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ILS Principal Consultant - Defence
Posting Date: 9 Apr 2025
Location:
Chippenham, GB, SN15 1BN Leatherhead, GB, KT22 7AJ Lincoln, GB, LN6 7FL
Contract Type: Permanent
Division: Electronics and Systems Engineering
Level of experience:
Due to a sustained increase in complex and challenging ILS / IPS projects, RINA is hiring a Principal Consultant to join its established and growing Integrated Logistics Support team, with a focus on Aerospace and Defence Programmes. You will provide ILS consultancy to our Defence customers, ensuring equipment is delivered efficiently and to the optimum value, having developed through life support strategies. Reporting to the Head of ILS, you will be a key player in managing and developing the capability, not only delivering key client engagements, but developing and leading the less experienced members of the team, particularly when on projects. Our project portfolio is broad, delivering engagements across all domains including Air, Land and Maritime, with potential opportunities to work across other domains including Manufacturing, Transport and Renewables.
This role can be based out of our Chippenham, Leatherhead or Lincoln offices, though RINA operates hybrid working, so living within commuter distance of the offices is not necessarily required.
Responsibilities include:
* Manage ILS / IPS and Service Support programmes through the full life cycle, ensuring ILS requirements are delivered on time, to budget, and to the required quality;
* Seek opportunities within programmes to develop new business and work collaboratively with the business development team;
* Accountable for managing and delivering a diverse range of ILS initiatives such as AR&M, Supportability Analysis (SA), Through Life Costing and Codification;
* Develop and manage ILS and ILS Element Plans;
* Support bids & proposals;
* Assist with recruiting talent into the team;
* Provide training and support to the team, especially new staff;
* Assist the Head of ILS with developing new capability to meet emerging market demands.
Experience and qualifications:
* At least 10 years commercial experience with some engineering services or consulting experience; or you will have gained relevant expertise from within the military;
* Have a track record of building client trust, confidence and credibility; a trusted advisor in your trade;
* Experience in the set up and management of ILS / IPS for UK Defence / MOD Programmes, whether they be air, land and/or maritime;
* Business development from within existing client accounts;
* Experience in AR&M Analysis, Supportability Analysis and/or WLC/LCC Analysis;
* A technical qualification in an engineering discipline;
* Some knowledge of ILS defence standards (including Def Stan 00-600, DLF (JSP886), Def Stan 00-40 series);
* Good working knowledge of the UK MOD procurement processes;
* Current valid UK SC clearance (You will either have SC clearance at point of employment, or have British citizenship and be willing to become security cleared).
About RINA:
RINA is a 6,000 strong global engineering consultancy operating out of 70 countries, delivering professional services to the Defence, Energy, Marine, Transport & Infrastructure and Industrial sectors. We have been at the forefront of providing innovative and engineering solutions for more than 150 years, working closely with clients as a trusted partner, assisting them in the most effective, safe and sustainable way.
RINA Aerospace & Defence UK: is a key technical engineering partner to the Defence sector, providing a portfolio of consultancy services including ILS, Training, Safety Engineering and Project Management. We are a fast-paced business unit, working on some of the most technically advanced military programmes and we are proud of our strong reputation we have with our clients. #LI-JB1
* 25 days leave (plus bank holidays)
* Life Assurance
* Health Insurance cover (Family can be added at an additional cost)
* Option to buy more holiday
* Hybrid Working policy
* Professional development, support with qualifications (i.e. Chartership)
* Pay for professional membership
* Support of Military Reservists – 10 additional paid days
* Cycle to work scheme
* Recruitment referral bonus
* 4 half days paid leave for STEM Ambassadors
* Season ticket loan
At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. It is the policy of RINA to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy) national origin, age, disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation, genetics, military status, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans (veterans who served during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a badge has been authorized), and Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.
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