About the role
Provide leadership to ensure documented, controlled and auditable Configuration and Data Management processes and procedures are in place for all RSL programs.
A member of the Quality team supporting the procurement, assembly & test and delivery of quality compliant products and services.
To facilitate and support the identification, flow down and implementation of required customer, company and regulatory requirements.
To provide leadership for the CM department and support and drive development of people within the team.
Support financial requirements for programs and bids.
Skills and Experience
- Experience within Manufacturing and/or Quality / Engineering organization.
- Thorough understanding of configuration and data management processes and procedures.
- Experienced in people management, proven success in managing a team.
- Good level of customer knowledge (i.e. product & requirements).
- Conversant with requirements of AS9100
Desired Qualifications
- Internal Auditor or training to AS9100.
- Professional Configuration management-based qualification.
- Knowledge of CCA manufacturing.
- CAM trained – Knowledgeable in Earned Value and EAC process.
- Knowledge of ITAR, security restrictions and markings.
Competencies
- People Management Experience, including coaching / mentoring / promotion of teamwork.
- Proactive and influential.
- Reliable and conscientious.
- Knowledgeable in process improvement / problem solving.
- Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail.Loan to fix closing tags
- Ability to review, plan and deliver to customer requirements.
- Excellent communicator - written, verbal and listening skills.
- Competent use of the Microsoft Office suite of applications.
- Experience in creation of agenda / minutes and chairing meetings.
- Experience of working with multi discipline teams.
- Good presentation skills.
Responsibilities
- Administer Configuration and Data Management to support company contracts in line with RSL processes and practices, customer requirements and program security requirements.
- Monitor and control CM/ DM activities against plan to ensure customer requirements and targets are met within allocated budget and take corrective action as necessary.
- Management of people including performance management, development, coaching/mentoring & promotion of teamwork.
- Interface and communicate with program, functional areas and customers to support the goals of the business.
- Support external accreditation body, customer & internal audits.
- Ensure effective & timely closure of actions received from Audit NC's/internal 8D's/customer complaints. Defect investigation to identify and address root cause and implement corrective action.
- Ensuring integrity of products, materials and processes to satisfy business, customer and regulatory requirements.
- Generation, review and maintenance of Configuration and Data Management Plans as defined within the relevant program documentation (As required).
- Population and maintenance of the MRP & Manufacturing Management systems to support program requirements.
- Creation and maintenance of program baselines.
- Establish and chair the Configuration Control Board (CCB) in accordance with the Configuration Management Plan (CMP), the CCB Procedure and customer requirements.
- Release, verify and control program artifacts to support business requirements.
- Create and maintain various program reports and metrics relating to CM (Configuration Management) and DM (Data Management).
- Archive and maintain customer and RSL Hardware and Software artifacts in a suitable Data Management repository per program requirements.
- Create and conduct configuration audits to support program requirements as defined within the relevant CM and/or other program plans (as required).
- Support the use of the company life cycle management system.
- Provide input to business bids and proposals.
- Provide input to program budgets through the EAC process.
- Proactively identify and communicate process improvements and support company improvement initiatives.
- Promote continuous Improvement, through best practise, problem solving & education to prevent & resolve issues and remove non value add processes.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries.
- 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
- Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
- 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
- Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work among others.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
Work Culture
- 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
- Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
- A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
- Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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