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Job Title: Chief Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Rochester Salary: Circa £75,000 per annum + annual bonus What you’ll be doing: Providing technical guidance and governance of the design and delivery of all aspects of Mechanical DesignDeveloping purpose-fit processes for engineering excellence. Your insights will lead to streamlined operations, enhanced craftsmanship, and vendors, raising the bar in tool improvementProviding valuable insight and advice on wider industry Mechanical Design technology, tools and processesInspiring both teams and the larger enterprise to embrace innovative paradigms, to bridge disciplines and influence a culture of excellenceChairing and/or providing guidance to technical design reviewsDeploying cross functional Model Based Engineering approaches into our development programmes, sharing best practice across both teams and the wider enterprise Your skills and experiences: Mechanical Engineering background with a relevant qualification and experienceEngineering development lifecycle execution experience within Mechanical Engineering domainsAbility to provide technical direction and guidance at all engineering levels within the Mechanical Engineering department and Engineering as a wholeDemonstrable leadership skills, in order to drive growthAbility to engage and negotiate with stakeholders, being able to deliver information at all levels, influence decision making and embed Process Improvement initiativesIdeally experience with Avionic Systems, Mission Systems, Safety Critical Control Systems, or Real-time Embedded/Display Systems, adds valuable insight to our teams Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plan