Configuration Engineer

Southampton - 12 month contract - Pay rate £48.50 p/h Ltd or Umbrella or £41.97 PAYE including holiday pay

This role is for a Configuration Engineer based in Southampton.

The role includes reviewing customer CM & PDM requirements; identifying applicable Technical, Physical and Procedural controls and defining associated requirements; authoring Configuration Management plans; conducting, documenting and managing configuration control boards where required and helping to develop and manage robust product design and build standard control.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Managing CM related activates required by the company PDM system (Team Centre)
• Definition of Configuration requirements derived from Customer requirements, Company requirements and emergent properties of the design.
• Liaising with all areas of the business on project CM related issues.
• Producing CM related metrics at project level to feed into CM at a functional level.

Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required

• Highly skilled in the knowledge of CM Management & Planning activities.
• Fully versed with the requirements of international CM & experienced in the development of such through interaction with customers, partners & suppliers
• Configuration Identification: Highly knowledgeable in configuration identification arena. Able to establish & apply configuration identification activities. Capable of generating & communicating the project requirements in line with the project need
• Configuration Change Management: Highly knowledgeable in configuration change management.
• Able to represent CM and run a CCB to confirm the business impact of proposed changes, & at international CCB to present company decisions.
• Capable of managing conflicts in business change decisions
• Configuration Status Accounting: Knowledgeable in managing the CSA activities & understanding the importance and need for verifying requests for CSA reports.
• Capable of defining & managing partner & subcontractor CSA information, analysing the information & supporting the production of metrics & KPI requirements
• Configuration Verification & Audit
• Reporting Skills
• Demonstrate Honesty & Integrity
• Not afraid to challenge IPTs& Senior Management on CM& PDM related issues
• Able to acquire new technical knowledge on the job with strong multitasking skills
• Excellent Communication & Presentation skills
• Strong & pragmatic problem solving approach

Additional information:
Please note all candidates must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance (SC level).