Job Title: Welder

Location: Sheffield – Onsite

Shift pattern: Rotation weekly shifts: week 1 Day shift Monday-Friday. Week 2 Back shift Monday to Thursday

Salary: £42,754 – Opportunity for overtime and shift allowance applicable

Requirements: Time serviced Modern Apprenticeship (trade papers required) and ability to attend a trade test in Newtown Acyliffe

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:

You’ll play a key role in delivering advanced weapon systems, contributing to the full build lifecycle of high-performance products used across land and naval platforms. Working with precision tools and specialised techniques such as titanium welding, you’ll support the manufacture of complex components, ensuring quality, safety and performance standards are consistently met.

You’ll collaborate closely with quality, engineering and manufacturing teams, supporting continuous improvement and safe working practices. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative defence projects, develop specialist skills and grow within a newly established, expanding team shaping the future of weapon systems capability.

Core duties:

• Performing precision titanium welding across multiple product types, delivering high-quality components to specification
• Contributing to build activities, completing tasks in line with programme requirements and approved processes
• Conducting self-inspections to ensure work meets strict quality, safety and engineering standards
• Carrying out daily checks on tools and equipment, maintaining safe and reliable working conditions
• Supporting safety requirements, reporting hazards and contributing to continuous improvement within the assembly area

Essential Skills:

• Holds recognised engineering qualifications, including a full apprenticeship, with practical experience in technical manufacturing environments
• Demonstrates advanced welding capability with titanium and stainless steel, maintaining cleanliness and quality standards
• Demonstrable ability to pass weld tests across multiple joint types and positions, meeting required certifications
• Considerable understanding of welding procedures, manufacturing instructions and safe use of tools and equipment
• Experience using workshop tooling and purging systems, working in line with safety and HAVS regulations

The Weapon Systems Team:

Working on advanced defence programmes, this growing function designs, manufactures and supports multi-layered weapon systems across land and naval platforms. Collaborating across engineering and operations, it plays a vital role in delivering innovative, high-performance solutions that support global capability and future business growth.

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: 11th May 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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