Maintenance Supervisor

Job title:

Maintenance Supervisor

Location:

Samlesbury – On site

Salary:  £49,400+ and overtime

What you’ll be doing :

The  management  of in-house and external multi-functional maintenance teams undertaking planned preventative and reactive maintenance tasks whilst maintaining health, safety and environment responsibilities as a priority

Co-ordination and prioritisation of workload in line with agreed  objectives , customer demands, and resource/skill set availability

Leading  and motivating the teams to create a high-performance culture

Supporting your  management  team with regards to quality  management , service delivery, budgetary adherence/forecasting,  leadership , and coaching relation to your  own  department

Responsibility for performance, discipline, and  individual  personal development within the team

Liaison with suppliers and contractors to ensure delivery of services in line with BAE SYSTEMS requirements, including review of RA/MS and delivery of Use of External Contractor process for onsite works

Your skills and experiences:

Demonstrable Supervisory experience in an engineering, maintenance or production environment, or  strong  engineering technical background.

A good understanding of production machinery, systems, and processes

Previous experience of safe working practices including Risk Assessments, Permit to Work, Safe Isolation and  Management  of External Contractor procedures

Experience and ability to plan, organize and structure maintenance activities in line with business and  management  directives

Customer focus and ability to deal with demanding customers in relation to maintenance activities

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 Operations Maintenance Team:

You will have a  great opportunity  to join a dynamic and forward-thinking team, with passion for  cutting-edge  technology and a pursuit of excellence. Our diverse group of dedicated experts  thrives on  collaboration, problem-solving and shared commitment to shaping the future. You will bring your knowledge and experience to the table and contribute to supporting business critical equipment associated with the development, manufacture, and assembly of aircraft components.

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:  30th January 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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