Senior Configuration & Change Control Leader

Leonardo UK Ltd; Luton, West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Coursera/LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Configuration and Change Control Engineer. You will be the technical authority driving configuration excellence across complex defence programmes and act as a trusted advisor to engineering, programme, quality, safety, and leadership teams.

The role is hybrid with on-site days at Luton or Bristol and collaboration with the Lead Configuration Engineer.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in configuration and change control within defence, aerospace, or similarly regulated industries.
• Authority in configuration governance, baseline management and change control.
• Experience assuring and reviewing Configuration Management Plans.
• Advanced user and subject-matter expert in TCU.
• Proven experience supporting regulatory, customer, and internal audits.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and provide authoritative technical direction.
• Experience with classified and export-controlled information.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on configuration risks, non-conformances, concessions, waivers, and change impacts.
• Oversee Configuration Items, baselines, structures, and lifecycle configuration strategies.
• Assure quality and compliance of Configuration Management Plans per contractual, regulatory, and business requirements.
• Lead governance and assurance of change control activities and key review boards.
• Drive effective use of configuration management tools, processes, and data as a single source of truth.
• Lead and support configuration audits, compliance assessments, and customer/regulator assurance activities.
• Deliver configuration metrics, risk assessments, and insights for decisions.
• Mentor Configuration Engineers to promote continuous improvement.
• Act as trusted advisor to engineering, programme, quality, safety, and leadership teams.

Skills

Configuration governance

Baseline management

Change control

Audits & assurance

Stakeholder influence

Export controls

Senior leadership

Tools

Windchill

Teamcenter

Dimensions

TCU

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Configuration and Change Control Engineer. You will be the technical authority driving configuration excellence across complex defence programmes and act as a trusted advisor to engineering, programme, quality, safety, and leadership teams.

The role is hybrid with on-site days at Luton or Bristol and collaboration with the Lead Configuration Engineer.