Assistant Project Leader – Designer Management Outfit

Assistant Project Leader – Designer Management (Hull & Outfit)

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Job Title: Assistant Project Leader – Designer Management (Hull & Outfit)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Onsite)

Salary: Circa: £47,551 (Commensurate with skills and experience)

• Support the Dreadnought programme in delivering to schedule, cost, safety and quality
• Responsible for the 3D integration of primary structures and penetrations including outputs, manufacturing data, installation drawings, part lists and Bill of Materials maturity
• Support and lead a team of Designers, including apprentices, across varied experience levels within the Submarine business
• Manage the development of team members through PDP, Quality / Code of Conduct discussions, training needs and more
• Collaborate with all stakeholder groups to solve problems and drive solutions between design requirements, spatial constraints, build and operability
• Work closely with NXGEN to ensure toolset capability matches programme needs

• Understanding of primary structures
• Engineering or Designer / Draughts person background
• Experience and knowledge of Teamcenter and FORAN toolset
• Experience working with various stakeholders
• Previous experience within a Structural Engineering, Structural Designer, Structural Draughts person environment

• Experience working through various design stages and build i.e. Concept and Detail Design
• HNC qualifications or recognised apprenticeship
• Experience of integration of penetration
• Understanding of steel work

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems 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.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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, merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to ensure our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about possible reasonable adjustments.

Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. All applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard and may require higher levels of National Security Vetting depending on the guaranteed residency criteria.

11th 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.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Project Management and Information Technology

• Defense and Space Manufacturing