Product Configuration and Change Manager

Alstom; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A top engineering firm located in Derby is seeking a Product Configuration and Change Manager. This permanent role involves managing product configuration throughout its lifecycle, ensuring robust change management, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates should possess strong configuration management principles, experience with tools like PLM4A and DOORS, and excellent stakeholder management skills. Competitive salary around £65,000 DOE plus benefits, offering a dynamic and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Annual leave plus bank holidays

Comprehensive social coverage

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of configuration management principles, change control processes, and product lifecycle management.
• Proven experience supporting projects through all lifecycle phases.
• Excellent ability to analyse complex technical and organisational issues.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain product baseline and configuration control.
• Lead Product Change Control Boards to manage changes effectively.
• Support pre-tendering, project, and sustaining phases.

Skills

Knowledge of configuration management principles

Experience with digital tools for configuration management

Stakeholder management skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Tools

PLM4A

DOORS

PLEiADE

Job description

Req ID

508457

Location

Derby

Appointment Basis

Permanent

Apply by

05/02/2026

Salary

circa £65,000 DOE plus benefits

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

The Product Configuration and Change Manager (CCM) is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and evolving the product configuration baseline throughout the product lifecycle. This role ensures robust change management, configuration control, and traceability from pre-tendering through project execution and sustaining phases. The Product CCM acts as the guardian of product integrity, ensuring that all changes are controlled, documented, and aligned with business, technical, and customer requirements.

We’ll look to you for

Configuration Management

• Establish and maintain the product baseline as the base Configuration Item List.
• Ensure the consistency and integrity of the product baseline across all lifecycle stages (As-Offerable, As-Sold, As-Built, As-Required, As-Designed, As-Administered).
• Oversee the handover of As-Built configuration to Service teams.
• Maintain digital continuity and traceability between engineering, industrialisation, and service.

Change Control

• Lead and coordinate Product Change Control Boards (CCBs) to ensure no uncontrolled deviation from the product referential or from what has been sold.
• Ensure all changes are properly assessed, documented, and implemented in accordance with governance processes.
• Support risk assessment and mitigation planning related to configuration and change management.
• Actively support the Project and Service CCBs.

Lifecycle Support

• Support pre-tendering, tender, project, and sustaining phases by ensuring configuration and change management deliverables are met.
• Collaborate with Product Directors, Chief Engineers, Program Managers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on configuration and change issues.
• Participate in product maturity evaluations and gap assessments, engaging actions to fill identified gaps.

Process & Tools

• Deploy and maintain configuration management tools (e.g., PLM4A, DOORS, PLEiADE) to support digital product governance.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of configuration and change management processes, methods, and tools.

Compliance & Quality

• Ensure adherence to internal and external standards, processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Support audits and reviews related to configuration and change management.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Strong knowledge of configuration management principles, change control processes, and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems.
• Experience with digital tools for configuration management (e.g., PLM4A, DOORS, PLEiADE).
• Understanding of engineering, industrialisation, and service integration.
• Ability to analyse complex technical and organisational issues, synthesise information, and propose effective solutions.
• Attention to detail and discipline in applying standards and processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills; able to work cross-functional with engineering, procurement, industrialisation, and service teams.
• Strong communication skills to facilitate CCBs, document changes, and ensure alignment across teams.
• Proactive in driving change, anticipating risks, and ensuring robust governance.
• Capable of supporting a culture of continuous improvement and digital transformation.
• Experience supporting projects through all lifecycle phases, from pre-tendering to sustaining.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables in a dynamic, matrix environment.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our dynamic, inclusive, and safety-focused working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
• Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
• A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Equal opportunity statement

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a "Disability Confident" employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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