Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical
- Employer
- BAE Systems
- Location
- Glasgow City
- Salary
- Up to £45,000 depending on qualifications and experience
- Closing date
- 4 Feb 2025
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- Discipline
- Aerospace & Aeronautical
- Sector
- Aerospace & Aviation
- Job Type
- Engineer
Job Details
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Commissioning Engineer – Electrical
Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow
Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on qualifications and experience
What you’ll be doing:
Setting to work of electrical marine systems and equipment across the whole ship platform to include Power and Propulsion, HVAC and Hotel, Fixed Fire Fighting, LV Distribution, Ships Control Systems, and all electrical and controls aspects of marine systems
Acting as an Electrical Authorised Person responsible for safe systems of work for ships electrical systems including isolations, permits and safe progressive energisation of systems
Carrying out audits and inspections of electrical ships systems for handover to Commissioning, along with liaising with ship Operations and Design teams
Writing technical documentation to support set to work and trails such as test forms, minor trials documentation, sea trials serials and risk assessments
Co-ordinating of equipment manufacturers representatives, client and acceptance bodies to successfully demonstrate acceptance of ships systems
Using and analysing technical drawings and manuals to fault find ships systems, and liaising with design teams to resolve issues
Defining the scope of handover for ships electrical systems and requirements for testing to align with the overall programme needs
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
HNC qualified in a technology, engineering or science related discipline or extensive experience in commissioning role
Experience in Marine engineering or similar industries
Good technical understanding in electrical marine systems operation and design
Good people skills and ability to work, coach, mentor and assist within a multi-disciplined teams and environments
Desirable:
HND or Degree in relevant engineering background with professional registration with engineering council
Engineering Officer of the watch qualification through Merchant or Royal Navy
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 Commissioning Engineering team:
Join a large, growing team where you report directly to the Senior Commissioning Team Lead. In this dynamic, multidisciplinary environment, you’ll collaborate with key stakeholders from around the globe, attending Equipment Acceptance events that are crucial to our operations within the Type 26 programme. This role not only allows you to develop your marine engineering skills through comprehensive internal and external training but also opens up numerous career progression opportunities. It’s an exciting chance to grow professionally while contributing to a team that values innovation and excellence.
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: 4th February 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 10th February.
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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