Change Control Manager

Pratt & Whitney; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is looking for a Change Control Manager. This role, primarily home-based, requires overseeing change management processes for a complex training project with responsibilities such as managing impact assessments and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in engineering environments, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and the ability to communicate effectively. Competitive salaries and benefits, with opportunities for personal development, are offered.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus statutory holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme

Flexible Benefits scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Car allowance

Qualifications

• 5+ years delivering change in engineering environments.
• Experience chairing change control boards on multi-supplier programmes.
• Willingness to work out of hours as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead Change Control processes ensuring compliance.
• Manage end-to-end change flow including assessments.
• Define and maintain baseline sets across development cycle.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Configuration management

Change knowledge management

Education

5+ years in complex engineering

SC clearance capability

Tools

PLM/ALM tools

DOORS

JIRA

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-01-13

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Near Reading

Position Role Type: Unspecified

Delta Change Control Manager

Location

Primarily home-based but must be prepared to travel to support internal and customer meetings

Contract

Permanent Full time (37 hours)

SC UKEO

Raytheon UK

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we’re building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

About the Role

Project Delta is seeking a Change Control Manager as part of a programme engineering team to undertake activities within a major and complex training project. The Change Control Manager will be responsible for the multi-organisation Change Control on behalf of the Chief Engineer and run top-down and bottom-up impact assessments spanning the company, suppliers, and the customer—keeping baselines and baseline sets accurate, auditable, and aligned to delivery.

Skills and Experience

Requirements

• Track record (5+ years) delivering change in complex engineering/training environments and chairing CCB/CRB on multi-supplier programmes.
• Strong configuration management grounding (e.g., ISO 10007, EIA-649, Def Stan 05-57) and practical Change Control in tooling in PLM/ALM.
• Working knowledge of gated delivery and V-Model (ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288), with V&V/VVRM and release governance experience.
• Experience of defining and managing Bill of Materials (BoMs)
• Excellent stakeholder management from end-user, customer, shop-floor to senior customer; crisp written/oral communication and facilitation skills.
• Benefits-realisation mindset with measurable adoption and outcomes focus.
• Frequent use and application of Change and Knowledge Management principles, theories and concepts on large or complex projects.
• A working knowledge of CMMI and ISO 9000 requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to work out of hours on occasion.
• Possessed of, or capable of obtaining, SC.
• Sole UK national

Desirable

• DSAT/JSP 822 and enterprise learning architecture (LMS/LCMS, assessment, evaluation).
• PRINCE2/MSP/Agile expertise; ITIL or Lean/Six Sigma
• Experience in complex solutions for large government organisations or private corporations using a diverse engineering and technology team.
• Experience of Change & Configuration Management tool migration projects.
• Experience of leading and delivering structured improvement projects.
• Proficient in the evaluation of programme documents for impact to CM processes.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of all Change Control Management processes on the project to ensure change compliance. This includes the change planning, identification, impact analysis, control, status accounting and auditing for development and operational systems.
• Responsible for and lead end-to-end change flow, from screening, impact assessments, disposition (approve/reject/defer), implementation, verification and closure.
• Define and administer dual-angle impact assessments for every change, from top-down: capability, mission, safety/security, operational readiness, customer benefits/risks, to bottom-up: configured items (hardware/software), Bill of Materials (BOM)/Product Breakdown Structures (PBS)/Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Requirements, Interfaces/Interface Control Documents (ICD), Data & Documents, Validation & Verification (V&V), Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)/support, training and courseware.
• Quantify impacts of change on cost, schedule, performance and risk with input from the wider organisation.
• Publish decisions, actions and metrics on change.
• Responsible for the definition and maintenance of baseline sets, working with owners to identify and control baselines across the development cycle including: requirements, design, build, V&V, training, data and ILS baselines.
• Maintain an effective baseline update schedule aligned to the ITS Delivery Plan.
• Ensure every approved change updates the correct baseline(s) and dependent baseline sets with closed-loop verification.
• Integrate change and baseline decisions into SRR/PDR/CDR/TRR/FAT/SAT/UAT/Handover with explicit entry/exit criteria and adoption sign-offs.
• Synchronise releases with Engineering, Software, Courseware and & Media, Safety/Security, ILS and Operations.
• Run supplier–customer impact workshops; maintain auditable RAIDO, decisions, minutes and actions.
• Deliver clear exec reporting (readiness, adoption, benefits, risk), and lead change champion/coach networks.
• Translate change impacts into role-based learning (courses, micro-learning, simulations, job aids) and update the Training Baseline.
• Use PLM/ALM and analytics (e.g. DOORS, Teamcenter, Windchill, JIRA, Power BI) to drive evidence-based decisions.
• Capture lessons learned and embed change into BAU support and service models.
• Synchronise releases with Courseware and Media
• Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’.
• Any other duties required to meet the needs of the programme.

Benefits and Work Culture

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 amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

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!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• 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

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

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