Configuration Management Specialist (L2)

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Configuration Management Senior Associate to oversee critical CM activities. This role is pivotal in ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and quality assurance standards. You will facilitate change boards, perform impact analyses, and ensure the integrity of product configurations. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration, where your contributions will directly impact national security and defense solutions. If you are a self-starter with a passion for problem-solving in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Requires practical knowledge of job area and effective communication skills.
• Bachelor's Degree with 2 years experience in Configuration Management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage Configuration Management activities ensuring compliance with standards.
• Facilitate meetings and audits to maintain accurate product configurations.
• Perform impact analysis and ensure effective communication with stakeholders.

Skills

Effective communication

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Project scheduling

Interpreting engineering documentation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Graduate Degree in relevant field

6+ years of experience in Configuration Management

Tools

Automated CM tools (PLM or ERP applications)

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Configuration Management, Sr. Associate

Ref#: 23131

Location: Toronto, Ontario

About L3HARRIS WESCAM

As a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies and within the Integrated Mission Systems Segment, the WESCAM division develops the most advanced optical sensor and targeting systems for global defense and military sectors, National Security, Search & Rescue and Airborne law enforcement agencies. From long-range covert surveillance missions to search and rescue operations, our MX-series systems, and the mission systems solutions they are a part of, produce stabilized high-magnification electro-optical and infrared images from airborne, marine and ground based platforms, enabling our customers to see first and act first.

About the Role

The CM Sr Associate role is responsible for the Configuration Management (CM) activities, which ensure that all CM functions relative to identification, configuration change, status accounting and audits are maintained in accordance with contractual requirements, CM practices, and QA standards.

The CM Sr Associate must be facilitating all CM boards such as ECA (Enterprise Change Assessment), CRB (Change Review Board) and CIB (Change Implementation Board) as required. The CM specialist must be capable of supporting the analysis of a proposed Enterprise Change Request (ECR), and the implementation of approved ECRs to be incorporated into the product.

Primary Responsibilities

• Review proposed changes (ECRs) and request for variances (RFVs), identify affected projects/customers and ensure contractual requirements for configuration are fulfilled; collaborate with Program Management Office to identify customers with special configuration requirements. When required, ensure adequate information is available for customer review and approval.
• Perform impact analysis ensuring that all affected items are fully identified and listed on the ECR/CIM (Change Impact Matrix); Assign proper ECR category and class of change.
• Ensure the proposed changes are fully developed & assessed from a CM perspective (i.e. interchangeability, part number control, etc.) and verify that the details populated are clear, concise, and valid while meeting all defined requirements.
• Schedule ECA, CRB and CIB meetings as required; prepare and distribute agenda prior to meetings; record and distribute meeting minutes/actions post meeting.
• Facilitate ECA meetings; Ensure there is no mixed effectivity, and business impact, change effectivity, final material disposition, final cost of the change, etc. are appropriately captured in each ECR for further proceedings.
• Facilitate CRB meetings; Prepare ECRs for CRB ensuring sufficient information (benefits vs cost vs implementation) is available to CRB members to make an adequate business decision.
• Compile a detailed change implementation plan and schedule for approved ECRs.
• Facilitate the CIB meeting to review change implementation plans and schedules with the cross-functional team in order to identify and quantify risks to schedule, and mitigate the identified risks with CIB members.
• Audit the change packages to assure continuity between the old and new datasets, and for releasing the qualified datasets.
• Ensure accurate traceability of product configurations, and revise As-Built records based on change effectivity.
• Assess requests for variances (RFVs) to ensure that the departure from the approved configuration is clearly captured, CM requirements are fulfilled, and affected datasets & builds are appropriately identified; approve RFVs that meet CM requirements for further processing.
• Apply RFVs that are approved by designated reviewers to As-Built records.
• Troubleshoot and resolve discrepancies related to serialization between PLM and ERP.
• Ensure regular interface with internal customers to coordinate priorities, issue resolution or to provide guidance on CM processes and concepts; coordinate/chair meetings as required.
• Assist with the CM procedures maintenance; Support the FCA/PCA activities as required.
• Support the development/implementation of the departmental projects/goals.
• Other duties as required.

Required Capabilities

• An effective communicator, able to articulate complex solutions clearly and concisely.
• Ability to interpret engineering documentation, product structures, and terminology.
• Ability to create and manage detailed project schedules.
• Exercises independent judgment in selecting and interpreting information with a CM mindset, handling deviations from standard methods and resolving difficulties.
• Comfortable and effective within a fast paced business environment with rapidly changing, or at times, competing priorities.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Self-starter with ability to work on their own, and within a cross functional team.
• Working knowledge of automated CM tools (PLM or ERP applications).

Desired Education and Experiences

• Requires practical knowledge of job area.
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience in Configuration Management, or
• Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0-2 years of prior related experience in Configuration Management, or
• In lieu of a degree, 6 minimum of years of prior related experience in Configuration Management.
• Awareness of Configuration Management functions and CM Industry standard (EIA-649, ISO10007 etc.).
• CMII or CMPIC certification or other CM related Certification an asset.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Controlled Goods Program clearance.

At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive and equitable workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.

L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.