Operations Leader – Control & Instrumentation

Job Title: Operations Leader – Control & Instrumentation

Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Onsite)

Salary: £50,000+ depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing support to the team to ensure clarity, completion of tasks and targets through sharing expertise, coaching and the facilitation of appropriate interventions
• Ability to support real time planning of work and influence the business to ensure the active window of the production system to ensure full utilisation, optimal efficiency and effectiveness of the team
• Provide Control & Instrumentation technical advice and strategic vision to a team of direct reports
• Ensure ownership and continuous drive for their team and own development
• Represent the company through effective and regular communication, guidance and coaching with the team (including targets, progress, outcomes and consequence) to ensure their engagement in the business direction
• Significant time on the job providing support to the team to ensure clarity and completion of tasks and targets through sharing expertise, coaching and the facilitation of appropriate development
• Help support and maintain the Operational/Project Management structure including the encouragement and maintenance of continual improvement of the process

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience of Instrumentation & Control systems
• HNC or above in a related field
• Management, Leadership and the application of continuous improvement toolsets
• Knowledge and experience of building management systems (BMS)

Desirable:

• Experience with the Creation, receipt, maintenance and disposal of documents and records
• Experience with Manufacturing business knowledge including strategy, plans, key objectives, milestones and their dependencies
• Understanding of facilities management compliance to statutory requirements
• Knowledge of Nuclear industry and regulatory site license conditions/compliance

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 Site, Infrastructure and Facilities Team

The Site, Infrastructure & Facilities Team is a critical function within BAE Systems Submarines, responsible for ensuring that the physical estate, supporting infrastructure, and facilities are safe, compliant, operational, efficient, and capable of supporting current and future submarine programmes. This includes maintaining and modernising the site, managing services & utilities, supporting projects, and ensuring regulatory and safety standards are met. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines 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: 5th November 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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