Graduate Site Engineer

Graduate Submarines Site Engineer

Location: Barrow (Cumbria)

Join our Submarines Team to be a part of designing, building, testing, and commissioning the largest and most advanced submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy. Work alongside our Astute Class and Dreadnought Class Submarines to provide a powerful and secure deterrent for the United Kingdom 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You could be the difference.

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.

What you will be doing

As a Site Engineering Authority (SEA) (Nuclear) graduate, you will be joining an exciting and expanding team to provide management, governance and assurance to the BAE Barrow site nuclear assets and buildings. As an SEA graduate, you will be tasked with providing general engineering oversight to both identified risks and emergent issues as well as being heavily involved in the Site Redevelopment Programme and associated projects. As part of this team, you will play a key role in ensuring the nuclear assets are safe, legal and compliant – both to BAE standards and external governing bodies.

Within the Site Engineering Authority (Nuclear), you will also support both current and future boat built programmes throughout the full lifecycle to ensure asset and building availability for key deadlines and programme milestones.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing independent engineering oversight across all nuclear site and facilities.
• Developing through life management plans for assets and buildings which contribute to the nuclear site licence.
• Production of technical requirements, specifications, documents and designs to support various engineering and site and facilities projects.
• Providing technical engineering advice and support to maintenance, operations and project teams. Providing technical assurance to both internal and external governing bodies to prove compliance with regulations and legislation.
• Assist in identifying business risks and developing engineering solutions to mitigate and manage risks.
• Working with stakeholders at all levels of the business to meet programme demands and partaking in design reviews for a range of engineering projects.
• Understanding the role the team plays in ensuring compliance with the relevant nuclear legislation and regulations.

This opportunity provides an extremely varied workload with engagement of stakeholders at all levels of the business and the ability to fully understand how the work we do contributes to ensuring a safe, legal and compliant nuclear site.

Skills

As a minimum requirement, you’ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant STEM subject, including but not limited to Mechanical, Structural, Electrical, Nuclear, or Civil Engineering.

Opportunities for Growth and Development

We encourage employees to explore projects beyond their primary responsibilities, providing them with diverse experiences. With a wide range of products and a multinational presence, there are ample opportunities for employees to engage in various projects and initiatives.

Community Involvement

In addition to professional development, BAE Systems values community engagement. Employees are encouraged to participate in community projects, STEM initiatives, and employee resource groups, offering valuable learning experiences outside of their regular roles.

Retention and Career Development

Recognising the importance of retaining talented individuals, we offer sponsorship, career development support, and high-potential development programs. These initiatives aim to help employees plan their careers effectively and provide opportunities for accelerated development for those who demonstrate aspiration, ability, and performance.

Benefits

• A competitive pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave allowance
• Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan
• Additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work, and employee discounts
• A one-off non-consolidated lump sum payment of £2,000 as the “Welcome Payment”

Inclusivity within our recruitment process

We 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.

Our environmental responsibility

As a future-focused business, we’re committed to changing the world we live in for the better. Our target is to achieve net zero emissions by 2030, we’re innovating new ways to develop on-site renewable electricity and setting ambitious targets for water consumption and waste generation.

Export Control/Security

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 the roles you can perform for the organisation.