Engineering Manager – Project Engineering Management; AUKUS Programme Interface

This vacancy is open to permanent and fixed-term BAE Systems employees only. While agency workers have access to relevant permanent opportunities, this role has been designated as an internal opportunity and therefore only permanent and fixed-term employees of BAE Systems are eligible to apply.

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The Engineering Manager – SPIO is the Submarines Engineering Lead dedicated to providing industry support in the establishment and operation of the SSN AUKUS Programme Interface Office (SPIO), a collaborative Government and Industry programme interface function. The role will report to the Principal Engineering Manager – AUKUS Strategy & Integration (PEM S&I) and will support the Head of AUKUS Delivery - SDA.

The core focus of the role will be supporting the coordination and integration of multi-national/multi-disciplined/multi-function teams encompassing Engineering, Build, Test & Commissioning, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, IM&T and supporting Core Functions. You will take on leadership of engineering functional management within the context.

You will support the PEM S&I in the determination and delivery of the solutions and outputs to meet internal customer, external customer and contractual obligations; management of risks to quality, timeliness and specification of the engineering approach to support the Australian Shipbuilder including resolution of engineering related conflicts between functions, disciplines, systems and capabilities.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to develop your career within BAE Systems through exposure to a diverse range of our business operations and enterprise partners.

The SPIO and the Engineering element to it are very much at the heart of the overall AUKUS Programme and the management of relationships between UK and Australia and the separate parties in Industry and Customer. The Engineering lead will need to exhibit the skills and behaviours to develop the right arrangements to arbitrate and coordinate demands between all parties on a best for programme basis.

You will need to be able to operate at a Senior Level, typically liaising with and briefing the Programme Director and Technical Directors across Submarines and Partner Organisations.

• Collaborate with the UK MOD, BAE SYSTEMS Submarines, ASA and Australian Submarine Builders Leadership Teams to develop appropriate Operating Models and Solutions for the SPIO (in particular the Technical/Engineering aspects of that) to manage demands and dependencies between all 4 Parties.
• Interface and influence internal and external (customer and other stakeholders) such that the evolving AUKUS programme interface supports the requirements and specifications for industry.
• Working closely with the Engineering Manager – AUKUS Support Implementation of the required processes and tools needed for the successful operation of the SPIO and the successful interfacing of the two National Programmes.
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