Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Scotstoun & Govan

Salary: £40,808

What you'll be doing:

• Create Requirements through collaborations with supporting teams to obtain market surveys for Equipment /Facilities /Technologies
• Create optimised proposals for Investments and Justifications/Business Cases that can be Endorsed by Senior Leaders to gain funding
• Project manage the technical selection, integration, and implementation of investments into the Manufacturing Function
• Ensure all stakeholders are engaged, committed, and aligned to deliver strategic investments through project reporting and communications
• Create Investment Plans for maintaining and increasing capability for business benefit

Your skills and experiences:

• An awareness of Manufacturing Equipment / Facilities Capabilities / Benefit types in order to create & justifications business cases
• Experience in project management/ project delivery, project reporting and controls as well as good stakeholder management skills.
• Have an analytical mind and advanced computer literacy, to conduct data analysis work; e.g. in Excel,
• Professional knowledge of relevant Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering standards/practices (including Health & Safety regulations).
• Engineering or Manufacturing apprenticeship / HNC / HND/ Degree, or equivalent work experience in a Manufacturing Engineering / Systems role

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 Investment team:

Our Investment Team work closely with our Naval Ships Manufacturing Teams in the deployed General Manager Business Areas within Naval Ships at the Glasgow sites of Govan and Scotstoun. Predominantly working on Equipment and Facility Capabilities that deliver the Type 26 Programme and on Infrastructure / Technologies to make BAE Systems even more capable and effective.

You will be responsible for introducing Plant, Equipment and Technologies that contribute to making the great ships of today and tomorrow on the Clyde and leaving an enduring legacy making a real difference. You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply-Chain, MoD Customer, Royal Navy, Finance and Project Management as well as having Safety at the centre of Everything You Do.

Development through Manufacturing Engineering Competencies, Skills and Courses, active support in progression of Professional Registration and Chartership are provided and encouraged.

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: 31st October 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.

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