Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Scotstoun & Govan

Salary: £44,196

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborate with significant influence and optimise Engineering Definition and Output formats in line with current & proposed capabilities and best practice with a Value Engineering, APQP, PFMEA mindset for current/future programmes wherever applicable.
• Lead and develop technical contribution of other colleagues and motivate assigned team members through positive, open and honest communications.
• Define & Approve Facilities, Equipment, Tooling and Processes, where appropriate, confirm and approve team member work.
• Use Lean Tools & Techniques to problem solve and improve our performance in the delivery of our product through Ship Manufacture and Integration as well as in the business processes that support this.
• Create clear, robust and visual instructions (including specifying tooling, equipment and plant) for a highly skilled operations team to deliver world class products that are both verifiable and repeatable.
• Plan and Define Facilities, Equipment, Tooling and Processes to support achieving and improving quality, cost and schedule requirements, ensuring that Safety is at the forefront of all we do.
• Agree, prioritise, schedule and plan activities to meet Project / Programme Requirements.

Your skills and experiences:

• Proven experience of usage of Manufacturing / Production engineering processes and procedures with experience in Manufacturing Execution System, CADCAM, PLM, NC Programming, Tooling, Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Continuous Improvement, to a level where you can coach others in best practice adoption / benefits.
• Good interpersonal skills are essential: including facilitating, coaching, presenting and stakeholder management where you will lead the change task.
• Effective articulation and interpretation of requirements, specifications and engineering outputs, from an impact to cost, quality and schedule drivers.
• Project and task management skills in coordinating and delivering successful activities where you will be viewed as the lead with 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 / Production Engineering/ Technician 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 Manufacturing Engineering team:

Our Manufacturing Engineering Teams 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. You are part of the larger Manufacturing Engineering Department of 100 people within the larger Manufacturing Function. As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer (ME3) you will have significant involvement in key Manufacturing Engineering projects. You will use your knowledge and experience to guarantee delivery of Manufacturing Engineering outputs into Manufacturing & Operations that ensure design intent can be met. The role holder will advise, coach and lead other team members as part of their daily responsibilities as well as being responsible for influencing vessel design, optimising production processes, methods, facilities, equipment and tooling to drive improvement to achieve and exceed performance in safety, quality and cost targets. You will be working for a Principal Manufacturing Engineer. Predominantly working on tasks to increase our Capabilities that deliver the Type 26 Programme and further enable our highly skilled teams across T26, Canadian Surface Combatant and Hunter Class as well as Future Business opportunities to make BAE Systems even more capable and effective.

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.