Aerospace Configuration Engineer

Gold Group Ltd; Rochester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Group Ltd invites applications for an Aerospace Configuration Engineer in Rochester. The role focuses on implementing configuration management procedures across products, ensuring consistent CM practices, and aligning with company procedures.

You will be expected to work on-site in Rochester, with 4 days on site and security clearance eligibility. Candidates should have deep CM experience, including CMII processes, audits, and lifecycle knowledge, and be able to liaise with customers to

Qualifications

• Experience in applying CM principles across complex projects.
• Able to support CM audits and compliance checks.
• Knowledge of engineering and manufacturing lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Disseminate CM requirements across all contracted projects.
• Liaise with customers to define CM specifications and requirements.
• Advise and support programs on CM aspects; act as documentation interface.
• Provide bid support through CM estimating metrics.
• Review resource needs, planning, and contribute to process improvements.
• Manage and maintain project status data within your area.

Skills

Configuration Management

CMII process model

Audits

Job description

Job Title: Aerospace Configuration Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent - 4 days on site

Role Type: Permanent

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

The Aerospace 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 Aerospace Configuration Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Aerospace 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 Aerospace 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