Principal Capability Engineer

Barrow-in-furness, Cumbria
BAE Systems
Principal Capability Engineer Location: All site locations considered (Requirement 1 day p/m onsite in Barrow) Job Share, part time and condensed working patterns all considered Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing: Working with specialist engineering teams to develop resource solutions, SQEP assessments, and training and development intervention requirements. Regularly engaging with stakeholders within the specialist engineering technology group. Providing regular updates on specialist engineering capability to programmes. Gathering information from specialist engineering teams to identify areas of strategic and tactical risk Production of capability management plans to ensure engineering capability is sustained and developed in line with programme requirements. Your skills and experiences: Essential: STEM degree (or equivalent qualification – HNC or HND, plus considerable experience) Chartered status or evidence of working towards 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. Domain Cluster Support team: As a Principal Capability Engineer, you will work within the specialist engineering team to develop strategic capability plans for the sustained capability of the specialist – engineering department. The purpose of the engineering domains team is to ensure that appropriate resource, SQEP personnel, processes and toolsets are in place to enable programme delivery, offering support to the programmes and teams. This role will include liaising with the senior management of the organisation to ensure we can meet the demands of delivering our products to the customer. Future career progression could include Engineering Capability Management and strategic leadership roles within our Submarines business area. 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