Senior Design Change Management Engineer

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Job Title: Senior Design Change Management Engineer
Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Up to £50,000 dependent on skills and experiences
What you’ll be doing:
Coordinating and monitoring all changes to the configured baseline for all Naval ships maintained at HMNB Portsmouth: collaborating with key stakeholders across the engineering community and the MOD
Applying robust governance: Upholding engineering governance standards, ensuring sufficient evidence exists that confirms engineering changes have been fully integrated and that the design intent has been achieved
Assuring Compliance with Design Intent: Monitoring for deviations from design intent and ensure the platform’s material state remains compliant with operational and safety requirements
Developing, maintaining and ensuring compliance with Design Change & Configuration Management Plans in line with MOD policy
Managing configuration updates to artefacts impacted by engineering change, ensuring timely delivery within their associated repositories
Acting as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Design Change & Configuration Management systems and toolsets used by the Enterprise
Acting as a champion for driving continuous improvement to the way the team operates
Your skills and experiences:
Degree in an engineering discipline and/or have proven experience in the field of design change management , with experience of relevant toolsets, such as Windchill
Strong knowledge of engineering change and design change management
Good understanding of the MOD/Navy ethos, including experience with the associated processes, toolsets and personnel
Previous success working within an intensive engineering delivery team
Proven leader with excellent PM and problem-solving skills, delivering rigorous data analysis and manipulation while coordinating high-quality outputs from diverse internal and external stakeholders
Understanding of Configuration Management , and Systems Engineering principles is 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 Warship Technical Authority team:
Comprising 200+ Engineers, the Warship Technical Authority sits within the Asset Management arm of BAE Systems Maritime Services and plays a key role with supporting a range of international customers, as well as the UK MoD with its Royal Navy Warships located at Portsmouth Naval Base.
As Senior Design Change Management Engineer, you will be a key member of a continually evolving and expanding engineering team that are ultimately responsible for the successful management of Design Changes for the Royal Navy across multiple classes including: T45, QEC and Hunt MCMV, as well as contributing to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of these vital vessels.
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: 22nd 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.
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