External:
Business Analyst
Location: Glasgow (Scotstoun) with the opportunity to work hybrid/remotely. There may be a requirement for occasional travel between other UK sites to meet customer needs.
Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on skills and experience
What will you be doing?
As a Business Analyst, you will contribute to the implementation and configuration of complex Business Information Systems across all platforms within BAE Maritime Naval Ships including Type 26, the Australian Hunter Class and the Canadian Surface Combatant.
This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on the latest technologies which support the Royal Navy through involvement in National and International programmes.
Your main responsibilities as a Business Analyst will involve:
- To work with internal and external stakeholders at all levels to analyse both functional and non-functional requirements.
- To understand how existing processes and solutions in the business work
- To create requirements documentation or user stories, to a standard that allows the development teams to enhance existing/create new applications or system integrations.
- To work directly with developers or other technical teams to ensure the best possible solution is designed and agreed.
- To find pragmatic solutions to requirements that align to existing functionality/architecture where possible.
- To build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the business.
- Run workshops to investigate user requirements, agree solutions and produce good quality output.
- Ensure that developers have all the information they need in a timely manner so that projects can be delivered to timescales.
- Support the design, test and implementation of new processes and system improvements.
Your skills and qualifications:
Essential:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a business analyst.
- Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to investigate, to think logically and reason out problems.
- Understanding of the design of complex solutions across enterprise applications and how those solutions can support design and manufacturing business processes.
- Experience of delivering a requirement and solution specification to the development team.
- Experience of managing and implementing business and process change.
Desirable:
- Experience with SQL/Data manipulation & analysis.
- Experience within complex engineering or manufacturing projects.
- Certification in Business Analysis (BSC/ISEB)
What we're looking for in you:
An organised individual with an eye for accuracy who has good experience of managing and delivering a variety of projects. You’ll be accustomed to gathering information and interpreting the data to develop logical and creative solutions to business problems.
You will have a positive attitude, professional demeanour and strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Excellent organisational and time-management skills will be required for this role. In this role it is key you can communicate effectively with both business and technical teams.
Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
Our Naval Ships business
We design and manufacture a range of naval ships and state of the art combat systems and equipment, giving customers the capability to fulfil extensive naval operations. From offshore patrol vessels through to the latest City Class Type 26 frigates that we are building for the UK Royal Navy, and the Australian Hunter Class and Canadian Surface Combatant, we are a business that operates on a truly global platform and can offer a wide range of opportunities where you can play your part in these challenging and exciting projects.
Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK naval engineering business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent and we welcome applications from a diverse range of people, from all backgrounds, with many different skills, experience and perspectives. We offer the flexibility you need to do what’s important to you, whether that’s job sharing, home working, or simply the ability to flex your start and stop times. Where practical, we’ll support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your full potential.
We recognise that an inclusive and diverse workplace – where all employees feel respected, valued, and able to achieve their full potential – is vitally important. Not only does it inspire creativity and collaboration, but it’s also good for business. We celebrate our differences and believe our diverse skills, abilities and perspectives strengthen our culture and our overall performance.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people.
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/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.