Through Life Support New Business – Lead Engineer

Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

12/18/2024

Job title: Through Life Support New Business – Lead Engineer

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £54,793+ depending on skills and experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support the New Business technical bid teams in the management and delivery of the new business contracts across the full scope of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) throughout the lifecycle
• Working closely with the specific project teams, undertake appropriate engineering planning, management and review of activities to ensure that the capability is integrated, safe, fit for purpose and supports the project team’s delivery schedule
• Provide engineering/technical management support through close collaboration with the Service Delivery Teams (SDT) and suppliers to ensure a solution is developed that meets customer requirements against a clear product breakdown structure
• Development of the programme engineering management artefacts such as; Engineering Management Plan, Engineering Context Plan and Organisational Models and implementation of a requirements, configuration, maturity and acceptance management framework
• Support the development and submission of customer proposals, coordinating and integrating the technical inputs from the product and service delivery teams
• Support the establishment of Governance and Safety Management System activities for new business activities as appropriate
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Qualification in a STEM related subject or equivalent experience in engineering new business activities/bid campaigns and complex engineering support services
• Knowledge and experience relating to support products and services, including in a customer operating environment (Air), across the range of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)
• Understanding of systems engineering, requirements, configuration and acceptance management
• Comfortable in front of senior stakeholders and have strong influencing skills across a broad range of stakeholders at all levels within and external to the business
  
  

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 New Business International Markets Team

This is an exciting opportunity for you to expand your knowledge of our existing products and services and our existing and new customers and markets in supporting the growth agenda.

The role will require extensive knowledge and experience of products and services and the existing technologies which provide new capabilities to existing and new customers.

You will be required to collaborate with the broader team as well as the international safety, requirements and governance subject matter experts to share best practice and contribute to a environment of continuous improvement across the campaigns.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for 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: 8th January 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.