Project Configuration Manager
Contract up to 01/04/2027
Based in Filton
Offering £40ph Inside IR35
Do you have experience in configuration management?
Do you have an understanding of change processes?
Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?
If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!
As the Project Configuration Manager, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.
You will be involved in:
- Act as the Project Change Leader (PCL) for Changes in the Wing perimeter, and be a leader of the Multi-Functional Team (MFT)
- Responsible to lead and coordinate all required contributors (engineering, chief engineering, manufacturing engineering, procurement, supply chain, customer services, product offer, FAL, Finance/Finance Control, Configuration experts…) during the Change Request lifecycle
- Drive the Change Request through the Full Change Process, building up a full dossier including budget coverage, technical impacts, manufacturing impacts, supply chain impacts, costs, schedule, point of embodiment, risks & opportunities
- Lead the alignment across functions and suppliers to negotiate, arbitrate, ensure progress and solve conflicts
- Accountable for the correct implementation of the change on the aircraft, according to the Decision Board mandate, on time, on cost and on quality
- Manage the inflow, workload and prioritisation in dialogue with other functions
- Highlight issues and risks, propose recovery plans if needed and escalate internally
- Report status and progress in business review for the portfolio (progress, risks, planning)
- Identify activities to offload through subcontracting
- Identifies Risks & Opportunities to be raised in ARM (Aircraft Risk Management)
- Define mitigation and action plans and regularly report on progress and status, in coordination with the local Risk & Opps representative
- The jobholder also acts as Central Program representative in the Alternative Material Concession Crisis (AMCC) Board to ensure the pro-active and consistent management of obsolescence and material shortages.
Your skillset may include:
- Degree in engineering or equivalent with proven experience
- Knowledge of the overall configuration management process (CM certification would be a plus)
- Project Management skills (PM certification would be a plus)
- Airframe engineering knowledge
- Ability to negotiate and take initiative
If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!