Glasgow , United Kingdom

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Scotstoun & Govan – on site

Salary: £40,808

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role Description:

Drive collaboration and influence to optimise engineering definitions and output formats, aligning them with current and future capabilities as well as best practices, while embedding a Value Engineering, APQP, and PFMEA mindset across all applicable programmes. Apply Lean tools and techniques to effectively solve problems and enhance performance in product delivery throughout ship manufacture and integration, as well as within supporting business processes. Develop clear, robust, and visually accessible work instructions—detailing required tooling, equipment, and plant—to enable a highly skilled operations team to consistently deliver world-class products that are both verifiable and repeatable. Additionally, plan and define facilities, equipment, tooling, and processes to meet and continuously improve quality, cost, and schedule targets, ensuring that safety remains the highest priority in all activities.

Core Duties:

• Collaborate cross-functionally to shape and enhance engineering definitions and deliverables, ensuring alignment with current and future capabilities while embedding Value Engineering, APQP, and PFMEA best practices across programme lifecycles.
• Drive continuous improvement by applying Lean methodologies and problem-solving techniques to optimise manufacturing, ship integration, and supporting business processes, improving efficiency, quality, and overall delivery performance.
• Develop clear, robust, and visually engaging work instructions, including tooling, equipment, and plant requirements, enabling highly skilled operations teams to consistently deliver world-class products that are safe, repeatable, and fully verifiable.

Essential Skills:

• Understand and interpret requirements, specifications and engineering outputs, cost, quality and schedule drivers and their interactions
• Good interpersonal skills are essential: including facilitating, coaching, presenting and stakeholder management
• Project and task management skills in coordinating and delivering successful activities
• Understand Manufacturing / Production engineering processes and procedures with experience in Manuf Execution System, CADCAM, PLM Systems usage
• Professional knowledge of relevant Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering standards/practices (including Health & Safety regulations)
• Engineering or Manufacturing apprenticeship / HNC / HND/ Degree, or equivalent work experience in a Manufacturing Engineering / Production Engineering/ Technician role

The Manufacturing Engineering team:

Our Manufacturing Engineering Teams work closely with our Naval Ships Manufacturing Teams in the deployed General Manager Business Areas within Naval Ships at the Glasgow sites of Govan and Scotstoun. You are part of the larger Manufacturing Engineering Dept of 100 people within the larger Manufacturing Function. As an ME2 Manufacturing Engineer you will be working for a Principal Manufacturing Engineer. Predominantly working on tasks to increase our Capabilities that deliver the Type 26 Programme and further enable our highly skilled teams across T26, Canadian Surface Combatant and Hunter Class as well as Future Business opportunities to make BAE Systems even more capable and effective.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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.

Closing Date: 17th June 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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