strategies and governance requirements
Your skills and experiences:
Knowledge of PP&C policies, processes, and systems
Experience in manufacturing or engineering environments
Skilled in stakeholder engagement, problem-solving, and data analysis
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, and SAP S/4HANA
Ability to deliver training, conduct audits, and manage KPIs
Understanding of governance frameworks and best practice sharing
Ability to work cross-functionally to ensure compliance and performance
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 Production Planning & Control team:
The Production Planning & Control (PP&C) team is responsible for developing, reviewing, and improving processes, documentation, and training to support successful project delivery. This role contributes to audits, process reviews, and updates, while ensuring team members have the capability and resources to perform effectively. On smaller projects, the position leads PP&C activities; on larger ones, it works in partnership with the PP&C Manager. The role also involves coaching colleagues, monitoring performance, and helping to evolve PP&C practices for a variety of project needs. 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 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: 29th August 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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