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SC Cleared Senior Configuration Engineer

Click Digital
Posted 24 days ago, valid for 21 days
Location

Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG2 7BG

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • We are seeking a SC Cleared Senior Configuration Engineer for a leading defence organization based in Stevenage, offering a hybrid work model with two days on-site and three days remote.
  • The role involves supporting the Configuration Manager in managing product definitions and configuration management for projects, requiring a proactive approach and high attention to detail.
  • Candidates should possess strong teamwork skills, a deep understanding of Configuration Management principles, and excellent communication abilities across various levels.
  • The position requires a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a similar engineering environment, along with high IT literacy and familiarity with PLM tools like Windchill.
  • This is an umbrella contract role classified as Inside IR35, with a competitive salary of £60,000 to £70,000 per annum.
We are recruiting for a SC Cleared Senior Configuration Engineer for a leading defence organisation based in Stevenage,This is a Hybrid role with 2 days on site, 3 days WFH.Overview of department:Supporting a dynamic team of 30 + Configuration specialists across multiple products, packages and life cycles in a multi-national environment. Responsibilities:The Senior Configuration Engineer is responsible for supporting the Configuration Manager of any given Project, including responsibility for the Product definition and/or Configuration Management of a minor project or major parts of a project. Tasks will require a level of initiative and require a high concern for order and quality to maintain the integrity of all elements which constitute the design for the companies products.Skillset/experience required:
  • Excellent Team Spirit and ability to work as part of a team and add value through contribution.
  • High level of knowledge regarding principles of Configuration Management and the application of these within and demanding yet professional engineering environment.
  • High concern for order and quality
  • Excellent Communication Skills – Verbal, Written, Electronic, across all levels
  • The ability to build rapport with stakeholders as well as positively promote the Configuration Management group through supportive and pro-active approach with internal customers.
  • Pro-active, flexible and enthusiastic
  • Ability to plan and deliver own workload.
  • Awareness of relevant internal and external customer requirements and standards.
  • High degree of IT literacy
  • Reflection of engineering input, through the engineering change process, into the design definition / structure, utilising the company PLM tool Windchill.
  • Managing, on behalf of project, the correct design definitions for potentially multiple product variants. Successfully implementing engineering changes against the appropriate instances.
  • Review of engineering changes for respective project to ensure business process is applied and approbation controls laid out by projects are adhered to. Acceptance or Rejection of changes as appropriate.
  • Provision of draft Configuration Management document updates to the project Configuration Manager ahead of the appropriate review period.
  • Comprehensive and timely preparation for Configuration Meetings. Provision of data to Configuration Manager and project team against agreed timescales ahead of associated meetings.
  • Ensure control of project design definitions are adhered to across the development, production and in-service phases to provide comprehensive status accounting information to customer
  • Working relationships with key stakeholders established. Focal point of contact for day to day activities with project and engineering teams
  • Support and guidance to project areas with regards to applicable Engineering Change methodologies appropriate to the product or equipment lifecycle. Engineering changes processes agreed, documented and in practice.
This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35.

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