Assurance Section Manager

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Assurance Section Manager

Would you like to be responsible for the quality and timely delivery of Combat / Weapon Engineering Assurance Activities to projects whilst collaborating with UK Customers, partners and suppliers including Navy Command HQ, Surface Flotilla and MOD DE&S. We currently have a vacancy for an Assurance Section Manager our site in Portsmouth.

As an Assurance Section Manager, you will:

· Manage, co-ordinate and provide technical guidance on Platform Assurance related activities across all classes of RN warship within the Weapon engineering and Combat System divisions.

· Conducting and overseeing the progressive inspections of mechanical/ electrical systems and equipment ensuring that the contracted work is completed iaw the defined standard and.

· Authorising and validating assurance documentation for Combat Systems and Equipment including Test Forms and Technical Engineering Reports, ensuring that they are accurate and completed in a timely and efficient manner.

· Direct liaison with internal and external organisations and authorities to determine the assurance requirements for, Ships Staff, WTA, SCA, MCTA for every aspect of Assurance relating to BAE Systems projects.

· Ensure all work meets Quality Procedures and Product Safety standards.

· Coordinating and oversight of Combat System and equipment assurance activities.

· Generation, validation of technical documentation and reports, including Test Forms and Technical Inspection Reports.

· Provide assurance that all work conducted on Combat systems is correct iaw defined specifications and ready in all respects for acceptance by the customer prior to presentation.

· Provide best practice & guidance to the Project’s Team, COM, WTA, SS & wider customer community and other external authorities on all matters related to the assurance of WE Systems

· Assist in the implimentation of Testing and Trials procedures, ensuring that scope is sufficient to satisfy the contract.

· Act as the primary POC for customers, outside authorities and peers for all technical issues and challenges related to Inspection test and Trials.

· Provide information and technical advice to assist with the generation, estimation and compilation of the Trial Output Matrix (TOM) to enable the timelines to be coherent for the work package schedules.

· Apply knowledge, skill and experience to resolve issues associated with the design and outfitting of Weapon Engineering equipment and systems.

Your skills and qualifications:

· Understanding of Asset Management and wider Warship Support business goals.

· Knowledge of the defence maritime industry, especially the MoD Maritime structure, departments and the Common Support Model.

· Knowledge of key company and MoD processes.

Essential:

· HNC/HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

· Requires detailed technical knowledge and broad experience of Weapon and Combat Systems, as fitted to RN Warships, and factors that may affect their performance.

· Previous experience of managing and conducting Engineering Test and Trials on RN Warships.

· Requires a broad understanding of the principles of assurance and acceptance processes in use in BAE Systems and of Product Safety engineering practices.

What we're looking for in you:

· Be able to engage with customers and authorities, and the ability to understand technical content, effectively communicating as necessary to others.

· Always behaving ethically in accordance with the Business Code of Conduct; be accountable, open and honest, and act with integrity.

· Ability to build positive and effective relationships with customers and colleagues, utilising the appropriate professional behaviours.

· Demonstrate strong commitment and self-motivation.

· Good communication skills, both written and verbal, displaying excellent attention to detail

· Able to successfully work either as part of a team or individually

· Capable of owning and setting short-term objectives

Location: Portsmouth

Grade: GG11

Salary: Competitive

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive

Flexible Working: As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

This role can be undertaken either full time, part time, job share, flexible hours or we would welcome your suggestions for how we could make this role fit your circumstances.

Maritime Services

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,800 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £700million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us. Our people are encouraged to be as creative as they can be and are always looking at ways to develop and challenge the way we do things, identifying and prioritising continuous improvement activities across the business.

From our headquarters in Portsmouth, we are proud to support the Royal Navy in global operations. BAE Systems Maritime Services delivers end-to-end support to over 50 per cent of the Royal Navy's surface fleet. Our services include ship upgrades, repairs, dockyard facilities management and provision of combat systems training. We also develop and support the Royal Navy’s complex equipment, such as radar, torpedoes and small boats.

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence, you could find yourself working on the iconic Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 Destroyers, Type 23 Frigates, Type 26 Global Combat Ships, Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels, Offshore Patrol Vessels, historic ships and more. Our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment. This includes Spearfish, one of the most powerful and capable wire guided torpedoes on the market. Currently undergoing a major upgrade programme, Spearfish will soon benefit from further sophisticated advances in its homing, warheads, tactical and fuelling systems, as well an upgraded guidance link. Then there’s Artisan, the 3D radar that can identify a target the size of a tennis ball, travelling at a speed of more than 2000 miles an hour more than 25 kilometres away!

Join us and the projects you’ll be involved in will form the backbone of the Royal Navy for decades to come. You'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

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 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

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