At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver mechanical engineering support across diverse naval platforms and projects.
- Company: Join BAE Systems, a leader in defence and security.
- Benefits: Flexible working arrangements, competitive rewards, and personal wellbeing support.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with opportunities for professional development and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on critical marine services and innovative naval programmes.
- Qualifications: Mechanical engineering knowledge and ability to provide technical guidance.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
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Portsmouth Naval Base – working a hybrid pattern.
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most.
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will deliver key WTA (Warship Technical Authority) service elements across platform systems, including:
- Design change
- Technical assurance
- Material state and obsolescence management
- Specialist engineering support
- Future support or transformation planning
Providing mechanical engineering support across diverse platform systems, equipment, and critical marine services.
Delivering engineering input to multiple projects, including CSM platforms and international naval programmes.
Maintaining systems design integrity across varied engineering contexts, classes, and programme deployments.
Supporting investigations, impact assessments and integration analyses to enable evidence-based technical decisions.
Ensuring safe, efficient implementation of design changes while maintaining configuration control and system integration.
You will have the ability to apply mechanical engineering knowledge quickly and confidently to a wide range of platform and projects across multiple platform systems and sub-systems and equipment.
You provide effective technical guidance and influence, supporting engineers with technical oversight, clarity of direction, and opportunities for professional development.
This role sits within the Warship Technical Authority (WTA) Service Hub, part of the Asset Management team within Warship Support, delivering whole ship, systems and equipment engineering expertise and change management to ensure safe, assured and high-quality support across Warship Support programmes. The Asset Management Team already supports QEC, T45, T23, HUNT, OPV and international navies.
You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
