Job Description
Our client is seeking a Configuration Engineer for a contract role based at their site in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The Configuration Engineer will be responsible for supporting the Configuration Manager of any given Project, including responsibility for the Product definition and/or Configuration Management of a minor project or major parts of a project. Tasks will require a level of initiative and a high concern for order and quality to maintain the integrity of all elements which constitute the design for the company's products.
Skills required:
* Excellent Team Spirit and ability to work as part of a team and add value through contribution.
* High level of knowledge regarding principles of Configuration Management and the application of these within a demanding yet professional engineering environment.
* High concern for order and quality.
* Excellent Communication Skills – Verbal, Written, Electronic, across all levels.
* The ability to build rapport with stakeholders as well as positively promote the Configuration Management group through a supportive and pro-active approach with internal customers.
* Pro-active, flexible, and enthusiastic.
* Ability to plan and deliver own workload.
* Awareness of relevant internal and external customer requirements and standards.
* High degree of IT literacy.
Key tasks:
* Reflection of engineering input, through the engineering change process, into the design definition/structure, utilizing the company PLM tool Windchill.
* Managing, on behalf of the project, the correct design definitions for potentially multiple product variants. Successfully implementing engineering changes against the appropriate instances.
* Review of engineering changes for the respective project to ensure business processes are applied and approbation controls laid out by projects are adhered to. Acceptance or rejection of changes as appropriate.
* Provision of draft Configuration Management document updates to the project Configuration Manager ahead of the appropriate review period.
* Comprehensive and timely preparation for Configuration Meetings. Provision of data to the Configuration Manager and project team against agreed timescales ahead of associated meetings.
* Ensure control of project design definitions are adhered to across the development, production, and in-service phases to provide comprehensive status accounting information to the customer.
* Working relationships with key stakeholders established. Focal point of contact for day-to-day activities with project and engineering teams.
* Support and guidance to project areas regarding applicable Engineering Change methodologies appropriate to the product or equipment lifecycle. Engineering changes processes should be agreed, documented, and in practice.
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