Operations Leader – (Steelwork/Welding/Caulking)
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Description
Job Title: Operations Leader – (Steelwork/Welding/Caulking)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (On-site)
Salary: £47,271+ depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
Your skills and experiences:
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (On-site)
Salary: £47,271+ depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
- Establishing a Network amongst the Engineering & Build Functions
- Review, influence, challenge and endorse the SSNA Build Strategy towards an 18-month drumbeat
- Influencing/Reviewing & Endorsing the SSNA Design
- Working to Engineering Documentation such as TDI’s (Technical Department Instructions)
- Reviewing Workmanship Standards and Manufacturing Instructions
- Attending MAIT/MAT Meetings, DSUMs
- Engaging with Wider Stakeholders to mitigate any Steelwork/Welding/Caulking concerns striving towards workable right first time arrangements/solutions
- Identifying any jigs, rigs, fixtures and tooling requirements
- Instill Quality and Design for Safety practices
Your skills and experiences:
- Practical experience in Steelwork/Welding or Caulking (trade background required)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Experience using Siemens software packages such as Teamcenter & T/C Visualiser for data, planning, and design decisions
- Awareness of Operations & Manufacturing Engineering activities including strategy, planning, objectives, milestones, tooling requirements and dependencies
- Effective time management and organisational skills
- Familiarity with relevant build trades and technical domains
- Understanding of people policies and procedures, including responsibilities as a line manager
- HNC or Production-related Staff Role
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 Team
In this role, you will collaborate with a multitude of stakeholders to oversee and coordinate build activities, ensuring engineering designs are effectively translated into production. You’ll play a key part in connecting the Design, Build, and Engineering functions, identifying and resolving issues during the build process while helping drive efficiency and quality. Furthermore, focussing on ensuring the correct decisions are made for manufacturing and fabrication activities aligned the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). You will work closely with Engineering and Build teams to maintain high standards of quality and safety, using your knowledge of Steelwork, Welding and/or Caulking, and platform build processes to support smooth and effective production. All roles offer excellent opportunities to grow and progress within the wider Operations function, contributing to the success of our build programmes and future capabilities. 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 d
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 d
yslexia, 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: 19th March 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.
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: 19th March 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.