ILS Engineer

Copello; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Copello is recruiting for an ILS & Sustainment Engineer in Hampshire, with a requirement for security clearance and occasional travel. The role focuses on technical assurance across asset management and sustainment strategies within a complex engineering environment.

Key activities include evaluating reliability, availability and maintainability data, identifying obsolescence and supplier risks, and delivering decision-ready analyses to support lifecycle reviews and asset refresh programmes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in ILS, asset management, sustainment or supportability engineering.
• Strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle and service management.
• Experience analysing reliability, availability and maintainability data.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent technical assurance across ILS, asset management and sustainment strategies.
• Assess reliability, availability, maintainability, spares, repair and support assumptions.
• Identify obsolescence, supplier and through-life support risks and recommend mitigations.
• Produce technical analysis, confidence assessments and decision-ready reporting.
• Support lifecycle reviews, asset refresh programmes and governance activities.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, projects, supply chain, logistics and service teams.
• Apply data analytics and digital tools to improve sustainment insight and reporting.

Skills

ILS/Sustainment

Asset management

Sustainment engineering

Reliability data

Excel

Power BI

Obsolescence

Whole-life cost

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

ILS & Sustainment Engineer

Location - Hampshire, 1 day a week.

Salary - Up to £47,500 plus package.

Copello have partnered with an established engineer in the recruitment of an ILS & Sustainment Engineer to provide technical assurance across asset management, lifecycle support and sustainment strategies within a complex engineering environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide independent technical assurance across ILS, asset management and sustainment strategies.
• Assess reliability, availability, maintainability, spares, repair and support assumptions.
• Identify obsolescence, supplier and through-life support risks and recommend mitigations.
• Produce technical analysis, confidence assessments and decision-ready reporting.
• Support lifecycle reviews, asset refresh programmes and governance activities.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, projects, supply chain, logistics and service teams.
• Apply data analytics and digital tools to improve sustainment insight and reporting.

About you:

• Degree or relevant professional qualification in Engineering, Science or a related discipline.
• Experience in ILS, asset management, sustainment or supportability engineering.
• Strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle and service management principles.
• Experience analysing reliability, availability and maintainability data.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with reporting/data analysis tools such as Power BI.
• Experience working within a project-focused engineering environment.
• Understanding of obsolescence, supplier risk and whole-life costing.
• ILS or Asset Management qualification desirable.
• Experience within defence, aerospace, aviation or another highly regulated engineering environment would be advantageous.

Security clearance is required for this position, with occasional travel to other operational sites and potentially overseas