Guidant Global | Senior Configuration Engineer

23 hours ago


Stevenage Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Guidant Global Full time

Our client, a valued partner of the UK Ministry of Defence, is looking for an experienced Senior Configuration Engineer. In this role, you will support a dynamic team of over 30 Configuration specialists, working across various products, packages, and life cycles in a multi-national environment.

Key Responsibilities:

The Senior Configuration Engineer is a key player in supporting the Configuration Manager across various projects. This role involves taking charge of Product Definition and Configuration Management for minor projects or significant components of larger projects. It requires a proactive approach and a strong commitment to order and quality, ensuring the integrity of all design elements for the products.

What do you need?:

  • Demonstrates excellent team spirit and the ability to work collaboratively, adding value through contributions.
  • Possesses a high level of knowledge in Configuration Management principles and their application within a demanding yet professional engineering environment.
  • Maintains a strong concern for order and quality.
  • Exhibits excellent communication skills across all levels, including verbal, written, and electronic.
  • Builds rapport with stakeholders and positively promotes the Configuration Management group through a supportive and proactive approach with internal customers.
  • Proactive, flexible, and enthusiastic.
  • Capable of planning and delivering own workload efficiently.
  • Aware of relevant internal and external customer requirements and standards.
  • Highly proficient in IT literacy.

Additional skills:

  • Integrate engineering input into the design definition and structure using the company PLM tool, Windchill.
  • Manage accurate design definitions for multiple product variants and implement engineering changes effectively.
  • Review engineering changes to ensure adherence to business processes and project controls, approving or rejecting changes as necessary.
  • Provide draft updates to Configuration Management documents ahead of review periods.
  • Prepare comprehensively and timely for Configuration Meetings, supplying data to the Configuration Manager and project team as per agreed timelines.
  • Ensure control of project design definitions throughout development, production, and in-service phases, providing comprehensive status accounting information to customers.
  • Establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders and act as the focal point for day-to-day activities with project and engineering teams.
  • Offer support and guidance on Engineering Change methodologies relevant to the product or equipment lifecycle, ensuring processes are agreed upon, documented, and practiced.

Security Clearance :

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by our clients Security Team.

More about the role:

For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air.

This role is based at our client's headquarters in Stevenage, a key location for missile operations. The site offers excellent transportation links, an onsite gym, and a coffee shop. Training and development opportunities are available to all employees.

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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