Configuration Management Specialist

Kelly Services; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist in Houston, TX. This full-time, onsite role supports aerospace engineering change management and configuration control for complex products and systems, with 2 openings and 2–5 years' experience expected.

TEMP-TO-HIRE, standard 5 days/week onsite, and exposure to critical documentation are key aspects. The role includes managing changes from initiation to closure, maintaining baselines, and coordinating with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in configuration management, engineering change management, product lifecycle management, or a related technical field.
• Experience managing engineering changes from initiation through closure.
• Knowledge of configuration identification, change control, baseline management, effectivity, and configuration verification.
• Experience with engineering drawings, requirements, specifications, bills of material, and controlled technical data.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Configuration management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering changes from initiation through implementation, verification, and closure.
• Coordinate Engineering Change Requests, proposals, notices, deviations, and waivers.
• Support Configuration Control Boards and cross-functional technical reviews.
• Assess impacts to requirements, designs, hardware, software, manufacturing, testing, quality, safety, suppliers, cost, and schedule.
• Maintain configuration records, baselines, effectivity, approvals, and traceability.
• Coordinate updates to drawings, specifications, procedures, bills of material, and technical documentation.
• Track verification, retesting, inspections, and implementation activities.

Skills

Configuration management

Engineering change management

Documentation & traceability

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Teamcenter

Windchill

ENOVIA

Jira

Confluence

Git

GitLab

Job description

Configuration Management Specialist

Location:Houston, Texas
Employment Type: Full-time
Openings: 2
Experience: 2-5 years
Onsite - 5 days a week
TEMP- TO- HIRE

An aerospace and commercial space exploration company is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist to support engineering change management and configuration control for aerospace products and systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering changes from initiation through implementation, verification, and closure.
  
• Coordinate Engineering Change Requests, proposals, notices, deviations, and waivers.
  
• Support Configuration Control Boards and cross-functional technical reviews.
  
• Assess impacts to requirements, designs, hardware, software, manufacturing, testing, quality, safety, suppliers, cost, and schedule.
  
• Maintain configuration records, baselines, effectivity, approvals, and traceability.
  
• Coordinate updates to drawings, specifications, procedures, bills of material, and technical documentation.
  
• Track verification, retesting, inspections, and implementation activities.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in configuration management, engineering change management, product lifecycle management, or a related technical field.
  
• Experience managing engineering changes from initiation through closure.
  
• Knowledge of configuration identification, change control, baseline management, effectivity, and configuration verification.
  
• Experience with engineering drawings, requirements, specifications, bills of material, and controlled technical data.
  
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  
• Configuration management certification preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Commercial spaceflight, spacecraft, launch vehicles, human spaceflight, or other mission- or safety-critical systems.
  
• PLM/PDM tools such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or ENOVIA.
  
• Jira, Confluence, Git/GitLab, or requirements-management tools.
  
• EIA-649, AS9100, NASA, or comparable standards.

Occasional evenings and weekends may be required to support critical project milestones. This position may require access to ITAR- or EAR-controlled technical data and may be subject to export-control screening.