SURFACE SHIPS
WHAT WE DO
Surface Ships was established in July 2008 and brings together the surface warship building and through-life support operations of BAE Systems and VT Group, including their joint venture, Fleet Support Limited.
Surface Ships is the UK's leading provider of surface warships and through-life support, a world-class industrial partner for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and a leader in the global export market for warships and innovative naval surface ship support. This means we’re involved in advanced, major projects like the development of the Type 45 Destroyer programme and we also have the manufacturing contract with the MoD to participate in the production of two new 65,000 tonne aircraft carriers. These will be the largest surface ships ever built in the UK.
With projects like these in hand, we want people who have the imagination and skill to keep us right at the forefront of surface fleet solutions technology.
YOUR DEVELOPMENT
Our Best Practice graduate programme runs in tandem with your development plan. This will determine the nature of your placements (3-6 months in duration over a 2 year period) which will give you involvement in many different areas across Surface Ships including if relevant placements with other BAE Systems Business Units, Customers and Industry Partners.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
You'll receive all the support you need to attain Chartered status of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), or the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).
If you are in a business role (Commercial, Supply Chain, HR or Project Management) you'll be fully supported to achieve membership of the relevant professional institution.
LOCATIONS
Surface Ships has around 4,000 employees across four sites – at Scotstoun and Govan in Glasgow, Portsmouth and at Filton, near Bristol.
ROLES
We have a number of unique roles in the following disciplines:
- Electrical and Electronic Engineer (pdf, 43kb)
- Mechanical Engineering (pdf, 47kb)
- Naval Architecture (pdf, 52kb)
- Systems Performance Analysis (pdf, 45kb)
- Systems Engineering (pdf, 50kb)
