Configuration Manager

Copello Global; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Performance bonuses

Professional development

Hybrid working

Relocation assistance

Job summary

A leading defence consulting firm is seeking a Senior Partnership Delivery Consultant to lead a team in Configuration Management. This role involves ensuring functional excellence in highly regulated defence projects and providing guidance to engineers. Candidates must have a strong background in Configuration Management and leadership experience. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Configuration Management within defence or aerospace sectors.
• Deep understanding of configuration principles across product lifecycles.
• Proven leadership experience and ability to manage a team.
• Familiarity with defence regulations and export controls.
• Degree-qualified or equivalent technical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of engineers focusing on safety and performance.
• Own delivery of the Configuration capability across multiple programmes.
• Act as functional lead on high-impact projects, ensuring quality and compliance.
• Act as functional lead on high‑impact projects, planning deliverables and ensuring quality and cost.
• Develop and improve Config processes, ensuring Defence Standard 05-057 compliance.

Skills

Configuration Management

Leadership

Resource Management

Familiarity with defence regulations

Defense Standards

Education

Degree-qualified or equivalent technical experience

Job description

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Senior Partnership Delivery Consultant - Copello

Configuration Engineering Lead – Defence

Location: Surrey

SC Clearance Required | Hybrid & Flexible Working

Copello are working with a leading defence client who are looking for an experienced Configuration Engineering Manager. You will be responsible for leading a key function within a highly regulated, mission-driven defence environment.

In this pivotal role, you’ll ensure functional excellence across the Configuration Management capability — shaping strategy, leading a high-performing team, and playing a hands-on role in the UK’s most advanced defence projects.

The role:

• Lead & Develop Talent – Line manage and mentor a team of 2–5 engineers, ensuring safety, performance, and professional growth.
• Functional Excellence – Own delivery of the Configuration capability across multiple programmes, ensuring alignment with engineering plans and business goals.
• Capability Building – Identify skills gaps, deliver training, and manage tools and assets to ensure cutting-edge Config performance.
• Project Leadership – Act as functional lead on high-impact projects, planning and reviewing deliverables, and ensuring quality, compliance, and delivery to time and cost.
• Process Ownership – Develop, implement, and continuously improve Config processes, ensuring compliance with industry standards such as Defence Standard 05-057.

Experience:

• Strong background in Configuration Management within defence, aerospace, or maritime sectors
• Deep understanding of config principles across product lifecycles (design, docs, software, data)
• Proven leadership and resource management experience
• Familiarity with defence regulations and export controls
• Degree-qualified or equivalent technical experience
• Impact – Directly support the UK’s national defence and naval operations
• Innovation – Work with pioneering technologies across sovereign software and command & control systems
• Flexibility – Hybrid working, every other Friday off, relocation assistance
• Benefits – Private healthcare, performance bonuses, professional development

UK Citizenship & ability to gain SC clearance are essential.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management, Strategy/Planning, and Engineering

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Airlines and Aviation

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