Senior Change Management Engineer (Configuration)

Job Title: Senior Change Management Engineer (Configuration)

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Referral Scheme: £1000

Grade: GG10

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Coordinating and monitoring all changes to the configured baseline for all Naval ships maintained at HMNB Portsmouth: collaborating with key stakeholders across the engineering community and the MOD

Applying robust governance: Upholding engineering governance standards, ensuring sufficient evidence exists that confirms engineering changes have been fully integrated and that the design intent has been achieved

Assuring Compliance with Design Intent: Monitoring for deviations from design intent and ensure the platform’s material state remains compliant with operational and safety requirements

Developing, maintaining and ensuring compliance with Configuration Management Plans (CMPs) in line with MOD policy

Managing configuration updates to artefacts impacted by engineering change, ensuring timely delivery within their associated repositories

Acting as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Configuration Management systems and toolsets used by the Enterprise

Acting as a champion for driving continuous improvement to the way the team operates

Your skills and experiences:

Degree in an engineering discipline and/or have proven experience in the field of Configuration Management, with experience of relevant toolsets, such as Windchill

Strong knowledge of Engineering Change, Configuration Management, and Systems Engineering principles

Good understanding of the MOD/Navy ethos, including experience with the associated processes, toolsets and personnel

Previous success working within an intensive engineering delivery team

A proven leader – with excellent problem-solving skills, able to conduct analysis and manipulation of data, as well as coordinating outputs from internal/external stakeholders when required

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Warship Technical Authority team:

Comprising 200+ Engineers, the Warship Technical Authority sits within the Asset Management arm of BAE Systems Maritime Services and plays a key role with supporting a range of international customers, as well as the UK MoD with its Royal Navy Warships located at Portsmouth Naval Base.

As Senior Change Management Engineer (Configuration), you will be a key member of a continually evolving and expanding engineering team that are ultimately responsible for the successful management of Design Changes for the Royal Navy across multiple classes including; T45, QEC and Hunt MCMV, as well as contributing to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of these vital vessels.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.