Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M) Location: Filton (flexible time on site) Duration: 12 months Rate: £50 per hour PAYE or £67.47 per hour Umbrella The Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M) will be the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the delivery of AR&M modelling and element deliverables. Activities will be undertaken alone or as the lead of an AR&M team, with appropriate support of the Engineering Manager and AR&M Consultant Engineer. The following activities are typical of work that may be carried out by the Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M), in full or part dependent on the role and the place the project is in the engineering lifecycle: Produce the full range of AR&M deliverables, including the AR&M Case and Case Reports. Provide oversight of AR&M administrative functions to maintain records within the Support Engineering department and to facilitate ILS activities. Undertake the evaluation and sign-off of the impact of engineering change on support deliverables for systems and equipment. Provide leadership and guidance to the AR&M engineering team. Provide technical expertise and a knowledgeable interface to suppliers and customers on AR&M matters. Proven Ability / Key Skills Expert understanding and ability to articulate the relationship between Availability, Reliability and Maintainability (AR&M) and how Reliability and Maintainability affect equipment / system Availability and through life cost. Expert understanding and be able to articulate how AR&M outputs influence the design and interrelate with ILS and Safety activities. This will include how AR&M data, evidence and issues are presented, reported and interpreted within the AR&M Case. Expert understanding in the development and tailoring of AR&M Requirements. Expert understanding in the different reliability and availability models, modelling tools, their benefits, limitations, suitability and how to produce them. Expert understanding in Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), interpreting results / outputs and how these influence the design, support RCM and Safety activities. Expert understanding in, and performing of, Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) and how it can influence Design and Support Engineering decisions. Expert understanding in maintainability and maintenance considerations and how this influences the design, through life cost and Support Engineering decisions. Expert understanding and ability to develop and undertake Data Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (DRACAS) to support the development of ILS deliverables and design change decisions. Expert understanding of the AR&M Case and AR&M Case Reports and their purpose. Expert understanding of Testability, test methods and types of equipment used. Expert understanding of BIT, BITE including benefits and limitations. Expert understanding of HUMS, types of equipment and how the outputs can influence maintenance and support strategies. Expert understanding of Support Solution Optimisation and the tools and techniques used throughout the life of the equipment and be able to communicate this to customers and stakeholders. Extensive level of domain knowledge over the full range of AR&M disciplines and how they relate to ILS and Safety. Knowledge of delivering AR&M in appropriate phases of the programme lifecycle. Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle and how support activities align to it, with some proven ability of operating in a number of phases. Have a strong awareness of Product Safety and SHE. Additional Please note, due to the sensitive nature of the project involved all applicants must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level. ADZN1_UKTJ