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Job title: Principal Mechanical Engineer – Cranes 
Location: Barrow-in-Furness or Bristol. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role
Salary: Circa £52,000 (Dependent on experience)
What you’ll be doing:
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Provide technical advice and guidance to the wider business with respect to related issues to ensure compliance with legislation, regulations and standards
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Responsible for reviewing crane related proposals to ensure that the equipment / facilities are designed, constructed, commissioned, operated and maintained in accordance with the appropriate processes and standards
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Review crane and structural related calculations as an Independent Technical Assessor (ITA) and give clear and concise feedback to stakeholders
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Production of technical reports, technical memos and process documents related to cranes and ensuring that they are appropriately classified, authorised and maintained under configuration control
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Point of contact as SME for issues regarding standards for site mechanical lifting systems
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Ability to chair and lead improvements (policy, equipment, capabilities) with the LOLER risk cell set up to ensure compliance with relevant regulations
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Your skills and experiences:
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BEng or MEng in Mechanical Engineering
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Experience working with cranes and lifting equipment from a design / specification perspective with a good knowledge of crane related British / European standards
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Working knowledge of Lifting Operations &amp; Lifting Equipment (LOLER) regulations and the ability to confirm operational compliance
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Knowledge of all aspects of EOT cranes including controls and safety features to comply with legislation
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Registered with an Engineering professional institute and have the ability to achieve chartered status
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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 Specialist Engineering Team:
We are seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer with expertise in Electrical Overhead Travelling (EOT) cranes to join our Site Specialist Engineering (SSE) team in Barrow-in-Furness. This multi-disciplinary team sets engineering standards and requirements for site equipment, systems, and facilities, ensuring compliance with legislation and internal processes. In this role, you will act as a Subject Matter Expert, providing technical guidance and support on lifting systems across projects and maintenance activities. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 19th September 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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Principal Mechanical Engineer – Cranes

Job Title: Senior/Principal Platform Systems Mechanical Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. This position will require full time on-site presence 
Salary: Competitive 

What you’ll be doing: 
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<li>Developing the package of design evidence required to justify a safe, effective design and generate customer confidence in the design solution</li>
<li>Specifying and assisting in the build of prototypes, products and systems suitable for testing</li>
<li>Providing timely corrective actions on all assigned defects and issues</li>
<li>Ensuring that commitments are agreed, reviewed and met</li>
<li>Mentoring junior engineers regarding technical matters</li>
<li>Making presentations effectively to technical and management audiences and within this, be able to identify and keep abreast of novel technical concepts and markets</li>
<li>Author/co-author technical reports, papers, articles, patents and presentations as required</li>
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Your skills and experiences: 
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<li>Educated to Degree level in Engineering, Mechanical or Science Subjects</li>
<li>Be able to design documentation with the ability to present these to customers and wider groups</li>
<li>Have the ability to solve complex engineering calculations</li>
<li>Have an Engineering Lifecycle background</li>
<li>Be proficient in CAD, MS Office and be comfortable with other IT applications</li>
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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 T&amp;C Engineering Support team:
Being a part of the team, you will have a great opportunity to be involved in the planning and reactive support to ensure that the engineering aspects of testing and commissioning activities are undertaken in a safe and appropriate way whilst ensuring design intent are maintained. It’s a fantastic opportunity to be a part of some of our most complex projects to date and to have great a opportunity for career development. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria
Why BAE Systems? 
This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 3rd 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. 
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Mechanical Engineer

Senior/Principal Platform Systems Mechanical Engineer

Job title: Principal Mechanical 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 £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience)
What you’ll be doing:
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Lead and conduct early lifecycle engineering activities, including technical investigations, root cause analysis and feasibility studies. Apply engineering theory/technical knowledge to support findings and recommendations
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Define equipment/system technical requirements and acceptance routes. Apply and manage requirements to drive the development of design solutions for marine mechanical equipment and systems
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Undertake design substantiation via calculation for marine mechanical systems and equipment. This shall include mechanical simulation/analysis in the areas of structures, fluids and heat transfer, incorporating appropriate optimisation and verification/validation (acceptance) routines
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Manage technical risk, safety, requirements compliance and design maturity to align with design review gate requirements. Present to engineering design review panels
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Produce design/analysis/technical reports, system/equipment specifications, scopes of work and undertake assessment of supplier responses
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Liaise with MOD establishments, test facilities, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers as required to satisfy the needs of a project
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Your skills and experiences:
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Be qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in mechanical engineering or similar STEM subject
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Ideally professionally registered (CEng) through a relevant professional engineering institution such as the IET, IMechE, IMarEST etc or defined plan to get there. Proactive continuation of professional development
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Have experience in application of marine/mechanical engineering in complex industrial/military applications
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Competent in assessing mechanical solutions from first principles in support of recognised toolsets
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Awareness of project management principles with an ability to consider time, scheduling, cost, and quality factors
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Have an awareness of Systems Engineering and the benefits it brings to complex engineering projects
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Experienced in applying defence and marine standards, including DefStan, classification society rules, ISO, and relevant regulatory frameworks (MCA, IMO)
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Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers 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:
The Warship Technical Authority (WTA) – Principal Mechanical Engineer will deliver professional engineering services to Warship Support in the areas of Naval Marine Mechanical Equipment and Systems
The Principal Mechanical Engineer will be required to undertake and routinely lead others in activities across the breadth of the engineering lifecycle to support in-service Naval Marine Platforms. They will be responsible for providing mechanical engineering capability across a broad set of challenges to meet the needs of specific Naval platforms, the WTA team and the customer programme
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:13th September 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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Principal Mechanical Engineer

Job title: Principal Manufacturing Engineer – SSNA Infrastructure
Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-site
Salary: £47,271 – £56,000
What you’ll be doing:
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Develop concept industrial capabilities, infrastructure and technology into requirement plans and business cases
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Project manage the delivery of your scope, plan and schedule respective WBS aligned to annual &amp; quarterly deliverables for future facility
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Establishing and maturing facility and infrastructure requirements as defined by Senior Requirements Manager of DoA, leading a change with a New Production Line Operating Model for concept industrial capabilities through RIBA LCM
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Influencing how future manufacturing is carried out within our facilities, conducting process maps, producing analysis, technical query resolution and demonstrating tangible outputs for improvement
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Bringing forward innovative ideas for the Submarine build philosophy and the build environment, while retaining appreciation for the current ways of working throughout the production line
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Building and maintaining relationships with facility owners, the senior leadership team, Subject Matter Experts and key stakeholders; managing both internal and external line of influence
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Responsible for translating the Engineering Design intent (Drawings, Standards etc.) into Manufacturing Engineering data for use in facilities capability development ensuring appropriate levels of documents authoring &amp; controls are maintained
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Your skills and experiences:
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HNC/D or equivalent within the Construction, Engineering or Project Management fields
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Subs Operations / Trade Domain knowledge advantageous (Coatings, Build, T&amp;C), Engineering or Infrastructure / Facility Management experience
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Stakeholder management and Subs networking experience advantageous
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Experience in managing complex projects, programmes or portfolios including, AutoCAD SolidWorks skills beneficial
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Experience of Engineering or Project oversight to major projects, oversight of facility configuration and management of system
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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 Build &amp; Test (SSNA Infrastructure) Team:
As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will oversee a team delivering complex, cross-discipline manufacturing projects, ensuring methods of manufacture, assembly, and repair meet safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets throughout the product lifecycle. You’ll apply your expertise to ensure design intent is achieved in operations, manage resources to support project delivery, and balance stakeholder demands across Manufacturing Operations and Programme teams. This is a key leadership role focussed on driving capability, compliance, and operational excellence. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you will 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 15th September 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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Principal Manufacturing Engineer – SSNA Infrastructure

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Salary: Up to £63,150 depending on experience. Part time &amp; accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.
What you’ll be doing: 
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Providing technical engineering support to mechanical engineering design activities for new and legacy products
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Developing conceptual designs for radar products, sub-systems and units
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Producing technical documentation in line with company guidelines
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Attending and contributing to design review discussions/meetings.
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Engaging with different engineering disciplines and competencies which exist within the local project and BAE Systems more broadly.
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Undertaking continuous personal development as required in order to build own skill, knowledge and competence in a range of business situations.
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Supporting the development of other early careers engineers within the discipline
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Your skills and experiences: 
Essential:
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Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering
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Full engineering lifecycle experience
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Defence, Marine or extreme environment engineering industry experience
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Have a broad understanding of mechanical engineering theory and technology with an interest in developing specialist experience in cooling systems, FE and CFD
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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. 
Mechanical Engineering Radar Team:
As you engage with engineering functions across the business, as our team covers the whole engineering lifecycle using the latest cutting-edge technology, becoming a member of the Mechanical Engineering Radar team will provide you with significant exposure inside the larger BAE Systems organisation.
BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering management support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.
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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. 
We also 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: 19th September 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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