Senior Configuration Engineer

Company: Gold Group Ltd
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Location: Rochester
Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Configuration Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent – 4 days on site

Role Type: Permanent

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 per annum depending on experience

Our client, an established electronics manufacturing firm in Rochester, require an experienced Senior Configuration Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team specialising in Aerospace electronics.

The Senior Configuration Engineer will ensure that the company configuration management procedures are implemented across all products in a considered and consistent manner, in accordance with company procedures

Candidates would need to have lived & worked in the UK for 5+ years and be eligible for BPSS security clearance.

What the role of the Senior Configuration Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Senior Configuration Engineer will include:

  • Ensure that Configuration Management (CM) requirements are disseminated across all contracted projects
  • Liaise with Customers to define, clarify, and correctly interpret CM specifications and requirements
  • Proactively advise and support programs on all aspects of CM, being the interface for documentation management and control
  • Provide bid support through the generation of estimates in-accordance-with CM estimating metrics
  • Regularly review resource requirement, project planning and contribute to process improvements
  • Manage and maintain project status data within your area of responsibility

What experience you need to be the successful Senior Configuration Engineer:

  • An applied understanding of the key elements of Configuration Management (CM) and be able to support audits
  • Capability of applying industry CM standards requirements
  • Conversant with CMII process model
  • Ability to apply configuration identification techniques as to provide guidance to project and engineering teams
  • Demonstrable expertise in configuration status accounting
  • Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing, and full project lifecycles

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Configuration Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

Posted: June 1st, 2026