Senior Team Lead - Outfit

Senior Team Lead - Outfit

We currently have a position for a Senior Team Lead – Outfit.

As Senior Team Lead – Outfit you will provide specialist engineering expertise to organise and co-ordinate significant aspects of engineering activity within the business to ensure defined objectives are achieved whilst continually maintaining quality and cost.

You will assume full managerial control of one or a number of technical teams across sites. This will include delegation of authority on management functions such as setting strategy/direction, budget management, decision making, performance reviews, pay decisions and resourcing decisions.

This is a key role where you are likely to be working as a Senior Team Lead or in an Associate Manager/step-up developmental role to prepare for a future Management role. You will already be capable and have experience of leading a team of technical team leaders and technical professionals within Detail Design.

Your main responsibilities as Senior Team Lead Outfit:

· Line management and accountability of a team of Detail Designers for the delivery of a complex scope of work across a stage of the engineering lifecycle, this includes management and accountability for a number of technical teams across sites where required, including subordinate Leading Detail Designers and Senior Detail Designers.

· Coach team members on performance, complete employee performance evaluations and recommends pay actions.

· Motivate teams and make engineering decisions within own sphere of responsibility and delegated management authority.

· Provide specialist technical advice and guidance to others relating to area of expertise.

· Provide an inclusive environment within teams, recognising the value in diversity.

· Manage performance of Cost, Schedule and Quality for delivery of a scope of work across a stage of the engineering lifecycle.

· Liaise closely with Programme Management on delivery performance status and Sub-Discipline Technical Specialists on technical performance and quality.

· Support development of Detail Design resources in line with Detail Design Capability Strategy.

· Demonstrate SHEQ leadership by ensuring conformance with SHE and Quality requirements and checking/reviewing team’s outputs.

· Supervise, coach and mentor team members, ensuring they understand systems and protocols on tasks and ensure that their work is reviewed and approved.

· Make informed decisions based on policies, procedures and delivery plans to ensure task completion; coordination of work activities taking into consideration wider delivery inputs and outputs.

· Report on performance of team including schedule, cost, time and quality of work.

· Work with a high degree of technical autonomy for scope assigned which includes but is not limited to spatial integration of complex designs and engineering outputs.

· Support the developing, maintaining and modifying engineering tools, processes and procedures in assigned areas in response to technical developments and operational need.

· Manage resources to produce and develop designs in line with specifications and all quality and technical standards and carry out detail design appraisals in assigned areas to ensure all standards are maintained.

· Use problem solving techniques, analysis and applied knowledge to identify solutions to achieve design intent and enable operational and manufacturing activity.

· Establish and maintain key stakeholder interfaces internally and externally on matters related to Detail Design delivery.

· Support the development of best practice to increase the capability, performance of tools and processes.

· Support the identification of training requirements, skills gaps and development requirements of own discipline.

Your skills and qualifications:

· Considerable experience in engineering or technical role.

· Experience of large-scale engineering projects.

· Requires a breadth and depth of specialist technical knowledge and a broad experience of processes, data systems and the business environment.

· Competent in processes, procedures and standards related to area of technical expertise.

· People management, motivation, performance coaching, and performance management.

· Would be desirable if post holder has IEng status or working towards CEng status (UK).

Location: Scotstoun

Grade: GG11

Our Naval Ships business

We design and manufacture a range of naval ships and state of the art combat systems and equipment, giving customers the capability to fulfil extensive naval operations. From offshore patrol vessels through to the latest City Class Type 26 frigates that we are building for the UK Royal Navy, and the Australian Hunter Class and Canadian Surface Combatant, we are a business that operates on a truly global platform and can offer a wide range of opportunities where you can play your part in these challenging and exciting projects.

Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK naval engineering business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent and we welcome applications from a diverse range of people, from all backgrounds, with many different skills, experience and perspectives. We offer the flexibility you need to do what’s important to you, whether that’s job sharing, home working, or simply the ability to flex your start and stop times. Where practical, we’ll support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your full potential.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

We want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

For more information on our Diversity & Inclusion work, please click here.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and who 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. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.

Closing date 5th November