Mass Properties Specialist

BAE Systems
GB - barrow-in-furness
May 16, 2024

Job Title: Mass Properties Specialist

Location: Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Portsmouth, Barrow-in-Furness, Frimley or Weymouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements (Hybrid working arrangements and Part Time considered) - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What you'll be doing:
• Collate mass property data for equipment and systems to deliver weight and centroid control on multi billion pound submarine programmes
• Support the Mass Properties Lead to aggregate weight and centroid reports and present the status to the Chief Naval Architect
• Collaborate with system design engineers to accurate estimate mass, centroid and design maturity of multiple mechanical and electronic systems
• Maintain a comprehensive database of parts mass properties
• Provide input to and lead weight saving strategies and maintain the list of weight risk and opportunities for each discipline area
• Interrogate CAD models to determine estimates for mass properties with associated uncertainties
• Utilise statistical analysis to provide a whole boat picture of weight risk and opportunity to senior leaders, stakeholders and our customers

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:
• Qualified in STEM subject or extensive experience
• CEng/IEng status or a clear pathway to achieving professional recognition
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• IT literate in Microsoft packages, experienced knowledge in Excel

Desirable:
• Experience working with large, complex Electrical or Mechanical systems
• Data analysis experience including interpretation, visualisation, manipulation and presentation
• Experience of using CAD packages and programmes

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Weights Engineering team:

The Weight Engineering Team are a multi-disciplinary Team of Engineers and Data Scientists who estimate, collate and present mass properties data for a number of multi billion pound submarine programmes. The Weight Engineering team are a specialist team who play a critical role in the whole boat design and assuring whole boat safety.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 29th February 2024

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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Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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