Job Title:
Nuclear Commissioning Project Leader– Mechanical

Location: Barrow-In-Furness –
Onsite

Salary:
Competitive

What you’ll be
doing:

• Driving the
  delivery of the test and commissioning plan
• Supporting a team of nuclear mechanical commissioning
  engineers
• Supporting the Reactor Test Group
  (RTG), authorising the suite of test documentation
• Authorised Person in the permit to work
  process
• Reviewing engineering outputs and
  documents
• Imbedding learning from experience
  (LFE)

Your skills and
experiences:

Essential:

• Degree/HNC/HND in an engineering discipline or
  equivalent experience
• Understanding of Nuclear
  System and other associated systems and their testing and
  commissioning
• Understanding of overall
  submarine systems and their operation
• Experience supporting and coaching a diverse team in
  complex
  environments
• Proficient with IT systems and
  software (Microsoft products)
• Planning test
  and commissioning programmes

Desirable:

• Excellent people
  mentorship and development skills
• Cat B
  Nuclear Operator or relevant nuclear industry experience (Ideally
  from a nuclear steam raising plant)
• Experience
  of nuclear licensed or COMAH sites
• Embedment
  of Learning from Experience (LFE)

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 RTS Commissioning
Team:

As a Commissioning Project
Lead – Mechanical, you
will plan and manage a
test section and all associated activities, delivering as part of
wider test & commissioning (T&C) programme or project
consisting of several major engineering systems, commissioning
disciplines, platform assemblies, equipment or software products.
This role will provide you the opportunity to be involved in
embedding LFE to the rest of the programme and realisation of test
commissioning strategy and provide input to support the delivery
process. You will be responsible for a large group of Commissioning
Engineers at various levels & disciplines, offering a broad
range of technical skill & knowledge to on a unique project
that is part of the national endeavour. We offer relocation support
packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting
eligibility criteria.

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.

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 March 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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