ILS Engineer

1 month ago


Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Hays Full time

Job title: ILS Engineer / Senior ILS Engineer

Location: Cambridgeshire / Hybrid (2-3 days per week)

Salary: Good salary, depending on level + 27 days holiday + 9% pension

Background to the role:

The opportunity to join an established and growing ILS team working on a new product line.

The project / product you will be responsible for:

Supporting critical deployments in the UK and overseas, you will play a pivotal role enhancing best practice, within a dynamic team.

With the size and complexity of this high profile role, it provides the opportunity to shape the future of our business and successful execution of a long-term strategy. In particular, this means to develop efficient systems to optimise Whole Life Cost (WLC) through increased mean time between failure (MTBF), decreased mean time to repair (MTTR), , decreased administrative logistic downtime (ALDT), reduced burden on equipment managers and support staff optimise the level of total cost of ownership (TCO) and operational availability.

This is also a fascinating opportunity to be a part of major defence projects within a growing company where you will see really tangible end-products.

The Role and Responsibilities:

  • To undertake the ILS tasks in accordance with Def Stan 00-600 and customer Requirements.
  • To author and develop ILS plans through to Customer acceptance and resulting implementation.
  • To influence the design to optimise to reduce TLC and increase supportability, recommending alternatives where necessary.
  • To undertake Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) tasks in accordance with Def Stan 00-40 and customer requirements.
  • To identify areas of the product design which could impact on the Reliability or Maintainability of that product and to recommend alternatives to ensure R&M targets are attainable.
  • To populate the Logistic Support Analysis Record with the analysis carried out in accordance with Def Stan 00-600. ASD S3000L and customer specifications.
  • To provide support to the Proposals Department in writing ILS plans for tender proposals.
  • To ensure tasks are completed to schedule; with a Customer accepted level of applied ILS; and, within the resources and costs allocated for the task.
  • To support other Integrated Support Activities such as Training Needs Analysis development and information for the development of Technical Publications.

Apply if you have most of the following:

  • Engineering Degree or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of MAX MRP System, Defence Standards and Environments.
  • Awareness of military support solutions, skills and capabilities.
  • A strong understanding of Quality Management and Control systems.
  • Knowledge and use of ILS, Supportability and R&M techniques (including Windchill-RELEX software).
  • Knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation Requirements.
  • Use computer packages: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PP and Project), MAX MRP System and Windchill (RELEX).
  • Use of ILS software – EAGLE, OmegaPS, OPUS10, SIMLOX or others.
  • Good written and verbal communication to clearly express views and ideas.
  • Ability to interact with all levels of staff both internally and externally.

Please contact Andy Pearson at andy.pearson@hays.com to find our more.

Due to the nature of this role, candidates must be eligible to gain UK (SC) security clearance without restrictions as all of these projects hold 'UK eyes only' security requirements.


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