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We are currently recruiting for a Principal Engineer to work in our busy Engineering Department in Kepak in Merthyr Tydfil.

This is a full time, permanent position working 5.00am to 5.00pm - 4 days on/4 days off. You will also be responsible for 24hr 7 days per week phone support / out of hours calls (salary reflects this commitment). The salary is between £50,000 to £60,000 per annum depending on experience.

Job Description:

To be the CPM (Retail Packaging) Engineering specialist within a team of Multiskilled Engineers and Managers.

You will work, day’s, ensuring that you train and optimise the Shift Engineering teams with a long-term personal drive to progressing upwards into a management role.

The Role is to take the newly restructured team to a high performing level, with accountability, ownership and quality being the core values.

Additionally, you will be instrumental in driving the resolution to the Top 5 breakdowns, closing out reoccurring failures in maintenance and issues causing operations to fall behind on hourly pack rates.

You will be expected to work tenaciously within a team of Multiskilled Engineers in a fast paced and high performing environment.

Using your wealth of knowledge from retail packing environments, provide a quick response and resolution to issues that cause down time and risks to operations such as plan attainment and losses costs (Give-away, Pack-rate, Wastage)

Taking a proactive approach and utilising a CI methodology - you will drive forward the availability of all the CPM / Retail equipment and plan to maintain rather than repair – additionally, you must have a sound knowledge of automation, experience of preventative maintenance and ideally be from a Food/FMCG environment.

 You will be expected to fault find both mechanically and electrically with proven skills overlapping both areas – You will possess strong analytical skills with the ability to break down and solve complex problems in a logical and structured manner.

 With a real can-do attitude, you will bring your individual difference to Kepak Merthyr, while appreciating the diversity within the team, you will pay meticulous attention to detail and be able to prioritise your work and deal with high pressure situations and ambiguous issues.

 You will have a relentless pace in driving your personal development, whether that be further developing your technical expertise or wanting to progress into senior leadership or project management roles.

Requirements

Key Knowledge:

§  Piranha CMMS system §  Laska Grinders (2)

§  Laska Blenders (4) §  Vemag Vacuum Fillers, Portioners and Process C/weighers. (5)

§  Cia Metal detectors §  DIGI Check weighers

§  Bizerba MD/Check Weighers §  Seal Air Vacuum sealing VR8600 Rotaries (1)

§  MAP and SKIN pack packaging  §  Multivac R Series Thermoformers (3)

§  Multivac TX Tray Sealers (2) §  Sealpac A10 Tray Sealers (4)

§  Mondini Evo Tray Sealers (2) §  Mondini TRAVE Tray Sealer

§  Cabinplant MHW’s (Similar to Ishida) §  Safety Circuits

§  Inverters, Drives and controls

§  To Maintain continuous production and improve efficiencies safely through effectively implementing preventative maintenance schedules utilising the newly restructured team.

§  To Ensure continuous improvement methodologies are applied, that improves the operational function - Machine availability KPI target is >85% - planned work / PPM makes up the remaining 15%

§  Manage the day-to-day engineering related issues and ensure any assistance from OEM’s is escalated / progressed.

§  Ensure CPM Maintenance SLA’s (OEM Maintenance contracts) are managed, and service records are uploaded to the CMMS – Complete follow-on jobs and dispute warranty claims. KPI for SLA’s “right first and on time” is set @ 100% - service reports logged is also set @ 100%.

§  Pack rate improvement, ensuring there is a consistent increase week on week targeted at 5%

§  Take complete ownership of closing out RCA reports with a plus 10-year fix resolution.

§  To undertake emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient way on all CPM production equipment.

§  To assist in the installation of new equipment to the site and stand firm on quality issues complete with owned resolutions.

Benefits

• Pension Plans
• Life Assurance
• Training & Development
• Refer a Friend
• Subsidised Canteen

Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer

Location: Filton / Weymouth / Frimley / Broad Oak

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements – 3 days a week on-site however, quality engineers are out in the field at supplier sites, a lot of the time.

Salary: – £45,000 (Commensurate with skills and experience) 37-hour week, fully expensed travel (Not to and from home site)

What you will be doing:

• Operating in production, manufacturing and office environments being a proactive and diligent individual with excellent communication skills able to Work autonomously and as part of a team with the ability to engage and collaborate at all business levels
• Monitoring and measure projects and supplier’s adherence to head contract quality management plans and contracted quality assurance requirements
• Attendance and participation in subcontractor and Internal design reviews to ensure compliance and adherence to process is maintained throughout the life cycle of the contract with a view of monitoring program health.
• In process inspection of complex electromechanical systems, sub-systems and equipment, including deliverable software and supporting documentation to achieve right first time manufacture is achieved in accordance with Functional and Non-functional contractual requirements.
• Performing source release/inspection/FAT activity at supplier premises and taking ownership by review/acceptance/sign-off supplier generated documentation in support of deliveries
• Raising non-conformances for all instances where Right First Time (RFT) has not been achieved and progress and manage corrective actions and RCA’s to closure

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Quality background essential (ideally in supplier quality)
• Educated to HND level or have equivalent demonstrable suitable experience
• Willingness to travel nationally on a regular basis
• Full valid UK driving Licence

Desirable:

• Defence background would be an advantage
• Knowledge/experience in using SAP or similar ERP system in a manufacturing environment
• Lead Audit trained UKAS Certified (Internal/External)
• Electrical /Electronics manufacturing background

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 Integrated Combat Systems Quality Team:

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for 2 Principal Quality Engineers, to join the Integrated Combat Systems Quality team and cover our southern sites. The team sits within the Submarines Business Unit at BAE Systems, and is part of an organisation that is developing, building and supporting attack class and bomber class submarines for the UK Royal Navy.

As a Principal Quality Engineer, you will be delivering a common quality capability across Integrated Combat Systems to enable the achievement of a quality product or service which meets stakeholder’s needs. This ensures that we maintain our ISO 9001 (Quality Management System) accreditation and provide a process framework for the organisation. You will be responsible for applying Quality Assurance governance from design to delivery for product, programs and support services.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to make key and valuable decisions and develop within the team and organisation. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a proactive mindset and the ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks in a complex environment

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 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 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: 16th October 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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Job Title : Senior/Principal Naval Architect

Location : Barrow-in-Furness, Bristol, Portsmouth or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Conducting analysis and evaluations of submarine platforms manoeuvring performances from concept design to in-service support

• Undertaking the development, verification and validation of mathematical manoeuvring models using physical model test data

• Managing the generation of safe manoeuvring envelopes and supporting associated operator guidance

• You will be working with enterprise partners to develop the modelling capability, processes and toolsets for use to support our major programmes

• Working collaboratively with other naval architecture teams, systems teams, Active Vehicle Control system teams and propulsion engineers as well as customers and suppliers to deliver innovative and safe submarine solutions

• Supporting and conducting hydrodynamic sea trials such as depth and heading control, including test form development and post-trial data analysis

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in the generation of ship or submarine manoeuvring modelling

• A strong understanding of hydrodynamic principles and methods

• Degree in Naval Architecture, Aeronautical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent experience

Desirable:

• Hydrodynamic/aerodynamic design and evaluation experience

• Physical testing experience

• Chartered Engineer or working towards/ability to achieve

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 Vehicle Control team:

As a Principal/Senior Naval Architect within the Vehicle Control team, you will be working alongside a team of experts within Naval Architecture and the Whole Boat Design Team in one of the largest and fastest growing Naval Architecture Departments in the UK. You will be working on some of the most complex ship design and build programmes ever undertaken to deliver cutting edge submarines to the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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 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 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: 30th October 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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