14 jobs found in rochester

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer Team Leader – PCB Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £56,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Leading , inspiring and managing day to day team operations and resource planning. Ensuring clear communication and alignment with business objectives Forecasting and managing resource requirements proactively to meet current and future demands Owning the performance management process, conducting regular reviews, creating development plans, and addressing performance challenges with fairness and focus Producing and refining KPI reports that provide senior management with clear insight into team performance, control , and areas for improvement Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, quality and team engagement Championing and nurturing a positive, inclusive and high-performance culture – promoting collaboration, accountability, and respect across your...

Job Title: Engineering Manager (Qualification) Location: Rochester Salary: £80,000 per annum + annual bonuses What you’ll be doing: Developing purpose-fit processes for engineering excellence particularly in the area of EMC and Environmental Qualification and design proving activities. Your insights will lead to streamlined operations, enhanced craftsmanship, and vendors, raising the bar in tool improvement Demonstration of business acumen with an emphasis on delivering internal qualification projects, maintaining and developing a profitable external customer base, maintaining UKAS accreditations and continuously improving capabilities. Providing valuable input into our Electronics Hardware engineering strategies, you’ll help us optimize cost, schedule, and quality, ensuring that best practices are integrated seamlessly Inspiring both teams and the larger enterprise to embrace innovative paradigms, to bridge disciplines and influence a culture of...

Job Title: Project Finance Manager Location: Rochester; Kent Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Provide project accounting support across Site Transformation and Digital Transformation programmes, ensuring financial information is accurate, timely and aligned with business needs Partner with project teams to develop, review and challenge financial assumptions, forecasts, and budgets, providing recommendations to optimise programme performance Implement and maintain robust financial controls in line with the Financial Control Framework and company policies, supporting both internal and external audits Deliver insightful analysis and reporting to drive business performance, including monitoring working capital and project profitability Support project teams throughout the project lifecycle, from initial setup through forecasting, trading, reporting, analysis and project closure Collaborate with...

Description 18 – 22 May 2026 This is a structured week, with students taking part in team building exercises, site tours and visiting the simulator facility, before being rotated through business functions.  The week will close with presentations on what they have done and students will receive information on career opportunities with BAE Systems. Applications to close approximately 8 weeks before the programme begins. However, they may close earlier if high volumes of applications are received – we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid missing out. Qualification requirements This programme is for those 14 – 16 and in Year 10 or 11 Start date: 18 May 2026

Job Title: Project Finance Analyst Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £33,000 dependent on experience What you’ll be doing: Financially managing a suite of projects and complete reporting requirements for those projects Working with key stakeholders and supporting line leaders in the preparation and completion of financial forecasts Provide strong financial control , insightful reporting, and work closely with project teams to deliver financial commitments Partnering with the Project teams to understand and analyse budgets and variances, and to challenge the assumptions made to identify financial risks and opportunities Preparing of financial reporting by pulling and validating data from a variety of sources Ensuring projects are fully compliant with the BAE Systems Operational Framework and Finance Policies Manual to satisfy all Internal Control requirements Proactively seeking to improve local processes and working practices to...

Job Title: Hardware Team Leader Location: Rochester Salary: Circa £60,000 per annum What you’ll be doing: Managerial and technical leadership of an electronics design team Work package management; cost, schedule, risk and opportunities Ensuring the engineering team is supporting the production program demand Providing technical governance and ensuring adherence to company processes Leading cost and performance trade-offs Control Account Management (CAM) Your skills and experiences: Essential: Able to demonstrate high performance and achievement in leadership and management of engineering teams through a full product development lifecycle Proven experience / knowledge of cost and planning management tools/ optimising solutions and minimising impacts from dependencies/ product design and work package control Experience of design and identifying improvements to working practices and team skill development. Alongside root cause and...

Job Title: Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer Location: Rochester Salary: £55,000 to £65,000 per annum What you’ll be doing: Executing complex hardware design tasks in accordance with the hardware development plan, whilst meeting agreed timescales and allocated budgets Conducting hardware requirements capture, preliminary design, detailed design including a range of analysis tasks Adopting an innovative approach to design and identifying improvements to working practices Working with other disciplines within an integrated team to optimise solutions and minimise impacts from dependencies Providing technical guidance and support to the development and delivery of all aspects of digital &/or analogue electronics solutions Coaching & developing the skills of junior team members Delivering design artefacts in accordance with company and industry standards Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree/HND in electronics...

Job Title: Lead Systems Engineer / Team Lead Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on skills and experience. We are recruiting for a range of technical and team leading positions What you’ll be doing: Providing guidance to less experienced engineers, supporting team members wellbeing and career development Collaborating to uncover technical solutions and sharing recommendations Contributing to strategic project aspects and facilitating implementation of initiatives Understanding scope, size and time phasing of packages of work, how these contribute to project success Understanding the team size and skillset required, giving regular status and recommendations on resourcing requirements to the project and functional engineering manager Understanding and enabling dependencies or facilities required across the team Supporting the business by creating new estimates for bids and maintaining the schedule and budget for on-going...

Job Title: Project Manager Location: Rochester; Kent Salary: Circa £62,000 depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Oversee the definition, planning, leadership , and delivery of complex projects across their entire lifecycle, including campaigns, new business proposals, product design and development, production, contract bidding, and in-service support Lead , inspire, and influence cross-functional teams within a matrix organisation to meet the success criteria for your projects Implement robust monitoring and control measures to ensure projects meet schedule, budget, quality, and financial targets Proactively manage risks and opportunities, collaborating with teams to identify and implement mitigation and enhancement strategies in a timely manner Prepare and present clear, concise reports on project performance to team members, senior leadership , and clients Work closely with diverse stakeholders to drive effective...

Job Title: Bid Project Manager Location: Rochester; Kent Salary: Circa £62,000 depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Leading complex bids as structured projects, from opportunity shaping and campaign launch through to submission, negotiation and contract award Owning the end-to-end bid plan, including schedule, budget, risks and dependencies, applying effective project management discipline throughout Developing and delivering bid strategies aligned to capture plans, customer requirements and commercial objectives Applying appropriate governance, controls and assurance to ensure bids are delivered on time, to quality and in compliance with internal and customer requirements Proactively managing risks and opportunities, working with multi-disciplinary teams to define and implement mitigation and optimisation actions Leading and influencing cross-functional teams, including engineering, commercial, finance, procurement and...

Our Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team is central to Amazon's commitment to innovation. As Amazon evolves and adapts, this team makes sure that the tools and technologies we use do as well. As a Senior RME Technician, you'll help us stay one step ahead, adopting the latest technologies and identifying new and efficient ways of working. In this role, you’ll pay close attention to our processes to help maintain our high standards, and you’ll put in place upgrades to take that standard even higher. Key job responsibilities - Demonstrate best practice on using equipment safely and monitor teams to ensure everyone follows the correct processes - Keep track of equipment performance through visual checks, condition-based monitoring, and preventative -maintenance tasks and schedule additional servicing when required - Supervise technicians on shift to support their development and act as the first point of contact for Reliability Maintenance Engineers - Solve issues in...

Description Job title:   Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technician Apprentice Location: Rochester Salary:  Starting from £18,500 with annual progression throughout the scheme duration What you’ll be doing:   •    You will spend the first 10 months at IPS International learning Electronics, Bench fitting, CAD, Soldering, Inspection and Project related tasks in order to give you the necessary skills to be successful when you return to site.  •    In year 2 you will rotate through a range of different departments including an Engineering function, Operations and several others to find out what work suits you best.  •    In Year 3 we see what opportunities become available and arrange interviews to spend your final year in a placement where you can start to specialise and build your successful career. •    Our Ofsted (Outstanding Grade 1) Advance Engineering Technician Apprenticeship scheme aims to develop candidates into Technicians...

Description Job title:  Electronics Hardware Engineering Apprentice Location: Rochester Salary:  Starting from £26,000 with annual progression through the scheme duration What you’ll be doing:   •    You will be trained to be able to design, build and test high-quality electronics solutions.   •    You will learn to apply engineering principles to all stages of the electronics hardware development process from requirements through analysis and design, development, implementation, integration and verification.  •    In parallel with the academic aspects of the scheme providing a foundation of knowledge, you will be assigned to projects where through on-the-job learning, you will be gaining the specific electronics engineering competence and skills applicable to the complex display and control systems designed and manufactured by BAE Systems, Electronic Systems at Rochester. •    As you progress through the scheme your work will become more...

Description Job title: Apprentice Software Engineer Location: Rochester (Kent) Salary : Starting from £26,000 with annual progression through the scheme duration What you’ll be doing: • You will be trained to be able to design, build and test high-quality software solutions. • You will learn to apply engineering principles to all stages of the software development process, from requirements, through analysis and design, development, implementation, integration and verification. • In parallel with the academic aspects of the scheme providing a foundation of knowledge, you will be assigned to projects where, you will be gaining the specific software engineering competence and skills applicable to the complex display and control systems designed and manufactured by BAE Systems, Electronic Systems at Rochester. • As you progress through the scheme, your work will become more challenging with greater responsibility, with the end goal of...