Maintenance Manager

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Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for interpreting the customer requirement for Class availability and capability into a robust and detailed work package, aimed at fully optimising all categories of maintenance though informed analysis of performance and defect trends and review of the material state.

The Maintenance Manager maintains and reports an up-to-date and accurate assessment of platform material state within sphere of responsibility. Responsible for optimising the delivery of support and working with peers to ensure that the development of parallel work packages is deconflicted. To ensure effective partnering between Ship Staff, the COM Team and external support providers by maintaining open communications on all operational and technical issues relating to the material state of the Class, and act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a platform engineering discipline (ME, WE, Aux or L). Identifies areas for improvement of the Class Support solution.

Your main responsibilities as a Maintenance Manager will involve:

· Translate the Class maintenance strategy into a Platform-level plan, capturing the short- and medium-term needs of the Customer and COM

· Manage capture of Customer requirements and translate this into a targeted work package.

· Translate the Class Maintenance policy into a Platform specific optimisation plan, representing maintenance team in cost/benefit analysis discussion to ensure the planning and delivery of future maintenance periods and maintenance schedules are as optimal as feasibly possible

· Maintain complete understanding of Class/Platform Material State and present status and rationale for status as part of Class Management reporting through to KPI/PI adherence along with PWR/EOFTSP/MSP

· Manage and deliver Platform maintenance status to the COM Team Leader for the Joint Planning purposes, including inherent underlying risk to the work package and maintenance period

· Work with the WTA to identify maintenance opportunities and deconflict scope, to enable effective ‘right first time’ planning of Capability Insertion.

· Manage and oversee the compilation of targeted and accurate work packages by the COM Maintenance Engineers, ensuring previous LfE is reflected

· Manage work package compilation to ensure Hull and Machinery remain in Class with Lloyds Register, or seek appropriate concession form the Classification society as appropriate

· Undertake effective internal and external stakeholder management with Senior Management within BAE Systems, across the wider COM environment and with management teams of Customers / Partners / Suppliers.

· Support the Platform Manager to ensure that the Customer’s annual budget is correctly targeted

· Produce or manage the provision of Maintenance responses pertaining to concessions, OPDEF / DEFREP and Technical Queries (S2022s, etc.), in line with delegations

· Address Technical Queries (S2022s, etc.) within maintenance scope for the Class or designated platform / systems, as required, communicating to the COM WTA

· Plan, manage and coordinate Test and Trials requirements with the Maintenance Engineering team and COM WTA, and present solution to the Platform Manager

· Manage planning and coordination of Work Package Advisory Visits (WPAVs).

Your skills and qualifications:

Essential:

· Knowledge and experience in the Maritime Sector and/or in dealing with Ministry of Defence / Military Customer base.

· Good understanding of MoD/industry policy and process in the Maintenance Engineering environment

· Appropriate engineering management experience

· Knowledge and application of BAE Systems Lifecycle Management Framework and the Engineering Lifecycle

· Be aware of and adhere to BAE Systems Maritime Services policies and procedures and maintain compliance with statutory regulations (including those of Information Systems, Safety Health & Environment and Security Requirements).

· Ability to communicate clearly across Business Streams & Project boundaries, and work effectively at all levels in the organisation.

· Ability to take on tasks independently, provide added value and constructively challenge with confidence & respect if needed.

· Skilled in understanding the needs and demands of a diverse group of stakeholders so as to develop strong relationships & trust across the business.

· Skilled in effectively assigning/delegating resources to manage internal activities and to then manage for completion on time, to cost and specification, including appropriate adherence to business processes.

Solid understanding of ILS Principles (especially RCM) and / or UMMS experience preferable.

· Degree/HND qualified or equivalent experience.

· Significant and varied working knowledge and experience of Maintenance Engineering in a complex engineering business.

Likely to hold professional Engineer status with a recognised body in a relevant discipline.

What we're looking for in you:

· Excellent practical problem solving (PPS) skills

· Logical, analytical approach to pragmatic and effective problem resolution

· Ability to seek alternatives / innovative solutions to resolve issues

· Ability to interrogate Maintenance data systems and make recommendations based upon an informed analysis of outputs.

· Able to build / improve effective and productive Supplier and Customer relationships

· Excellent communication skills and influencing skills, both written and verbal

· Ability to work collaboratively to drive and deliver results

Location: GG12

Grade: Portsmouth/Hybrid 3 days per week onsite, with the flexibility to move to 5 days per week when required

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

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.