Senior Engineer - Engineering Function (Process Development)

Role Description

• Creating an environment that encourages process improvement activities through adopting a continuous improvement and value-driven approach.
• Review and identify requirements for process improvement and change across capability areas on the SSNA programme.
• Facilitate and manage the creation, development and deployment of effective processes which govern the use of strategic toolsets and ways of working on the SSNA programme.
• Engaging effectively with internal and external customers/stakeholders including Engineering process and governance owners and respective SMEs (Subject Matter Expert).
• Working with strategic toolset teams on SSNA and NXGenDigital to enable the deployment of new toolsets and process based training material.
• Creating an understanding of the need for appropriate process development and governance through involvement with Capability Leads and Process Subject Matter Experts.
• Creating Engineering process development and design philosophies including value stream mapping, key performance indicator metrics & SIPOC methodology (Supplier-Input-Process-Output-Customer).

Core Duties
Looking for a process engineer. Managing stakeholders and managing small projects. Data analytic, lean, Six Sigma background would be very beneficial. Electrical, mechanical, structural engineering experience would be useful. Also looking for someone with good management & communication skills. Understanding of STEM.

Safety:

DSE & Lone working

(For an individual contributor – include the statement below)
 ? The role holder is responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) in our organisation are maintained. This includes co-operating and following all reasonable instruction, information and training reporting work-related hazards or incidents and using all equipment for the purpose intended. More detailed responsibilities are captured within the Company Health & Safety Policy (759/OF/016) and the Company Environmental Policy (759/OF/029).

(Or for a line manager – include the statement below)

The role holder is responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety, ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) in our organisation are maintained, understood, implemented and followed by their team. This includes co-operating and following all reasonable instruction, information and training reporting work-related hazards or incidents, using all equipment for the purpose intended, setting high standards for SHE, leading by example and establishing the expectation that others do the same promoting risk awareness, ensuring that risks are assessed and adequately controlled, encouraging the team to report incidents and defects and make suggestions to improve SHE standards and ensuring actions to address SHE issues are prioritised and resourced appropriately. More detailed responsibilities are captured within the Company Health & Safety Policy (759/OF/016) and the Company Environmental Policy (759/OF/029

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications
Knowledge: (Recommended max 5 bullets/statements)
• Have the ability to confidently communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Skilled in understanding the needs and demands of a diverse group of stakeholders so as to develop strong relationship & trust across the business.
• You will ideally have a recognised higher-level qualification in a STEM subject, or industry experience in a similar role (Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering etc.)

Skills: (Recommended max 5 /statements)
• Knowledge of Quality standards and/ or Process development techniques (e.g. Six Sigma, Lean-manufacturing)
• Experience managing or leading projects comprised of small teams and / or diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge and experience of change management or transformation projects.
• Experience working with CAD and PLM tools (NX / Teamcenter)
Qualifications: (Specify only as appropriate, or say ‘none specified.’ Where a qualification is listed, please indicate whether it is ‘Expected or Preferred.’)

STEM background

Behaviours
Collabartion & Excellent Communication/Management skills are key
About the team you’ll be working in
The NXGenDigital Process Team is a small team with great energy. We are huge believers in doing things better and want to make a real difference in how our programmes operate through the use of new toolsets and ways of working. We believe that we need a way of working that helps make the lives of our design and build teams easier and allows us to meet our business and programme goals efficiently. We have been set up as part of the NXGenDigital programme to manage the creation and development of processes to be used alongside strategic toolsets, which add value to the end user.

Hybrid working is offered with the current expectation of working on site twice a fortnight

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.