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Senior Partnership Delivery Consultant – Copello
Configuration Engineering Lead – Defence
Location: Surrey
SC Clearance Required | Hybrid & Flexible Working
Copello are working with a leading defence client who are looking for an experienced Configuration Engineering Manager. You will be responsible for leading a key function within a highly regulated, mission-driven defence environment.
In this pivotal role, you’ll ensure functional excellence across the Configuration Management capability — shaping strategy, leading a high-performing team, and playing a hands-on role in the UK’s most advanced defence projects.
The role:
- Lead & Develop Talent – Line manage and mentor a team of 2–5 engineers, ensuring safety, performance, and professional growth.
- Functional Excellence – Own delivery of the Configuration capability across multiple programmes, ensuring alignment with engineering plans and business goals.
- Capability Building – Identify skills gaps, deliver training, and manage tools and assets to ensure cutting-edge Config performance.
- Project Leadership – Act as functional lead on high-impact projects, planning and reviewing deliverables, and ensuring quality, compliance, and delivery to time and cost.
- Process Ownership – Develop, implement, and continuously improve Config processes, ensuring compliance with industry standards such as Defence Standard 05-057.
Experience:
- Strong background in Configuration Management within defence, aerospace, or maritime sectors
- Deep understanding of config principles across product lifecycles (design, docs, software, data)
- Proven leadership and resource management experience
- Familiarity with defence regulations and export controls
- Degree-qualified or equivalent technical experience
- Impact – Directly support the UK’s national defence and naval operations
- Innovation – Work with pioneering technologies across sovereign software and command & control systems
- Flexibility – Hybrid working, every other Friday off, relocation assistance
- Benefits – Private healthcare, performance bonuses, professional development
UK Citizenship & ability to gain SC clearance are essential.
Seniority level
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Job function
Management, Strategy/Planning, and Engineering
Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Airlines and Aviation
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