SC Cleared Configuration Engineer – Defence & Aerospace

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler seeks an experienced Configuration Engineer to join a major defence and aerospace programme in Luton, operating in a hybrid setup. You will manage configuration baselines, control changes, and ensure traceability across hardware, software and firmware throughout the lifecycle, while supporting audits and governance.

The role requires proven CM and change-control expertise within regulated environments, familiarity with CMPs and tools like TCU, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Configuration Management and Change Control within Defence, Aerospace or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with Configuration Management Plans (CMPs).
• Strong understanding of configuration management principles, including configuration items, baselines, change control and configuration status accounting.
• Experience with TCU or a similar configuration/change management tool.
• Understanding of Class I / Class II change management.
• Experience supporting configuration audits and compliance activities.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical and organisational skills.
• Experience handling classified and/export-controlled information.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and delivery of Configuration Management (CM) activities across defence and aerospace programmes.
• Identify and control Configuration Items (CIs) covering hardware, software and firmware.
• Establish and maintain configuration baselines throughout the product lifecycle.
• Ensure robust traceability between requirements, design information, verification evidence and delivered products.
• Support the development, maintenance and implementation of Configuration Management Plans (CMPs).
• Ensure CMPs align with contractual, regulatory and organisational requirements, including relevant defence and aerospace standards.
• Support the end-to-end change control process, using TCU as the authoritative configuration and change management tool.
• Support Change Control Boards (CCBs) and ensure changes are assessed, approved and appropriately recorded.
• Support the classification and management of Class I and Class II changes, considering impacts on safety, airworthiness, cost, schedule and support.
• Manage and maintain accurate records for concessions, deviations, waivers and temporary changes.
• Ensure approved changes are implemented, verified and correctly reflected in configuration baselines.
• Act as a key user of TCU, ensuring configuration and change data is accurate, controlled and traceable.
• Support the definition and improvement of workflows, data structures and status accounting within TCU.
• Maintain configuration data integrity and ensure appropriate access controls, security classifications and export controls are applied.
• Support internal, customer and regulatory configuration audits, including FCA and PCA activities.
• Produce configuration status accounting, metrics and management reports.
• Support configuration management activities across design, development, manufacturing, in-service support, modification and obsolescence.
• Support release-to-manufacture, release-to-service and in-service modification activities.
• Identify configuration risks and provide support to programme teams in assessing impacts and mitigation.
• Work closely with Engineering, Systems, Quality, Safety, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Programme teams.
• Support continuous improvement of configuration management processes, procedures and tools.
• Provide guidance and support to junior Configuration and Change Control Engineers.

Skills

Configuration Management

Change Control

Governance

Audits

SC Cleared

Team collaboration

Defence/Aerospace context

Tools

TCU

Windchill

Teamcenter

Dimensions

Job description

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler seeks an experienced Configuration Engineer to join a major defence and aerospace programme in Luton, operating in a hybrid setup. You will manage configuration baselines, control changes, and ensure traceability across hardware, software and firmware throughout the lifecycle, while supporting audits and governance.

The role requires proven CM and change-control expertise within regulated environments, familiarity with CMPs and tools like TCU, and