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Engineering Configuration Manager

Job Posted: 15 days ago

Salary: £ 28.41 - 38 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: Filton, South Gloucestershire

Expire in: 13 days

Job Description

Engineering Configuration Manager

Location: Bristol (Hybrid – 60% onsite, increasing to 80% onsite from September)
Rate: £38.00 per hour Umbrella / £28.41 per hour PAYE
Contract: Until July 2027 with strong likelihood of extension
Hours: 35 hours per week over 4.5 days
Security Clearance: BPSS+ (to be completed by the client)

We are recruiting for an experienced Engineering Configuration Manager to join a leading aerospace engineering organisation on a long-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly collaborative engineering environment, supporting complex aircraft programmes and playing a key role in engineering change and configuration management activities.

Working within a cross-functional team, you will be responsible for driving engineering configuration activities across the full product lifecycle, ensuring changes are delivered efficiently while maintaining compliance, quality and programme objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  * Manage engineering configuration and change management activities from initial proposal through to implementation.

  * Coordinate engineering change process deliverables across multiple stakeholders.

  * Support configuration management activities throughout the aircraft lifecycle.

  * Collaborate with Engineering, Programme, Manufacturing, Airworthiness and other business functions to ensure programme milestones are achieved.

  * Identify risks, manage priorities and implement corrective actions where required.

  * Support continuous improvement initiatives and digital transformation projects.

  * Champion configuration management best practice across engineering teams.

  * Provide guidance and support to multidisciplinary teams on configuration processes and methods.

  * Support workload planning to ensure delivery commitments are maintained.

Key Skills & Experience

We're looking for candidates with strong experience in engineering configuration management and end-to-end engineering change processes.

Essential experience includes:

  * Proven experience managing engineering configuration or technical change processes.

  * Strong understanding of end-to-end Configuration Management (CM).

  * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

  * Experience coordinating engineering changes across multiple teams and disciplines.

  * Ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced engineering environment.

  * Aerospace experience is highly desirable, although candidates from other highly regulated engineering sectors will also be considered.

Desirable experience:

  * Product Data Management (PDM) tools.

  * Configuration management toolsets.

  * Engineering digitalisation or automation experience.

  * Python or SQL knowledge.

  * Experience using Skywise or similar digital platforms.

  * Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.

Ideal Background

Suitable candidates may currently be working as:

  * Engineering Configuration Manager

  * Configuration Manager

  * Engineering Change Manager

  * Change Process Manager

  * Engineering Change Coordinator

  * Product Configuration Manager

Experience within aerospace is preferred; however, candidates from defence, automotive, rail, marine or other complex engineering environments with transferable configuration management expertise are encouraged to apply.

If you have a strong background in engineering configuration management and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd like to hear from you. Apply today with your latest CV for immediate consideration

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