Akkodis
Configuration Engineer
Job Location
Walkern, United Kingdom
Job Description
A Configuration Engineer is required for a long term contract assignment based in Stevenage 2-3 days per week on site.
Overview of department:
Supporting a dynamic team of 30 + 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 company products.
Skillset/experience 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 and 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 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
* 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.
Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.
Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.
By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website
Location: Walkern, GB
Posted Date: 12/27/2024
Overview of department:
Supporting a dynamic team of 30 + 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 company products.
Skillset/experience 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 and 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 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
* 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.
Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.
Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.
By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website
Location: Walkern, GB
Posted Date: 12/27/2024
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