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Principal Mechanical Regeneration Engineer

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Portsmouth
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Principal Mechanical Regeneration Engineer

Job Title: Principal Marine Engineer - Ship Regeneration

Location: Portsmouth - Naval Base

Salary: Circa £ 53000 + depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Ensure the safe recommissioning of ship systems, including power generation, fuel systems, lubrication systems, seawater systems, and mechanical systems

• Maintain clear oversight of system status, including defect status reports, defect clearance progress, and regeneration tracking

• Produce and maintain accurate test forms and ensure they are available for system inspections and trials

• Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to maintain system integrity, resolve technical issues, and support project objectives

• Coordinate with internal teams and external Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for technical support and sign-off of key systems

• Manage and control changes to system requirements, minimising impact on project timelines and ensuring smooth system regeneration

• Ensure compliance with certification standards and maintain clear, accurate documentation

Your skills and experience:

• Extensive experience operating and understanding systems on Type 45 destroyers

• Proven track record in recommissioning complex systems within the maritime or defence sector

• In-depth knowledge of engineering principles and concepts within a specialised discipline

• Experience working across multiple phases of the engineering lifecycle, particularly within the defence or maritime industry

• Skilled in preparing and formally checking technical documentation, calculations, and drawings, ensuring compliance with specifications, quality, and technical standards

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.

Type 45 technical authority team:

In this role, you will take the lead in ensuring the safe recommissioning of vital ship systems, including power generation, fuel systems, lubrication systems, seawater systems, and mechanical systems such as stabilisers. You will be responsible for maintaining clear oversight of system status, managing defect reports, and tracking progress to ensure seamless regeneration. Collaborating closely with engineering teams and external OEMs, you will coordinate technical support and resolve any issues that may arise, while also ensuring compliance with certification standards. Your initiative-taking approach will be essential in maintaining system integrity and achieving reliable, fully operational systems critical to project success.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 28 th May 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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