Job Title: Senior Engineer – Site Engineering Authority

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – 5 days per week. (Weekly travel to other local sites within 2 mile radius)

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

Salary: £42,215 + depending on experience

Who we are:

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. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

In this role, you will work with internal stakeholders, including site engineering, plant maintenance, and shipyard teams, as well as external contractors and specialists. You will ensure full asset lifecycles through validation, modification control and criticality assessment. You will confirm through review, surveillance and audit that engineering assumptions, data, and methodologies are fully validated. You will support functional design, qualification, acceptance, and safety evidence, while ensuring regulatory and legislative compliance. You will liaise effectively with stakeholders, provide accurate project status updates, implement recovery actions, and contribute to assurance that designs are robust and safety‑case compliant.

Core duties:

• Validate assets against performance and compliance requirements
• Coordinate and document all asset modifications
• Create and review Through Life Management Plans
• Assess asset criticality for risk and prioritisation
• Manage assets across their full lifecycle

Essential Skills:

• HNC minimum or equivalent, with progression toward a degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience in asset management or a related engineering environment
• Awareness of Health & Safety requirements and safe working practice

The Site Engineering Authority Area E (External Area’s):

A growing team of seven, expanding to ten, responsible for ensuring building services and asset compliance across 20+ external sites. You’ll work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment supporting major projects, including proposed land acquisitions and large‑scale development activities. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. 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. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

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.

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: 8th April 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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