T45 COM Principal Engineer (Maintenance)

Job description

Principal Maintenance Engineer

Would you like to work in the team providing in-service maintenance support to the Type 45 Destroyers, currently in service with the Royal Navy? BAE Systems is looking for a Principal Maintenance Engineer to join the team in Portsmouth.

As a Principal Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for the maintenance periods and on-going support for an in-service Type 45 Destroyer. This will include planning for maintenance periods, coordinating and ensuring completion of ship maintenance when they are in their home base, and occasionally travel abroad to co-ordinate maintenance work whilst the ships are on deployment. Between these planned periods there is an enduring requirement to supply help and advice to these ships whilst they are at sea.

This is a challenging and rewarding role for a good all-round engineer that can relate to the needs of the Royal Navy and a desire to work with all stakeholders at the coal face.

Your main responsibilities as a Principal Maintenance Engineer:

Taking ownership of the maintenance and support for a Type 45 destroyer during the planned four week, biannual maintenance periods in Portsmouth Naval Base

Liaising with multiple key stakeholders within the Type 45 Class Output Management (COM) and the wider Portsmouth Naval Base to ensure that the ship that you will be responsible for remains in good material shape

You will make a contribution in supplying help and advice for defect and OPDEF repairs throughout the ships life-cycle

Working with the Royal Navy Ships Staff of the Type 45 that you will be responsible for ensuring that maintenance is kept up to date and that the registers for hoses, lifting equipment, ROLARI, and pressure vessels are maintained

Compiling and reconciling UMMS work packages for programmed and un-programmed maintenance during ad hoc and planned Maintenance Periods (MPs), ensuring that information is correct and that the task instruction information is correct and that the work is required and justifiable

Collating all work for any Maintenance opportunity. This work may come from a variety of sources including OPDEF activity, D3B, Warranty, MoD, Ships Staff, Ship Managers, Engineering and Ship's Registers

Interrogating UMMS on a daily basis to maintain the database and to plan CAT B maintenance into future opportunities

As required, liaising with the BAE Systems SDT/FTE Assistant Project Manager in his task of coordinating the maintenance delivery during planned Maintenance Periods and other maintenance opportunities to time, cost and quality

Providing the maintenance team with a Ship ‘trouble-shooter'

Your skills and qualifications as a Principal Maintenance Engineer:

Ex-Navy engineer, achieving the rank of Chief Petty Officer or Warrant Officer (CPO/ WO) or equivalent

Experience within either submarines or surface ships

Working knowledge of Unit Maintenance Management Systems (UMMS) or similar system

Understanding of the maintenance periods for naval vessels

Experience with management and leadership of people

What we're looking for in you:

We are looking for you to have strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and able to comfortably interact with a wide variety of stakeholders.

Grade: FSL 5

Salary: Competitive

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world's leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

Maritime Services

£50bn of 70bn of UK government spend in next 20yrs will be on Maritime programmes. Come and join BAE Systems and help define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. From our headquarters in Portsmouth, BAE Systems Maritime Services delivers end to end support to over 50 per cent of the Royal Navy's Surface Fleet. Our services include ship upgrades, repairs, dockyard facilities management and provision of combat systems training. We also develop and support the Royal Navy's complex equipment, such as radar, torpedoes and small boats. The 2016 arrival in Portsmouth of the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier demands a significant capital building programme as we reconfigure the dockyard and prepare our teams to support these iconic ships. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and a revenue of £650 million we are proud to support the Royal Navy in global operations.

We pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us. Join us and you'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

You'll find we offer a wealth of career options. With our international programmes and core support to UK MoD Maritime including Queen Elizabeth Class, Type 45 Destroyers, Spearfish Torpedo and Radars, the projects you'll be involved in will form the backbone of the Royal Navy for decades to come.

BAE Systems welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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