Senior ILS Specialist

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

12/3/2024

Job title: Senior ILS Specialist

Location: Broad Oak, Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £55,000 depending on skills and experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Act as the ILS Lead and point of contact for ILS activities across a range of programmes as directed and supported by the Training and ILS Manager
• Manage and drive ILS programmes, performing a range of ILS activities of analysis, monitoring own progress, quality and performance seeking assistance when necessary
• Ensure compliance and coherence with the ILS and project plans, schedule, supporting project documentation and company policies
• Pro-actively seek direction and guidance in the identification and sourcing of suitable Subject Matter Experts and design documentation, required to support the ILS activities
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders
• Support any and all governance activities as required
  
  

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Understand the full suite and range of ILS responsibilities and activities as detailed in the relevant Standards (e.g. Def Stan 00-600)
• Understand the purpose, components and processes associated with each element, including identification if dependencies and relationships with other discipline areas
• Able to construct a reasoned and rational argument for outputs produced and generate staged reports that support that case as required
• Lead by example in applying their theoretical knowledge to solve problems using well proven analytical technique and successfully applying knowledge to deliver the required analysis and supporting reports using established technologies and methods
  
  

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 Supportability Team

The successful candidate will be working within the BAE SYSTEMS Maritime Services Products domain primarily supporting the in-service and product development work in the Underwater Battlespace domain but also within the Radar Sector. You will work with both the design and in-service engineers as well as the customer community to provide efficient and cost-effective support solutions.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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: 3rd January 2024

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.