Project Engineer - Change and Configuration

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Engineer to drive change and configuration management within their innovative projects. This role is pivotal in ensuring the smooth adaptation of engineering changes, maintaining robust documentation, and enhancing project efficiency. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, you'll liaise across teams to resolve issues and implement effective solutions. The position offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance onsite and remote work effectively. Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions in defense and engineering, where your expertise will be valued and your contributions will help shape the future of technology.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Half day finish on a Friday

25 days holiday per year

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme up to 7%

Life Assurance 4x salary

Group income protection

Flexible health care extras

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management and change management.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain Change Management documentation and processes.
• Analyze product design changes and their impact on projects.
• Facilitate change processes and document project baselines.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Complex Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Engineering Lifecycle Knowledge

Microsoft Office Applications

Sharepoint

Jira

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Sharepoint

Jira

Job description

Job Title – Project Engineer (Change & Configuration)

Job Location – Bristol, UK

Job ID – 19423

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides warship automation systems through control and simulation solutions that are in service on Albion Class Landing Platform Docks and Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. More systems are being developed and delivered for Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates.

A few of our employee benefits are:

1. Hybrid working where possible – This role requires you to be onsite for 60% of your time over a one-month period.
2. Half day finish on a Friday
3. 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
4. Private medical insurance with optional family cover
5. Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
6. Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
7. Group income protection
8. Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
9. Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

1. Responsible for defining and maintaining Change Management documentation (Plans, Processes, Procedures).
2. Analysis of proposed product design changes (from internal and external sources) to determine the effect on the overall system and program.
3. Establish and maintain baselines and baseline controls.
4. Release of Project Deliverables.
5. Plan and implement methods to improve response.
6. Acts as liaison between management and other functional groups to resolve issues regarding Change/configuration analysis documentation.
7. Documents and controls the baseline for the project
8. Controls Risk associated with the project through: Identification; Documentation; Impact Analysis; Planning and Execution of Mitigations
9. Facilitates Change through providing estimated effort and schedule impact, incorporating approved change into project schedule and technical baseline, coordinating the change process
10. Conducting Lessons Learned evaluations to continually improve approaches and seek efficiencies.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

1. Professional with strong knowledge of job area (minimum of 5 years), and broad knowledge of project management
2. Ability to assess Engineering project changes and co-ordinate the impact assessment on the project, engineering and project baselines etc.
3. Complex problem solving involving the consideration of multiple issues, job areas or specialties
4. Understanding of, and experience with various engineering lifecycles
5. Experience working on defence contracts
6. Excellent communication skills, motivation and tasking and organisational skills
7. Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications, Sharepoint, Jira

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.