Assistant Technical Authority - Power & Propulsion

BAE Systems
Portsmouth
1 week ago
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Job Title:Assistant Technical Authority - Power & Propulsion

Location:Portsmouth Broad Oak / New Malden.

Salary:Up to £58,500 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

  • Undertake design appraisals to ensure that design artefacts are compliant with specifications, quality and technical standards
  • Carry out specialist technical analyses and investigations, including evaluation and down-selection of technical options, and prepare reports with suggested recommendations to support the resolution of technical issues
  • Support Product Safety, Environmental, and Certification activities relating to Power and Propulsion; to include Hazard Reviews, Safety Reviews, and developing Certification submissions
  • Assure the development and implementation of engineering changes as required within the Power & Propulsion domain
  • Support the Zonal Review programme leading to final compartment and system approval for all Power and Propulsion owned systems and compartments
  • Ensure that applicable engineering policies and plans are known, understood and being correctly followed by the Power & Propulsion delivery team
  • Support the achievement of delivery milestones and SDRLs in accordance with the overall project schedule and customer requirements
  • Support in assuring the configured baseline for the Power & Propulsion System
  • Support the Technical Authority to produce the Power and Propulsion System Certificate of Design and safety submissions

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Experience in Power and Propulsion System design and integration and commissioning of Power and Propulsion equipment within the marine environment
  • Appreciation of wider warship platform design and principles of operation
  • Knowledge of Lloyds regulations

Desirable:

  • Experience of working with within the Defence Industry in a joint working environment
  • Experience of Customer management and a collaborative working environment

The Technical Authority team:

You will be supporting the Technical Authority (TA) to assure the design, development and integration of Power & Propulsion sub-systems for the Canadian River Class Destroyer, management on pre review of P&P documents, working with delivery teams to develop & pre approve the documents, managing changes, reviewing supplier technical information, conformance/non-conformance.

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.

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