Configuration Manager
Posted Today by Certain Advantage
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Summary: World Class Defence Organisation in Stevenage is seeking a Configuration Manager subcontractor for an initial 12-month hybrid contract. The role involves providing technical support to the Configuration Management team and ensuring effective processes are in place for product data control. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry and a strong technical understanding of product lifecycles. This position requires collaboration across multiple projects to foster a positive working culture and deliver technical excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work transversely across multiple business projects to ensure consistent and comprehensive CM approach.
- Understand individual project status and milestones before coaching required technical practice to support CM deliverables.
- Gain a robust understanding of specific business CM processes before supporting the expression and embedding of these within project.
- Grow CM knowledge and expertise throughout Configuration Management group.
- Work collaboratively with CM Group Lead and CM team members, providing assertive advice and technical direction, whilst fostering a supportive and positive working culture.
Key Skills:
- A proven track record of experience within engineering organisations or operational domains, with a strong technical understanding of a product lifecycle and its key delivery milestones.
- Significant Configuration Management experience within the Aerospace or Defence industry. Past performance of leading Configuration Management activities on engineering programmes.
- Ability to problem solve, define best practice and build Configuration Management effectiveness in order to successfully control product data across multiple projects, through development and production phases.
- Appreciation of product lifecycle management processes and tools to provide efficient, controlled evolution of product data.
- Passion for coaching and developing others through the sharing and delivery of knowledge, information and best practice.
- Understanding of how to satisfy and compliment external standards through healthy and efficient business processes.
Salary (Rate): £50 Hourly
City: Stevenage
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Configuration Manager subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. The role will be a hybrid position of 1-2 days in office, rest of the week remote.
Rate: £50 per hour
Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at 'time and a quarter'
Location: Stevenage
Hybrid/Remote working: The role will be 1-2 days per week onsite
Duration: 12 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
Interview process: Two stage interview process, telephone and video interview.
Description/Job SummaryConfiguration Management is pivotal to the companies success in developing and delivering engineered products to our customers and frontline users. Through the controlled application and compliance of processes, we give our programmes confidence and assurance in all products that we produce.
The department are seeking an experienced Configuration professional with an ability to provide technical support to the Configuration Management team. Your ability to build networks and foster strong relationships with the team to review, develop and deliver Configuration Management processes and procedures, as well as supporting and technically coaching project Configuration Managers to deliver technical excellence contributing towards the overall success of our business programmes.
What we're looking for;
- A proven track record of experience within engineering organisations or operational domains, with a strong technical understanding of a product lifecycle and its key delivery milestones.
- Significant Configuration Manage experience within the Aerospace or Defence industry. Past performance of leading Configuration Management activities on engineering programmes.
- Ability to problem solve, define best practice and build Configuration Management effectiveness in order to successfully control product data across multiple projects, through development and production phases.
- Appreciation of product lifecycle management processes and tools to provide efficient, controlled evolution of product data.
- Passion for coaching and developing others through the sharing and delivery of knowledge, information and best practice.
- Understanding of how to satisfy and compliment external standards through healthy and efficient business processes.
Responsibilities
- Work transversely across multiple business projects to ensure consistent and comprehensive CM approach.
- Understand individual project status and milestones before coaching required technical practice to support CM deliverables.
- Gain a robust understanding of specific business CM processes before supporting the expression and embedding of these within project.
- Grow CM knowledge and expertise throughout Configuration Management group.
- Work collaboratively with CM Group Lead and CM team members, providing assertive advice and technical direction, whilst fostering a supportive and positive working culture.
