Job title: TDP Manager

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

Salary: £60,000+ (depending on experience)

What you’ll be doing:

Oversee CAD and Product Data configuration across engineering programmes, aiming to align and standardise ways of working where possible and acting as the interface between the programmes and engineering function

Lead and manage a team of Technical Data Pack (TDP) Team Leads, overseeing TDP resource and tasks, assigning packages of work to individuals and support their development

Accountable for the creation and management of Product variants, BOM structure approach and drawing templates in accordance with business process and applicable contractual standards

Support the creation and modification of applicable TDP business management system (BMS) processes and best practice guidance (BPG’s)

Support configuration changes and product data transfer requirements between WSUK’s Computer Aided Design, Product Lifecycle Management and Enterprise Resource Planning systems.

Support engineering operational excellence programmes and contribute to the delivery of the WSUK Engineering Strategy through TDP activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Expertise in engineering and quality standards (e.g. BS 8888) and previous experience in 3D modelling, assembling, 2D drawing and Design for Manufacture

Expertise in configuration management and revision control, with an understanding of product data transfer between CAD, PLM and ERP systems

Experience managing teams and teams of teams to deliver TDP solutions across multiple engineering programmes

Desirable:

Familiarity with specific CAD (ideally Creo Parametric), PLM tools (ideally Teamcenter) and data transfer requirements to ERP systems (ideally SAP)

Experience in process improvement and optimisation

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 Weapon Systems UK Engineering Team:

As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures, and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to be our customer’s trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced effects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for innovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems capabilities.

In this role you will act as an interface between engineering programmes, overseeing CAD and product data configurations, aligning and standardising technical data pack processes across the business.

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: 7th August 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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