Tornado Group Leader – Technical Publications in Burnley

Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £56,766+ depending on experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading TIS Tornado technical publications team to ensure the priority and output of Technical Publications is in line with Panavia and customer processes and plans.
• Acting as the main point of contact into Panavia, working with the European partner companies to support Tornado BAES technical publications into Panavia.
• Dealing with procurement and external suppliers.
• Working with Tornado integration and project management to manage all Tornado technical publications capability work and deliver to customers as required.
• Managing monthly report packs and any ad‐hoc reporting as required.
• Being the Interface into the Panavia Service Delivery Manager (SDM) for dial‐in meetings and the Tech Pubs Management Group (TPMG) meetings at Panavia.

Your Skills And Experiences

• HNC/HND or equivalent experience in a STEM discipline.
• Understanding of Integrated Logistics Support.
• Effective management, communication and analytical skills.
• Proficient in the use of IT systems and standard office‐style applications.
• Knowledge of technical publications working practices or technical authoring – desirable.

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 Tornado Technical Publications Team

The Tornado technical publications team are responsible for providing the technical publications for the Tornado aircraft. The team work closely with the Tornado modifications team and also with integration and design engineers to support the Tornado technical publications. There are frequent interactions with Panavia to support our European partner companies for the technical publications for which BAES is responsible. The team receive technical publication queries from all operators and generate the subsequent updated technical publications for export customers and into Panavia.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop as a leader and enhance your team management skills and knowledge.

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: 21st January 2026. 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.

Seniority level: Mid‐Senior level.

Employment type: Full‐time.

Job function: Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing.