Job Vacancy Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Weapons Systems UK Business Unit - Barrow-in-Furness / Sheffield. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £50,817 + (Commensurate with skills and experience)

What you'll be doing:

A Senior Mechanical Engineer reporting into the Technical Lead within the Weapon Systems UK, Engineering Function. This role is within the M777 Major Structures (Production) Programme, working closely with the Operations, Quality and Technical Data Pack (TDP) teams.

The main duties of a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Weapon Systems UK are as follows:

• Lead the development of solutions to technical issues as a member of a project team, reporting to Technical Leads and directly to the customer.
• Lead and/or support solutions to production and manufacturing technical queries raised by suppliers, internal stakeholders (i.e. Operations Team) and non-conformance reports within required project time frames.
• Developing design solutions based on customer requirements, validating, and verifying through the design process.
• Review and check design work and technical reports, providing help and direction to less experienced engineers.
• Carrying out technical analysis and investigations and preparing reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of problems and the improvement of engineering capability.

Your skills and experiences:

Essentials:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline, or a high level of experience within an engineering environment, whilst having experience writing and reviewing technical reports and specifications
• Design experience in a multi-disciplined, production and/or manufacturing environment, answering technical queries and non-conformance reports. Experience performing structural/stress analysis and is familiar with product data management (PDM) tools to configuration manage data
• Working knowledge of technical office processes, standards and standard instructions (i.e. Business Management System (BMS) and Life Cycle Model (LCM)). Familiarity with engineering drawing standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Experience working with welding codes or casting standards and requirements
• Experience assessing welded structures (pressure vessel and shell structures) or casting structures (desirably titanium), determining their suitability through analysis, and providing technical solutions and conclusions to non-conforming welds or casts

Desirables:

• Working experience using CAD software (CREO Parametric) and PLM software (Teamcenter)
• Previous production, manufacturing, machining, welding, casting and assembly experience

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 Weapon Systems UK Mechanical Engineering team:

This role is to support the M777 Major Structures Manufacturing Contract, supporting the overall delivery of technical and production decisions, and leading on specific engineering tasks as defined by the Technical Lead.

As part of the Weapon Systems UK Mechanical Engineering team you may also be involved in supporting technical changes to our existing product portfolio (i.e. M777 towed howitzer, 4.5" MK.8 MOD 1 Naval Gun, AS90 Self Propelled Howitzer & 105 Light Gun) through analysis, concept design and tests and trials. This role also allows you to put forward your innovative ideas and solutions to the next generation of weapon platforms for the future battle space.

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.

Closing Date: 3rd Nov 2024

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.