ILS Engineer

Fortress Recruit Limited; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortress Recruit Limited is recruiting an ILS Engineer in Fareham to support a major asset refresh programme. You will model reliability, supportability and sustainment using engineering data, helping inform investment decisions and reduce long-term asset risk.

You'll work with Engineering, Asset Management, Projects and Supply Chain, delivering insights via Excel and Power BI and advising on whole life costing and lifecycle decisions. Hybrid working and a competitive package are on offer.

Qualifications

• Experience in ILS, Asset Management or related discipline with data analysis skills.
• Ability to model reliability, sustainment and lifecycle decisions using data.
• Strong Excel and Power BI experience for engineering/financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Produce Reliability Block Diagrams and reports to verify MTBF/MTBR.
• Analyse asset data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Develop Excel and Power BI models to support decisions.
• Provide analytical support to asset refresh programmes.
• Support spares scaling to optimise spend and reduce risk.
• Model sustainment options using real-world and theoretical data.
• Contribute to whole life cost analyses and assess financial impact.
• Present findings clearly to Asset Managers and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Service Management and Projects to manage asset risks.

Skills

ILS / Asset Management

Reliability engineering

Systems engineering

Safety engineering

Engineering data analysis

MTBF / MTBR concepts

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Tools

Power BI

SAP

FMEA/FMECA

Fault Tree Analysis

Job description

Fortress Recruit is supporting a leading Defence Services business in the recruitment of an ILS Engineer to join their team on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical engineering professional to play a key role in supporting a major asset refresh programme, while helping shape long term sustainment and asset management decisions through engineering data, modelling and analysis.

Working across Engineering, Asset Management, Projects and Supply Chain, you'll use real world and theoretical engineering data to model reliability, supportability and sustainment options, providing insight that helps inform investment decisions and reduce long term asset risk.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Producing Reliability Block Diagrams and associated reliability reports to verify MTBF and MTBR assumptions
• Analysing engineering and asset data to identify trends, risks and opportunities
• Developing Excel and Power BI models to support engineering, asset management and project decisions
• Providing analytical support to a major asset refresh programme
• Supporting spares ranging and scaling activity to optimise spend and reduce supply and availability risk
• Modelling different sustainment options using real world and theoretical data
• Supporting whole life cost analysis and assessing the financial impact of engineering and asset management decisions
• Providing clear recommendations and technical insight to Asset Managers and wider stakeholders
• Working with Engineering, Supply Chain, Service Management and Project teams to identify and manage asset risks

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Experience in ILS, Asset Management, Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering or a related discipline
• Demonstrable experience in engineering data analysis, modelling or analytics
• Experience producing or interrogating Reliability Block Diagrams and reliability analysis
• Knowledge of MTBF, MTBR, reliability, availability and maintainability concepts
• Advanced Excel skills with experience building engineering, financial or analytical models
• Experience working with large datasets and translating analysis into meaningful recommendations
• An understanding of whole life costing and lifecycle support
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• The ability to communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Eligibility for SC clearance (5 years' UK residency with no visa or sponsorship requirement)

Experience within Air Traffic Management, defence, aerospace, aviation or another safety critical engineering environment would be advantageous. Experience with Power BI, ServiceNow, SAP, FMEA/FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis or other engineering modelling tools would also be beneficial.

The role is offered on a full-time basis, 37 hours a week in Fareham, Hampshire and offers hybrid working arrangements. The salary is offering up to £47,500 DoE, plus bonus and benefits package as well as an opportunity to train and develop further within the role.