5 Manufacturing jobs in Carlisle

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with an exciting opportunity in the manufacturing industry? This company is seeking a passionate and driven Manufacturing System Administrator to play a pivotal role in their operations. If you're looking for a role that combines innovation, collaboration, and professional growth, this is your chance to join a dynamic team and make a lasting impact.

What You Will Do:

- Manage and optimise Sage 200 and Sicon Manufacturing systems to ensure seamless integration across procurement, production, and despatch processes.

- Collaborate with Engineering, Production, and Procurement teams to create and maintain accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs), Works Order Routings, and Part Numbers.

- Develop and implement meaningful KPIs and dashboards to measure productivity and efficiency within the manufacturing process.

- Analyse production costs and overheads, identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.

- Lead communication, training, and engagement initiatives to ensure departmental teams effectively utilise Sage 200 and Sicon Manufacturing systems.

- Act as the project lead for system enhancements and implementation of complementary software packages to improve business control and insight.

What You Will Bring:

- Proven experience with Sage 200 Manufacturing or Sicon systems.

- Strong project management skills with a track record of delivering results.

- Detailed knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, including Bill of Material structures for planning and manufacturing.

- Experience working in a fast-paced engineering or manufacturing environment.

- Exceptional problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently under pressure.

This company prides itself on fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, ensuring that every team member plays a crucial role in driving their success. As a Manufacturing System Administrator, you will be instrumental in enhancing operational efficiency and aligning cross-departmental goals with the company's objectives. Your contributions will directly impact their ability to deliver high-quality products and services.

Interested?:

If you're ready to step into this exciting role and make a difference, don't wait! Apply today to become the next Manufacturing System Administrator and take the first step towards a rewarding career in manufacturing.

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Job title: Principal Manufacturing Engineer – SSNA Infrastructure

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. On-site

Salary: £47,271 – £56,000

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop concept industrial capabilities, infrastructure and technology into requirement plans and business cases

• Project manage the delivery of your scope, plan and schedule respective WBS aligned to annual & quarterly deliverables for future facility

• Establishing and maturing facility and infrastructure requirements as defined by Senior Requirements Manager of DoA, leading a change with a New Production Line Operating Model for concept industrial capabilities through RIBA LCM

• Influencing how future manufacturing is carried out within our facilities, conducting process maps, producing analysis, technical query resolution and demonstrating tangible outputs for improvement

• Bringing forward innovative ideas for the Submarine build philosophy and the build environment, while retaining appreciation for the current ways of working throughout the production line

• Building and maintaining relationships with facility owners, the senior leadership team, Subject Matter Experts and key stakeholders; managing both internal and external line of influence

• Responsible for translating the Engineering Design intent (Drawings, Standards etc.) into Manufacturing Engineering data for use in facilities capability development ensuring appropriate levels of documents authoring & controls are maintained

Your skills and experiences:

• HNC/D or equivalent within the Construction, Engineering or Project Management fields

• Subs Operations / Trade Domain knowledge advantageous (Coatings, Build, T&C), Engineering or Infrastructure / Facility Management experience

• Stakeholder management and Subs networking experience advantageous

• Experience in managing complex projects, programmes or portfolios including, AutoCAD SolidWorks skills beneficial

• Experience of Engineering or Project oversight to major projects, oversight of facility configuration and management of system

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 Build & Test (SSNA Infrastructure) Team:

As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer, you will oversee a team delivering complex, cross-discipline manufacturing projects, ensuring methods of manufacture, assembly, and repair meet safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets throughout the product lifecycle. You’ll apply your expertise to ensure design intent is achieved in operations, manage resources to support project delivery, and balance stakeholder demands across Manufacturing Operations and Programme teams. This is a key leadership role focussed on driving capability, compliance, and operational excellence. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 15^th September 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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Warehouse Internship (Engineering / Manufacturing Sector)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Flexible start, Mon-Thurs 9-3, Fri 9-11)
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Contract: 12-month FTC (Potential for extension based on performance)

This is a salaried, paid internship. This would require you to relocate to the area for the 12-month period if you are not local.

About the Role
Are you a proactive individual looking for an exciting opportunity to kick-start your career within a Global organisation? We're seeking Warehouse Interns to join a dynamic team within the Engineering / Manufacturing sector. This is a fantastic chance to gain hands-on experience across multiple departments, supporting Logistics, Goods-In / Out, Supply Chain & Planning teams for a busy manufacturing centre in the heart of Barrow-in-Furness.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Logistics & Planning teams with Supply Chain projects & Warehouse activities.
• Coordinate with shop floor teams to ensure smooth production processes.
• Work under the guidance of experienced professionals, gaining exposure to a range of engineering disciplines including planning, project management & supply chain.
• Compile reports, chase deliverables, and maintain project timelines.

What You Bring:

• A vocational qualification in a relevant subject is advantageous but by no means essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to work closely with both shop floor teams and senior management.
• A proactive attitude, with the ability to think quickly and adapt to changing project needs.

If this sounds like the perfect fit, send us your CV, and one of our team will be in touch!

We are looking for a research scientist to join our team to train AI models. You will measure the progress of these AI chatbots, evaluate their logic, and solve problems to improve the quality of each model.

In this role you will need to hold an expert understanding of chemistry- a completed or in progress Masters/PhD is preferred but not required. Other related fields include, but are not limited to: Research and Development Chemist, Formulation Scientist, Development Chemist, Analytical Chemist, Chemical Engineer, Medicinal Chemist, Biochemist, Process Development Chemist.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly starting at $40+ per hour, with bonuses on high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Give AI chatbots diverse and complex chemistry problems and evaluate their outputs
• Evaluate the quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• A current, in progress, or completed Masters and/or PhD is preferred but not required
• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Detail-oriented
• Proficient in chemistry, inductive/deductive reasoning, physical/temporal/ spatial reasoning

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