Principal Marine Engineer – Platform Systems

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

5/7/2025

Job title: Principal Marine Engineer – Platform Systems

Location: Portsmouth – Onsite only

Salary: Circa £52,000-£56,500 (dependent on skills and experience)

What You’ll Be Doing

• Assists in the production of estimates, creates and/or assists in the production of design requirement specifications
• Undertake functional design and/or provide qualification and evidence for acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety
• Develops, promotes and shares new technologies for implementation across businesses and programme(s)
• Acts as Engineering, technical or design authority for a sub-system or Line Replaceable Unit (LRU)
• Provides technical leadership and guidance on matters relating to a discipline, may occasionally lead a team of engineers including line management responsibility
• Works independently or as part of a small team
• A highly experienced professional engineer, has a depth and breadth of knowledge in a discipline area
• Be a member of a relevant professional body and registered as a Incorporated Engineer (IEng), or be working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng), or be able to demonstrate that they have been working at the level of a Chartered Engineer for some period of time
  
  

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Significant level of knowledge, understanding and experience in a wide range of engineering areas to enable the successful execution of the principal accountabilities of the role
• It is expected that the role holder shall have in-depth knowledge in some technical areas, shall have sufficient breadth of technical knowledge/experience to make sound engineering decisions in all technical areas and shall seek support from specialist engineers where necessary
  
  

Desirable

• Experience in the following systems: Auxiliary systems including, HVAC, Fuel Systems, Gas Turbine Services, Fresh Water Services, Sea Water Services, Black and Grey Water Systems, Bilge and Sullage Systems, Gas Systems, Intake and Exhaust Systems, Chilled Water Systems, Lube Oil and Hydraulics
• Experience of working with a broad range of high-level stakeholders, MoD customers, delivery teams and specialist subcontractors is desirable
• Safety, including being able to provide demonstrable experience of taking responsibility for safety decisions using sound safety management processes/tools
• Platform integration, understand impact of change to individual systems and how they affect the overall performance of the vessel
• Experience of the whole design lifecycle from concept design through to test & trials
• Identification of appropriate requirements for Auxiliary systems and verification/validation activities to manage risk and demonstrate compliance
  
  

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 Warship Technical Authority Team

Under the UK MoD Common Support Model (CSM), complex Warship Design Authority is comprised of the DE&S Warship Approving Authority (WAA) and the BAES Warship Technical Authority (WTA). This exciting role forms part of the T45 WTA and provides governance and oversight of Engineering decisions that primarily affect the T45 platform. In certain situations, this may extend to wider WTA supported platforms as the business requirements develop

The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure the design intent and safety of the T45 platform and to collate the assurance evidence of this for the corresponding WAA while working under the definitive engineering authority of the T45 WTA Class Lead Engineer (CLE)

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: 21st May 2025. Interviews will take place w/c 26th May.

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.