Configuration Manager - Inside IR35 contractor 6m

Safran Engineering Services; Pitstone; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish on a Friday (midday)

Onsite canteen

Job summary

Safran Engineering Services in the UK is seeking a Configuration Manager for a 6-month contractor role Inside IR35, onsite in Pitstone. You will lead configuration management activities across the product lifecycle, ensuring data integrity and traceability within the PLM tool.

You will plan CM for new and existing projects, write and maintain the CM Plan, manage CI/BOM in PLM, coordinate change control boards as Co-Chair, and release configuration documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years Configuration Management experience in a rigorous engineering/technical or data management environment.
• Working knowledge of CM Standards: ISO10007.
• Experience in Aerospace, Space, Military, Automotive, or Petro-Chemical Industry.
• Excellent logical thinker.

Responsibilities

• Perform CM planning for new and existing projects, defining an effective tailored CM Implementation.
• Write and maintain the CM Plan in accordance with Safran policies and contractual/tender requirements.
• Implement the Approved CM Plan within the Project lifecycle.
• Create and manage Configuration Items (CI's), Product Structures & Bill of Materials (BOM) in the PLM tool.
• Participate in design/stage reviews (PDR, CDR) and related CM activities.
• Establish and maintain configuration baselines (FBL, ABL, PBL).
• Implement the configuration change system and manage Change Control Boards as Co-Chair.
• Coordinate and control the configuration change process and ensure traceability end-to-end.
• Establish, maintain and release milestone Configuration Documentation.

Skills

Configuration Management

ISO 10007

Aerospace industry

Analytical thinking

Documentation control

Tools

PLM software

Job description

Join Safran Engineering Services as a Configuration Manager and become part of a growing team delivering innovative engineering solutions. The role will be initially 6m contractor role Inside IR35 with a potential to become a permanent role in the future. Based onsite in Pitstone, you will be at the heart of configuration management activities, ensuring project data is accurately controlled and maintained throughout the product lifecycle. As a key member of the team, you will oversee the management of configuration items within the company's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool, working closely with stakeholders and the UK Configuration Management Leader to maintain data integrity, traceability, and compliance.

You will perform CM planning for new and existing projects, defining an effective tailored CM Implementation, to meet Business/Customer specific Configuration requirements. You will support the identification of contract/subcontract requirements to ensure effective CM performance of partners and suppliers. You will write and maintain the CM Plan in accordance with Safran policies and contractual/tender requirements and implement the Approved CM Plan within the Project

You will participate in the creation and management of Configuration Item (CI's), Product Structures & Bill of Materials (BOM's) in Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) tool. as well as in the design / stage reviews (Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design review (CDR)...).

You will be responsible for the establishment & maintenance of configuration baselines (for example Functional Baseline (FBL), Allocated Baseline (ABL), Product Baseline (PBL)). You will implement the configuration change management system and manage internal Change Control Boards (CCBs) as Co-Chair, co-ordinate and control the configuration change process for all change activity and ensure design change is traceable throughout design and implementation from End-2-End. You will establish, maintain and release the milestone Configuration Documentation to track design evolution and implementation, to capture, verify and control configuration information.

Full Configuration Management knowledge is required in:

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years Configuration Management experience in a rigorous engineering/technical or data management environment
• Working knowledge of CM Standards: ISO10007
• Experience in Aerospace, Space, Military, Automotive, or Petro-Chemical Industry
• Excellent logical thinker

Benefits

• Early finish on a Friday (midday)
• Onsite canteen