Supportability Specialist

Copello Global; Fareham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Copello Global is seeking an ILS and Sustainment Engineer to provide technical assurance across asset management, lifecycle support, and sustainment strategies within a complex engineering environment. The role requires evaluating reliability, availability, maintainability, spares and through-life support assumptions.

You will analyze data, produce confidence assessments and decision-ready reports, and support lifecycle reviews, asset refresh programmes, and governance activities, collaborating

Qualifications

• Degree or relevant professional qualification in Engineering, Science or related discipline.
• Experience in ILS, asset management, sustainment or supportability engineering.
• Strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle and service management.
• Experience analysing reliability, availability and maintainability data.
• Strong Excel skills and Power BI reporting/data analysis experience.
• Experience in a project-focused engineering environment.
• Knowledge of obsolescence, supplier risk and whole-life costing.
• Experience in defence, aerospace, or regulated environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent technical assurance across ILS, asset management and sustainment strategies.
• Assess reliability, availability, maintainability, spares, repair and support assumptions.
• Identify obsolescence, supplier and through-life support risks and recommend mitigations.
• Produce technical analysis, confidence assessments and decision-ready reporting.
• Support lifecycle reviews, asset refresh programmes and governance activities.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, projects, supply chain, logistics and service teams.
• Apply data analytics and digital tools to improve sustainment insight and reporting.

Skills

ILS & sustainment

Reliability data analysis

Excel

Power BI

Lifecycle management

Regulated environment

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Copello have partnered with an established engineer in the recruitment of an ILS & Sustainment Engineer to provide technical assurance across asset management, lifecycle support and sustainment strategies within a complex engineering environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide independent technical assurance across ILS, asset management and sustainment strategies.
• Assess reliability, availability, maintainability, spares, repair and support assumptions.
• Identify obsolescence, supplier and through-life support risks and recommend mitigations.
• Produce technical analysis, confidence assessments and decision-ready reporting.
• Support lifecycle reviews, asset refresh programmes and governance activities.
• Work collaboratively with engineering, projects, supply chain, logistics and service teams.
• Apply data analytics and digital tools to improve sustainment insight and reporting.

About you:

• Degree or relevant professional qualification in Engineering, Science or a related discipline.
• Experience in ILS, asset management, sustainment or supportability engineering.
• Strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle and service management principles.
• Experience analysing reliability, availability and maintainability data.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with reporting/data analysis tools such as Power BI.
• Experience working within a project-focused engineering environment.
• Understanding of obsolescence, supplier risk and whole-life costing.
• Experience within defence, aerospace, aviation or another highly regulated engineering environment would be advantageous.

Security clearance is required for this position, with occasional travel to other operational sites and potentially overseas.