Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Dimensional Management

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Dimensional Management Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £42,215+ depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing : Work closely with Design Engineering to identify and manage key quality characteristics in design outputs Assess the Producibility of design outputs and provide recommendations based on manufacturing capability Assess tolerances, datums and GD&T to support the design and development of the product Work with the build strategy team to identify inspection hold points in the build sequence Introduce new tools and processes relating to dimensional capability across the business Your skills and experiences: Essential: HNC / STEM or equivalent trade experience Detailed understanding of dimensional measurement systems and metrology principles Ability to interpret engineering drawings and/or CAD models Previous Shipbuilding knowledge is beneficial but not essential Desirable: Excellent understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Experience working on large-scale bespoke engineering projects Build Tolerances / Tolerance Stack-up Experience in Shipbuilding Fabrication or Machining Operations Benefits: 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 Manufacturing Engineering team: As a part of the Dimensional Management team you will be faced with interesting opportunity’s, with diverse and broad tasking, enabling the team to learn submarine design & build process. You will be involved in influencing and impacting the design and quality teams, identifying key characteristics that need managing from design and into build through Quality Control Plans to capture inspection hold points that require further control. Adaptability is key with a desire to absorb build knowledge of submarine inspection requirements. We offer relocation support packages across all submarine’s 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 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: 25th December 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. #LI-SC1 #LI-Hybrid