Job Vacancy Chief Engineer

Job title: Chief Engineer - ATM

Location: Glascoed

Salary: Circa £75,000 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Delegating of Engineering Authority (EA) for the IDT Products and services.
• Leadership and management of all engineers allocated to the IDT
• Collaborating with customers, suppliers, and partners
• Promoting professionalism of engineering by active mentoring and coaching within BAE Systems and by participating in external bodies and international organisations
• Chairing Independent Design Reviews and/or Technical Bid Reviews as appropriate
• Managing directly and overseeing indirectly the technical delivery of multiple projects, including compliance, quality and delivery to cost and time

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree or equivalent experience within an engineering discipline and recognised through CENG or demonstrable evidence of development plan towards chartership
• Programme experience at senior level - concept, design, build, update/upgrade and support
• Experience of working in a senior engineering role on that has demonstrated relevant domain knowledge and leadership skills

Desirable:

• Detailed and comprehensive understanding of engineering principles, concepts, systems, theories and practices
• Experience in Life Cycle Management reviews of bids and programmes
• Experience of Product Safety in complex product and service environment

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 Artillery, Tank and Mortar Integrated Delivery Team (IDT) Team:

As a Chief Engineer, you will lead a multi-disciplined engineering team to deliver against IDT outcomes whilst being responsible and accountable for the integrity of product and services.

As well as working with customers to understand and agree requirements, technical strategy, integrity, product safety and compliance with contractual, legal & regulatory requirements, environmental standards for the delivered solutions.

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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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.