Principal Engineer - Product Configuration & Change

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Product Configuration & Change

Location: Glasgow, Broad Oak, or Bristol. 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 £60,100 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading in the technical delivery of the Canadian River Class Destroyer Configuration Management Capability
• Supporting the effective implementation of Configuration Management plans and policies within River Class Destroyer program
• Ensuring the River Class Destroyer delivers its obligations under the EIA-649 by supporting baseline establishment of Functional, Allocated, and Product Baseline
• Developing the Configuration baselines in alignment with the design review strategy and sharing these baselines with the wider project
• Implementing and developing appropriate tools, processes, and practices as in the Product Configuration Management plan
• Supporting, preparing, and maintaining the River Class Destroyer Product Configuration with a focus on the Product Configuration Management Plan
• Guiding the Senior Engineers and providing technical guidance where required

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Extensive product knowledge, across different disciplines including an understanding of the key interfaces between systems & sub systems
• Good knowledge, and ideally a user, of product change and configuration management functions (Planning, Identification, Change Control, Status Accounting, Verification & Audit)
• Proficient in using Product Data Management (PDM) / Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems i.e. TeamCentre, or Windchill
• Experience of coaching and guiding team members

Desirable:

• Integrated bill of materials (iBoM) and change management in Windchill knowledge

Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.

Applicants should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Product Configuration & Change team:

This is an exciting opportunity for you to play a critical part within the Canadian River Class Destroyer Programme, in this cross functional role you will work alongside a range of different internal functions and external stakeholders, and you will report directly into the Engineering Manager within Product Configuration & Change. You will also have the opportunity to share you knowledge and skills with other members of the team, as you help guide and support them. This role may give you the chance to travel internationally as you work alongside our customer, allowing you to gain further exposure and to network. We will support you in your professional career development through further learning and offer support to achieving Chartership status.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 11th September 2024 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 30th September.

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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