The Role
Reporting to the Head of Engineering you will be responsible for delivering, maintaining and improving high quality technical configuration solutions by working closely with other Engineering disciplines.
Day-to-day, you will be responsible for:
1. Product configuration management plans, processes and procedure ownership
2. Product engineering change control, process and procedure ownership
3. Management and leadership of the Engineering Configuration team
4. Configuration status records, processes and procedure ownership
5. Identifying current industry best Configuration Management practices to support and develop new procedures
This role is full-time, 37 hours per week based from our Ashford facility. Hybrid working is available.
Essential experience of the Configuration Manager:
6. You must have previous experience within configuration management
7. The Configuration Manager must also have leadership experience
Qualifications for the Configuration Manager:
We value difference and we do not have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Our Benefits
8. Generous holiday allowance
9. Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
10. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
11. Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
12. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to five days’ additional leave
13. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
14. Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community
Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those, which help the defence community.
Why Join QinetiQ?
As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.
You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.