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Job Title – Field Service Engineer

Job Location – Barrow-in-Furness

Job ID – 17555

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides enduring, robust and cutting-edge Integrated Platform Management Systems (IPMS) for the UK Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates.

The position is required to support Astute class submarines Internal Communication System (ICS) and Platform Management System (PMS) and required to conduct emergent defect rectification either within UK Ports or overseas, as well as conducting site-based system health checks at either Faslane or Devonport naval bases. In addition, supporting test events at Barrow-in-Furness site and in the process production of test and supporting documentation. The engineer is also required to support ICS and PMS SMEs in providing technical support to the MOD and Royal Navy Maintainers, diagnose and rectify defects out with technical scope of on-board maintainers. To provide ongoing training for all L3Harris personnel within the support structure in order to provide the broadest support for the vessels within the L3Harris support structure. To assist project management in the costing, scheduling and structure of additional contract scope, as well as support in the production of process and procedure for the support of the ICS and PMS.

Please note frequent travel is required in this role.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days

• Private medical insurance with optional family cover

• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution

• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)

• Group income protection

• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme

• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

  What the role will involve

  The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• ICS/PMS Defect rectification and system health checks at vessels.

• Direct interface with the customer and vessel maintainers.

• Communication with 3rd party engineering support, both internal and external to L3Harris.

• Project Management interface for interface in completion of work breakdown structures and cost estimation for new and existing work scope.

• Support of Project Engineers and Functional Managers in maintaining SQEP within the overall support team.

  What you’ll bring

  The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Field Service Engineer in Defense, specifically within the maritime domain

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  Important to know

  Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks .

  As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

  We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.