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Configuration Engineer

Job Posted: 22 days ago

Salary: £ 50,000 - 55,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Expire in: 6 days

Job Description

Configuration Engineer

Buckinghamshire – 4 days pw on site

**SC Clearance is required for this role**

Copello are working with a defence client who are looking for a Configuration Engineer to create, implement and maintain change of configured items for legacy and development products. You will support the engineering function’s transition to SolidWorks Manage PLM system, ensuring a considered and controlled roll out of the tool.

You will also manage the creation of data repositories and change workflows for projects. This includes managing and auditing the configuration baselines, creating and managing dashboards for progress of Change Requests, Problem Reports and Non-Conformance Reports within SolidWorks Manage. You will entail close collaboration with Engineering disciplines on drawings, bill of materials, firmware and other configured items. Along with supporting the Chief Engineer with customer deliverable documentation and ensure a consistent and unified approach alongside Document Control assistants.

Key Responsibilities

  * Apply aerospace configuration standards to company configured items

  * Manage the problem report and change notification process via dedicated PLM toolset (SolidWorks Manage)

  * Continuous improvement of the change management process

  * Run the Change Control Board with Aerospace configuration best practice

  * Generate and manage customer approvals and notifications of change

  * Ensure quality of our design documentation, providing guidance to design engineers and preparing/representing the team for quality audits

  * Governance and control of the company wide PDM/PLM systems, including its maintenance and development

  * Support document and drawing reviews and approvals

  * Manage configuration requirements relating to customer contracts

  * Generate customer-specific configuration management plans

Qualifications and Experience

Required:

  * Minimum of five years working in an aerospace/defence environment within an Engineering function, ideally in a configuration specialist role

  * Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant science or engineering discipline, or an equivalent level of industry experience

  * Experience with PDM/PLM & CM Tools (e.g. Windchill, AllChange, Solidworks Manage, etc)

Ideal:

  * Configuration Management certification, or similar qualification

  * Knowledge of Def Stan 05-057

  * Experience of SolidWorks Manage

  * CAD tools and drawing standards knowledge is preferred

If you feel you have the right skills and experience please apply now and we will be in touch for a further conversation

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