Technician - Weights

Job Title: Technician - Weights

Location: Barrow-In-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £30,000+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for physical weighing of systems and equipment

• Supporting Weight Engineers to compile and manage whole boat weight estimates, process data from suppliers and record all findings

• Calculations of mass and centre of gravity

• Using CAD packages to support weight calculations

• Assisting in boat surveys and other activities within the yard

• Attending external supplier sites as and when required

  Your skills and experiences:

  Essential:

  • Educated to GCSE standard or higher

  • Previous practical or technical experience in Electrical Systems, Manufacturing, Fabrication, Machining, Engineering or Marine Operations

  • Proficient in all Microsoft Applications

  • Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with cross functional teams

    Desirable:

    • CAD software experience

    • Apprenticeship in Manufacturing or Engineering

    • HND or similar in Engineering or technical discipline

      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 Weight Engineering team:

      A great opportunity to learn more about submarines and develop an engineering career in this exciting field. The Weight Engineering Team are a specialist group of engineers who play a critical role collating, estimating, and calculating mass and centres of gravity in submarine design and build ensuring safe operations. The Team forms an integral part of the Naval Architecture Department, which is responsible for designing the world’s most advanced submarines for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy. We offer relocation support 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: 4^{th September 2025}

      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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