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Principal Consultant

Employer
BAE Systems
Location
Preston
Salary
+ depending on experience and skills
Closing date
24 Aug 2022

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Sector
Technology & Digital
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Job Title: Principal Consultant

Location: Preston or Farnborough. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Salary: Competitive

What you'll be doing:

You will have the skills to deliver successful projects across one or more of our core capabilities, which cover operational analysis, simulation and modelling, data insights or strategic insights, working with our customers to develop future strategies.

  • Leading the delivery of multiple tasks in large, complex environments in either Government and/or the private sector to cost, schedule and high quality
  • Providing thought-leadership to our customers and delivering a range of operational analysis tools, techniques and strategies to help our customers make better informed decisions
  • Being an excellent communicator; with an ability to effectively communicate technical solutions to a non-technical audience
  • Supporting capability development by coaching and mentoring more junior member of the CORDA team
  • Conducting business winning activities including proactive customer engagement and proposal writing

Your skills and experiences:

  • Previous experience of leading and delivering projects to a high standard
  • Have a degree in a numerate subject, or relevant experience to offset
  • We hire people with backgrounds in all industries but knowledge of the Defence sector (or experience of using the above skills in Defence) would be desirable, but by no means essential.

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

The Corda team:

CORDA is part of Digital Intelligence which is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

CORDA combines analytical capabilities with consultancy skills to support our customers across the defence, security and transport sectors, and our colleagues in other parts of BAE Systems.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Company

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company head-quartered in London in the United Kingdom and with operations worldwide.

Recognising that our people are our top priority we have set ourselves a number of corporate targets to improve the diversity and inclusiveness of our workforce, including uplifting our female representation in leadership roles by 15% by 2015. We recognise the challenge that this target presents, knowing that engineering is often seen as a “man’s world”. 

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