Job Title: Engineering Manager Materials Technology (Welding)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

Salary: Competitive

What you'll be doing:

• Management of a highly specialised team of welding engineers and technicians

• Ensuring technical mentoring within the department

• Working with Multiple stakeholders including Rolls Royce, departmental managers, and the MOD

• Responsible for the Welding Authority, Governance meetings and Research

• Input into Def-Stan's

• Direct work involving Welding Research

Your skills and experience

Essential:

• Degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science/Materials Engineering or Welding

• Detailed experience and knowledge of welding processes, qualification and certification

• Knowledge of Structural and Pipe welding

• Worked with, or lead, UKAS laboratory environments

• Lead teams of specialists

Desirable:

• Understanding of Submarine business

• Chartered Engineer - IOM 3 or TWI Institute

What we're looking for in you:

You will be a skilled communicator, possessing a good level of diplomacy to enable successful interaction with a range of stakeholders who may have conflicting requirements. An innovative and confident leader, you will be able to influence a positive team spirit and will be flexible with a 'can do' attitude.

The team is growing, and we need a manager who has lead a larger team of 20+ specialists who focus on all types of materials and joining used in our production process. We assist in supplier development, supplier qualification and undertake research into all things within the Materials, Joining, Coating and Corrosion fields, such as Additive Manufacturing.

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 Materials Technology Team:

The Materials Technology Centre is a group of highly specialised teams that employ qualified and experienced metallurgists, welding engineers, and non-metallic material specialists. These combine the theoretical and practical application of materials science to set material strategy and policy across a wide range of materials and production processes for both submarine projects and adjacent business. The materials technology centre undertakes and sponsors research activities to ensure we are on the cutting edge of martials sciences. This is a growing team with large scope for development and career advancement.

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: 25th September 2023

We reserve the right to close th is 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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