Configuration Engineer

SC Cleared Senior Configuration Engineer - Remote/Stevenage - £45 per hour Umbrella We are recruiting for a SC Cleared Senior Configuration Engineer on contract to be based Remote 3 days and in their Stevenage offices for 2 days per week. ** NB: You will require valid transferable UK SC Level Security Clearance AND UK Eyes Only' ( UKEO ) to start this role due to the nature of the project ** Overview of department: Supporting a dynamic team of Configuration specialists across multiple products, packages and life cycles in a multi-national environment. Responsibilities: The Senior Configuration Engineer is 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 require a high concern for order and quality to maintain the integrity of all elements which constitute the design for the products. Skillset/experience required: High level of knowledge regarding principles of Configuration Management and the application of these within and demanding yet professional engineering environment. The ability to build rapport with stakeholders as well as positively promote the Configuration Management group through supportive and pro-active approach with internal customers. Reflection of engineering input, through the engineering change process, into the design definition/structure, utilising the company PLM tool Windchill. Managing, on behalf of project, the correct design definitions for potentially multiple product variants. Successfully implementing engineering changes against the appropriate instances. Review of engineering changes for respective project to ensure business process is 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 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 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 with regards to applicable Engineering Change methodologies appropriate to the product or equipment lifecycle. Engineering changes processes agreed, documented and in practice.