Junior Configuration Specialist - 3-Month Contract

HENSOLDT South Africa; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Junior Configuration Specialist to support configuration-management activities across the product lifecycle. You will help maintain controlled data, documentation, engineering changes and configuration records under experienced guidance to preserve integrity and traceability.

The role is a fixed-term contract (3 months) in Centurion, focusing on CM plans, baselines, release information and audit readiness within supported programmes.

Qualifications

• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Configuration Management, Technical Data Management or a related technical discipline.
• 1–3 years’ experience in configuration management, product data management, technical documentation control or a similar engineering-support environment.
• Exposure to engineering development, production or customer-support programmes will be advantageous.
• Foundational knowledge of configuration-management principles, engineering change control, product structures and technical documentation.
• Exposure to a quality-managed or regulated engineering environment will be advantageous.
• Experience using Product Data Management or Product Lifecycle Management systems will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and maintenance of configuration-management plans, processes and records across assigned products and programmes.
• Maintain product identification, configuration baselines and engineering-change records under appropriate technical guidance.
• Capture, maintain and report configuration data, product structures, baselines, release information and engineering-change status.
• Support configuration audits, documentation reviews and non-conformance follow-up activities.
• Provide configuration administration and documentation support while identifying routine process improvements.

Skills

Configuration Identification

Configuration Control

Engineering Change Control

Configuration Status Accounting

Configuration Record Management

Product Data Management

Technical Document Control

Product Breakdown Structures

Configuration Baseline Control

Release Management

Data Archiving and Security

Configuration Audit Support

Configuration Review Board Admin

Change Impact Analysis

Product Lifecycle Management Systems

Quality Management Systems

Education

National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Configuration Management, Technical Data Management or related

Tools

Product Data Management Systems

Product Lifecycle Management Systems

Job description

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Junior Configuration Specialist to support configuration-management activities across the product lifecycle. You will help maintain controlled data, documentation, engineering changes and configuration records under experienced guidance to preserve integrity and traceability.

The role is a fixed-term contract (3 months) in Centurion, focusing on CM plans, baselines, release information and audit readiness within supported programmes.