Principal Configuration Management Engineer

Babcock International; Stoke Gifford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor is seeking a Principal Configuration Management Engineer to support the Patria 6×6 armoured personnel carrier programme. This full-time role offers hybrid working arrangements and requires significant experience in configuration management within defence, aerospace, or automotive sectors. The successful candidate will lead critical processes, ensuring compliance with CM principles and collaborating across teams.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering work

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in configuration management within defence, aerospace, or automotive sectors.
• Strong understanding of CM principles and standards (e.g., ISO 10007, DEF STAN 05-57).

Responsibilities

• Lead the establishment and maintenance of configuration baselines across programmes.
• Manage engineering change control processes.
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure consistent CM practices.
• Maintain configuration records and ensure traceability of changes.
• Drive continuous improvement in configuration management processes.

Skills

Configuration management experience

Proficiency with CM tools

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional team leadership

Lifecycle management experience

Education

Degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

Windchill

Teamcenter

Job description

Overview

As a Principal Configuration Management Engineer, you will support our work on the Patria 6×6 armoured personnel carrier vehicle programme, following our agreement to be Patria's UK build partner. This is a high-profile opportunity to join a major defence programme, contributing to the delivery of a proven, NATO-backed platform for the British Army.

Responsibilities

• Leading the establishment and maintenance of configuration baselines across programmes
• Managing engineering change control processes including Change Requests, Notices, and Control Boards
• Collaborating with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to ensure consistent CM practices
• Maintaining accurate configuration records and ensuring traceability of requirements and design changes
• Driving continuous improvement in configuration management processes and tools

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience

• Significant experience in configuration management within defence, aerospace, or automotive sectors
• Proficiency with CM tools such as Windchill, Teamcenter, or similar PLM systems
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams
• Experience in lifecycle management and engineering change control

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, information systems, or a related technical discipline
• Strong understanding of CM principles and standards (e.g., ISO 10007, DEF STAN 05-57)

Security clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Location

At Babcock, Bristol or Plymouth site.

About us / Legal notices

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.